NATION/WORLD
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Killing prompts Wyoming tribe
to seek hate crime prosecution
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo, —
The Northern Arapaho Tribe
called on federal authorities
Tuesday to ¿le hate criPe
charges against a WyoPing
Pan folloZing the fatal
shooting of one tribal
PePber and the Zounding
of another at a detox center.
Riverton police say the
Pen Zere attacNed 6aturday
by city parNs ZorNer Roy
Clyde, Zho told investiga-
tors he shot the victiPs as
they Zere lying in bed at
the Center of Hope because
he Zas incensed by hoPe-
less people drinNing and
relieving thePselves in local
parNs.
The shooting folloZed
an unsolved 201 attacN in
Zhich a Northern Arapaho
ZoPan Zas shot and
Zounded in Riverton.
“The trend of violence
against Indian people in
and around Riverton is
alarPing,´ 'ean *oggles,
chairPan of the Northern
Arapaho Business Council,
said in a prepared statePent.
“It’s our responsibility as
tribal leaders to do every-
thing Ze can to try and stop
these criPes of hate.´
Tibby McDowell/Riverton Ranger via AP
This Saturday 2015 photo shows police officers sur-
rounding the suspect in a shooting in Riverton, Wyo.
Clyde, 32, has been
charged Zith Purder and
attePpted Purder. He is not
yet represented by a laZyer.
Authorities said 6tallone
Trosper, 29, died at the
center, and JaPes “6onny´
*oggles rePained in serious
condition at a Casper
hospital. He is a cousin of
'ean *oggles.
Riverton, a toZn of about
11,000 people, is surrounded
by the Wind River Indian
Reservation, hoPe to the
Northern Arapaho and
Eastern 6hoshone tribes.
The
victiPs
“are
PePbers of our tribe, they
are huPan beings and they
Patter to us,´ NorPan
WilloZ, a PePber of the
business council, said in a
statePent. “We are sicNened
by Zhat happened here.´
An attePpt to reach a
spoNesPan Zith the 8.6.
attorney’s of¿ce in Chey-
enne for coPPent Zasn’t
iPPediately
successful.
Tribal leaders intend to
travel to Washington, '.C.,
next ZeeN to Peet Zith
federal of¿cials on the
Patter.
Riverton Mayor John
“/ars´ BaNer said the
shooting Zas a tragedy that
left city residents puzzled
and sad.
“If the 'epartPent of
Justice feels that they have
to prosecute that as a hate
criPe, I don’t thinN they’ll
¿nd an aZful lot of oppo-
sition,´ BaNer said, noting
that city of¿cials ePphasize
racial sensitivity.
BaNer said problePs Zith
hoPelessness and public
drinNing in Riverton have
eased in recent years, since
the detox center opened and
has been operated Zith city
support. He said the center
has helped scores of people
by sending theP for long-
terP treatPent.
Riverton City AdPinis-
trator 6teven Weaver said
Clyde has ZorNed for the
parNs departPent full-tiPe
since 2009.
Clyde told investigators
that he targeted the detox
facility because he Zas tired
of cleaning up after hoPe-
less people, police Capt.
Eric Murphy said.
Clyde said he had long
been considering Nilling
people he called “parN
rangers,´ a terP used locally
to describe hoPeless alco-
holics, according to a police
investigator’s statePent.
'eaths froP a single punch not that uncoPPon
By AIMEE GREEN
The Oregonian
3ORT/AN' — It’s
happened countless tiPes
across Oregon 3eople get so
angry they punch one another
in the face. Most often those
inMuries lead to blacN eyes,
bloody noses and bruised
consciences.
Occasionally, they lead to
death.
One punch can Nill.
Ten days ago, 61-year-old
Potocross
enthusiast
Anthony Mancuso died after
he Zas decNed by another
Pan and fell, striNing the
bacN of his head on pavePent
at 3ortland International
RaceZay, police say. Michael
T. Taylor, 50, Zas originally
arrested on a fourth-degree
assault charge, but that Zas
disPissed pending a grand
Mury revieZ that could result
in hoPicide charges.
APong other such 3ort-
land-area deaths:
In 2010, ClacNaPas
County sheriff’s deputies
arrived at Boone’s Junction
3izza and 3ub in Wilsonville
to ¿nd a 50-year-old Pan
lying dead in the parNing
lot. /eZis Allen Wilson
apparently Zas the victiP of
a bar ¿ght that spun out of
control, and he died froP a
bloZ to the head. No suspect
Zas charged.
• In 2012, a 51-year-old
Pan strucN a 59-year-old
Pan, sending his head
banging onto the pavePent
outside MaPa 6on’s Tavern
near
6outheast
125th
Avenue and 'ivision 6treet
in 3ortland. 6teven *lenn
Young clung to life for three
ZeeNs in the hospital before
succuPbing to his inMuries.
Bary FranNlin Zas sentenced
to 3½ years in prison.
• In October 2014, a
42-year-old hoPeless Pan
cold-cocNed a stranger,
causing hiP to striNe the
pavePent near the Zest end
of the Burnside Bridge in
3ortland. The Niller, Robert
/eZis BroZne, apparently
didn’t realize he’d fatally
inMured the stranger, WilliaP
“Cougar´ Burleigh. Neither
did passers-by, Zho riÀed
through the dying Pan’s
pocNets and stripped hiP of
his pants before soPeone
called 911 a Zhile later.
BroZne Zas sentenced last
Ponth to six years in prison.
'r. Karen *unson, the
state Pedical exaPiner,
estiPates that 0 percent of
hoPicide victiPs die froP
gunshot Zounds. That’s
folloZed next in freTuency
by stabbings, then bludgeon-
ings and strangulations.
One-punch deaths fall
even further doZn the list.
But it happens often enough
that *unson, Zithout pause,
is able to describe precisely
hoZ a socN to the face can
end a life.
“They fall over bacNZards
and they hit the bacN of their
head,´ *unson said. “They
often end up having a sNull
fracture.´
The iPpact on hard
ground causes the brain to
ricochet into the opposite
Zall of the sNull, soPeZhere
around the forehead, causing
hePorrhaging near the brain
and death. It’s NnoZn as a
contrecoup brain inMury.
Or, in cases Zhen the
victiP has been drinNing
heavily, a punch to the face
can cause an artery at the
base of the brain to fatally
tear as the head snaps bacN.
A ¿st to the head on
HalloZeen night 200 Zas
enough to Nill 3-year-old
Michael Carey, despite his
sizable stature: Carey Zas
6-foot-3 and Zeighed Pore
than 300 pounds. He died
froP bleeding near the brain,
caused as his necN tZisted
and his arteries tore outside
KC’s MidZay Bar *rill in
Oregon City.
3olice couldn’t pin doZn
Zhich of three suspects
dealt the fatal bloZ, and
all three Zere acTuitted of
Panslaughter in 2009.
3rosecutors and defense
attorneys agree that in Post
circuPstances, causing the
death of soPeone Zith a
punch doesn’t aPount to
Purder — Zhich under
Oregon laZ is de¿ned as
the “intentional´ Nilling of
another.
Attorneys say one-punch
deaths are often charged as
second-degree Panslaughter
or criPinally negligent hoPi-
cide, Zhich the laZ de¿nes
as causing soPeone else’s
death “recNlessly´ or Zith
“criPinal negligence.´ 6tate
sentencing guidelines call
for a Pandatory PiniPuP
sentence of about 6 years for
second-degree Panslaughter,
but no Pandatory sentence
for criPinally negligent
hoPicide.
Cate WollaP, a public
defender, said she thinNs those
lesser charges are appropriate
in one-punch cases. The act
doesn’t aPount to Purder,
Must because the recipient of
the bloZ died, she said.
“This is the 8nited 6tates,
and the facts of the case are
Pore iPportant than the fact
that the guy died,´ WollaP
said.
Congress seeks legislative changes following pier shooting
WA6HIN*TON A3
— 8rged on by anguished
testiPony froP the father of
a Purder victiP, Congress
plunged into a heated
debate over iPPigration on
Tuesday as *O3 laZPaNers
voZed to shut doZn funding
for so-called sanctuary cities
liNe 6an Francisco that shield
iPPigrants froP deportation
by federal authorities.
IPPigrant
advocates
denounced the approach,
accusing Republicans of
folloZing
presidential
candidate 'onald TruPp in
dePonizing Latinos.
But after 32-year-old
Kathryn 6teinle Zas shot
this Ponth, allegedly by an
iPPigrant Zith a criPinal
record and Zithout legal
status, even soPe 'ePocrats
Zere calling for action to
address the ineffective tangle
of federal and local laZs and
policies that left the Pan on
the street.
“We feel strongly that
soPe legislation should
be discussed, enacted or
changed to taNe these undoc-
uPented iPPigrant felons
off our streets for good,´ said
Kathryn 6teinle’s father, JiP
6teinle, Zho Zas Zith his
daughter Zhen she Zas Nilled
Zhile strolling in daylight
along a popular 6an Fran-
cisco pier. “We feel if Kate’s
laZ saves one daughter, one
son, a Pother, a father, Kate’s
death Zon’t be in vain.´
Testifying
before
a
soPber 6enate Judiciary
CoPPittee, JiP 6teinle
described his daughter as
friendly, happy, adventurous
AP Photo/Molly Riley
Jim Steinle, father of Kathryn Steinle, killed on a San
Francisco Pier by a man previously deported sever-
al times, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary
hearing in Washington, Tuesday.
and full of laughter and love.
6hot at randoP before his
eyes as they ZalNed arP in
arP, she had tiPe only to
utter the Zords “Help Pe,
'ad.´
“Those are the last Zords
I Zill ever hear froP Py
daughter,´ 6teinle said.
“We’d be proud to see Kate’s
naPe associated Zith soPe
of this neZ legislation.´
The alleged Purderer,
Juan
Francisco
Lopez
6anchez, had Pultiple felony
convictions and had been
deported ¿ve tiPes, but 6an
Francisco authorities released
hiP, reMecting a request froP
federal iPPigration author-
ities to hold hiP until they
could taNe hiP into custody.
6an Francisco is aPong
hundreds of Murisdictions
nationally that decline to
honor federal iPPigration
requests, or “detainers,´
Zhich have been success-
fully challenged in court and
Zhich advocates say can
unfairly target iPPigrants
Zho’ve done nothing Zrong
or coPPitted only Pinor
criPes.
The House Zill vote on
legislation by Rep. 'uncan
Hunter, R-Calif., this ZeeN
that Zould shut doZn tZo
different types of local
laZ enforcePent grants to
cities that don’t cooperate
Zith federal iPPigration
authorities, and cut off their
reiPbursePents for the
costs of Mailing iPPigrants
in the country illegally Zho
coPPit criPes.
6enate
Judiciary
CoPPittee
ChairPan
Charles *rassley, R-IoZa,
announced Tuesday that he
too Zas offering a bill to cut
off certain federal funding
to sanctuary cities, as Zell
as require a Pandatory
PiniPuP ¿ve-year prison
sentence for iPPigrants Zho
illegally re-enter this country
after having been deported.
The latter provision has been
chaPpioned by Fox NeZs
host Bill O’Reilly, Zho’s
dubbed it “Kate’s LaZ,´
and has been ePbraced by
a nuPber of conservative
laZPaNers.
“Enforcing the iPPigra-
tion laZs of the 8nited 6tates
is not a voluntary or trivial
Patter. Real lives are at staNe.
Things cannot continue this
Zay,´ *rassley said. “No
Pore people should die at the
hands of those Zho breaN our
laZs Must by being here.´
East Oregonian
Page 7A
TAX: Council passed a laZ
that regulates city’s public art
Continued from 1A
for the highest gas tax in the
state, according to the League
of Oregon Cities.
It Zill be the second tiPe
in nearly a year that the city
council has passed a resolu-
tion to put a ballot proposal
in front of voters.
The council unaniPously
voted to put a 10 Pillion
capital iPprovePent bond
on the NovePber 2014 ballot
last August, only to have
it disTuali¿ed ZeeNs later
after city staff failed to post a
state-required legal notice in
the neZspaper Zithin a ZeeN
of council approval.
In other business, the
council passed a laZ that
regulates hoZ the city
acquires, rePoves or relo-
cates public art.
In order to accept a neZ
piece of public art, the council
Zill noZ have to receive a
recoPPendation froP the
3endleton Art CoPPission
and hold a public hearing.
Keith May, a forPer city
councilPan and current art
coPPission PePber, said
the laZ Zas Pade Zith an
eye toZard donations froP
private entities.
TZo of the Pore contro-
versial bronzes — depictions
of 6tella 'arby and 'on
Requa — received PiniPal
public input before the
council approved theP.
With the ordinance passed,
May said the coPPission
Zill be reforPed before it
tacNles a strategic plan for the
next set of public art pieces.
“We’re going to have a
little bit of a lull in public
art as Ze ZorN through this
process because its going
to taNe a little Zhile to get
through that,´ Mayor 3hillip
HouN said.
City Manager Robb
Corbett said a utility fee on
city residences and busi-
nesses, Zhich only requires
council approval, should be
put before council for discus-
sion in the next tZo Ponths.
———
Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0836.
BRIEFLY
Ohio Gov Kasich
brings the GOP
¿elG to
CO/8MB86, Ohio A3
— 6aying “big ideas change
the Zorld,´ Ohio *ov.
John Kasich declared his
candidacy for the Republican
noPination Tuesday and
pitched his Zell-rounded
resuPe to voters Zho have a
Pultitude of high achievers
to size up.
Kasich, 63, launched
his caPpaign at Ohio 6tate
8niversity before a croZd
of 2,000 at an event ParNing
the entry of a strong-Zilled
and soPetiPes abrasive
governor in a noPination
race noZ Zith 16 notable
Republicans.
“I aP here to asN you
for your prayers, for your
support, for your efforts
because I have decided to
run for president,´ Kasich
said in a scattered 3-Pinute
speech pacNed Zith faPily
anecdotes, historical
references and calls for
national reneZal.
A veteran congressPan
as Zell as governor, Kasich
is telling voters he is the
only *O3 candidate Zith
experience in three broad
areas of political leadership
— the federal budget,
national security and state
governPent. He also spent
nearly a decade at /ehPan
Brothers.
“I have the experience
and the testing,´ he said, “the
testing Zhich shapes you and
prepares you for the Post
iPportant Mob in the Zorld
and I believe I NnoZ hoZ to
ZorN and help restore this
great 8nited 6tates.´
Lawyer: Tennessee
shooter’s uncle
GetaineG in -orGan
CHATTANOO*A, Tenn.
A3 — An uncle of the Pan
Zho Nilled four Marines and
a sailor in Tennessee has
been in custody in Jordan
since a day after the attacNs
on tZo Pilitary sites, a
laZyer said Tuesday.
Abed al-Kader AhPad
al-Khateeb told The
Associated 3ress that he Zas
barred froP seeing his client
and that faPily PePbers
Zere also prevented froP
visiting the detainee.
CoPputers and cellphones
Zere taNen froP the Pan’s
hoPe, but he has not been
charged Zith anything, the
attorney said.
Al-Khateeb identi¿ed
his client as Asaad IbrahiP
Asaad HaM Ali, a Paternal
uncle of the Chattanooga
attacNer, MuhaPPad
Youssef Abdulazeez.
A Jordanian of¿cial said
Tuesday that he is sure the
uncle and “other relevant
people´ in Jordan Zere being
Tuestioned, but he Zould
not elaborate and or con¿rP
that the uncle Zas detained.
He spoNe on condition of
anonyPity because he Zas
not authorized to discuss the
case Zith the Pedia.
Abdulazeez spent several
Ponths in Jordan last year
under a Putual agreePent
Zith his parents to help hiP
get aZay froP drugs, alcohol
and a group of friends they
considered to be a bad
inÀuence, according to a
person close to his faPily.
That person also spoNe on
condition of anonyPity, out
of concern it Zould have
business repercussions.
Relatives turned to
Jordan after their health
insurer refused to approve an
in-patient treatPent prograP
for Abdulazeez’s addictions
to drug and alcohol, the
person said.
An )BI spoNesPan has
declined to coPPent on that
inforPation.
)looG Gamage to
briGges worse than
suspecteG
/O6 AN*E/E6 A3
— The daPage to interstate
highZay bridges froP
Àash Àooding in 6outhern
California’s desert over
the ZeeNend proved Pore
Zidespread than initially
thought, Zith construction
creZs ZorNing Tuesday to
reinforce spans over three
gullies.
In light of the
daPage, soPe outside
engineers Zarned that the
California 'epartPent of
Transportation Pay need to
adopt tougher design and
protection standards for
highZay bridges, particularly
Zith abnorPally heavy
rains possible in the coPing
Ponths because of the
ocean-ZarPing phenoPenon
NnoZn as El Nino.
Flooding touched off by
unusually intense rainfall
of nearly inches 6unday
Zashed aZay boulders
and soil under an elevated
portion of Interstate 10
near the toZn of 'esert
Center, about 50 Piles
froP the Arizona state line,
causing the collapse of the
eastbound side of the bridge
and severely ZeaNening the
Zestbound side.
Kevin Andrews, MD, L.L.C.
Internal Medicine
(General Medical Care for Adults)
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