Meddling
Mexicans Say Snit Will Cost City
Consul, agitators upset about awards given to local
officers
Associated
Press - December 4
The Mexican Consulate in Portland
has joined Latino activists in warning the city could lose convention
business and trade because of medals given to two police officers
who killed a mentally ill Mexican immigrant [who was attacking
them]. -- Latino leaders also said that Police Chief Mark Kroeker's
role in awarding the medals undermines confidence in community
policing. -- Gale Castillo, executive director of the Hispanic
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, said the dispute has become
an "international incident." -- And Multnomah County
Commissioner Serena Cruz said the controversy could lead to Latinos
inside and outside the United States concluding Portland is unfriendly
to them. |
Chief Mark Kroeker |
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