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State pulls car perks for PRC chief
Cattle fight spreading in West
Martinez asked deputy fire marshal to pick up son in state truck without approval
should resign. Neither Martinez nor Muller will be allowed to use state vehicles for 90 days, Tim Korte, a spokesman for the state By Steve Terrell General Service’s Division, The New Mexican confirmed Friday. According to several The state has suspended the vehicle privisources interviewed FriVince leges of Vince Martinez, chief of staff of the Martinez day, including several Public Regulation Commission, and Deputy members of the regulatory Fire Marshal Vernon Muller for violating commission, the suspension was sparked the state’s vehicle-use policies. by an incident March 25 in which Martinez But one PRC member said the punishasked Muller, who was working that week in Colfax County, to give a lift in a state truck ment is not enough and that Martinez
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to Martinez’s son and his son’s girlfriend, whose car had broken down near Raton due to transmission problems. According to state policy, nonemployees are not allowed to ride in state vehicles without first getting authorization from the state General Services Department, which is responsible for the state’s motor vehicle fleet. Martinez didn’t return a phone call Friday to comment on the issue. A few hours later, his receptionist said he had received the message. Muller declined to comment.
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Duke City prepares for APD reforms
Former Los Alamos High standout opts to skip senior season with Lobos
Justice Department, city officials negotiate after report calls for changes
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The gym rat from the small town up on the hill is ready for the big time. Alex Kirk, a 7-foot junior center on The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team, announced Friday that he is skipping his senior season with the Lobos so he can enter his name in June’s NBA Draft. He is one of three NBA prospects — guard Kendall Williams and forward Cameron Bairstow being the others — off a team that reached the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season. Kirk plans to release a statement to the media Saturday through his agent, according to UNM’s sports information department. The fact that he has hired an agent makes him ineligible to rejoin the college ranks next season. Because he is on track to receive his undergraduate degree in marketing next month, Kirk became the subject of rumors and rampant speculation regarding where he might play next season. Student athletes who earn their degrees but still have athletic eligibility remaining are free to transfer to any program without having to sit out a full year, like all undergraduate transfers are required to do.
Teresa Anaya, who described her daughter as a “free spirit” during a recent interview with The New Mexican, said she and her family are “devastated” by Jeanette’s death, and they have filed a notice that they may file a lawsuit. “Police officers should be subject to the same laws as the rest of us,” she said, “whether they hold a gun and a badge or not.”
ALBUQUERQUE — The Albuquerque Police Department needs to stop shooting at vehicles, revamp its internal affairs unit and teach its officers how to better deal with mentally ill suspects, the U.S. Justice Department said in a harsh report released this week. But just when and how those reforms will be adopted, as in other cities under scrutiny, remains unclear. Talks between the Justice Department and Albuquerque officials began Friday and could last for months before the two sides agree on an outline for reform. If an agreement is not reached, federal officials have the option of suing the city. According to the report, Albuquerque officers too frequently used deadly force on people who posed a minimal threat and used a higher level of force too often on those with mental illness, often violating their constitutional rights. Mayor Richard Berry said the
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Teresa Anaya, far right, the mother of Jeanette Anaya, who was fatally shot by a state police officer in November, protests with supporters during a vigil Friday outside the district courthouse on Montezuma Avenue. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
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ary that Jeanette Anaya’s shooting by Officer Oliver Wilson was justified, but a video of the incident has raised questions about the officer’s use of force, as well as his decision to pursue Anaya on a traffic violation. The video shows Anaya making what appears to be a lawful right-hand turn on a green light at St. Francis Drive and Alta Vista Street before Wilson tries to pull her over. Anaya refused to stop.
bout 200 family members, friends and supporters attended a gathering Friday at the First District Court in Santa Fe, demanding “justice” in the death of Jeanette Anaya, a Santa Fe woman who was fatally shot by a state police officer in November following a chase through the city. Many, including Anaya’s mother, Teresa Anaya, carried signs saying, “Police brutality must stop.” A grand jury determined in Janu-
Pope apologizes, assumes personal responsibility for priest sex abuse
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New Mexico’s Alex Kirk reacts after scoring against UNLV in the first half of a February 2013 game in Las Vegas, Nev. Kirk announced Friday that he is skipping his senior season with the Lobos so he can enter his name in June’s NBA Draft. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Friday he took personal responsibility for the “evil” of priests who raped and molested children, asking forgiveness from victims and saying the church must be even bolder in its efforts to protect the young. It was the first time a pope has taken personal responsibility for the sex crimes of his priests and begged forgiveness. Francis’ off-the-cuff remarks were the latest sign that he has become sensitized to the gravity of the abuse scandal after coming under criticism from victims’ advocacy groups for a perceived lack of attention to, and understanding of, the toll it has taken on the church and its members. The evolution began last month when he named four women and an abuse survivor to a sex abuse advisory panel that the Vatican has suggested will address the critical issue of sanctioning bishops who
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cover up for pedophiles. Francis delivered the comments to members of the International Catholic Child Bureau, a French Catholic Pope Francis network of organizations that protects children’s rights. Sitting with them in his library Friday, Francis spoke slowly, deliberately and softly in his native Spanish, deviating from his text. “I feel compelled to take personal responsibility for all the evil that some priests, many — many in number, [although] not in comparison with the totality — to assume personal responsibility and to ask forgiveness for the damage caused by the sexual abuse of the children,” he said. “The church is aware of this damage,” he continued. “We don’t want to take a step back in dealing with this problem and the sanc-
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tions that must be imposed. On the contrary, I think we must be even stronger. You don’t play around with the lives of children.” No pope has ever taken personal responsibility for the tens of thousands of children who were molested by priests over decades as bishops moved them from parish to parish rather than reporting them to police. Pope John Paul II denounced priests who abused children, saying there was no place for them in the priesthood. Pope Benedict XVI expressed sorrow and regret to victims, met with them and even wept with them. But neither ever took personal responsibility for the crimes or begged forgiveness as Francis did. Last month, Francis named the initial members of a commission to advise him on best practices to combat sexual abuse in the church. Half of the eight members are women and one, Marie Collins, was assaulted by a priest as a child.
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