Santa Fe New Mexican, June 19, 2014

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‘Redskins’ ruling divides N.M. tribal leaders

Battle for oil refinery Sunni extremists reportedly capture Iraq’s biggest oil facility, but officials dispute claim. PAge A-3

Federal agency cancels team’s trademark, calling nickname ‘offensive’

Vets seek VA probe Majority of New Mexico veterans want state to investigate regional VA health centers. PAge A-6

By Uriel J. Garcia

The New Mexican

Some tribal leaders across the country and in New Mexico are applauding a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which ruled Wednesday that the NFL’s Washington Redskins

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name can’t be trademarked because it’s “derogatory” and “offensive.” The decision stems from a 2006 lawsuit — Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc. — brought by five American Indian advocates against the football team on the grounds that the name is disparaging. “The recognition that this racial designation based on skin color is disparaging to Native Americans is also demonstrated by the near complete drop-off in usage of ‘redskins’ as a reference to

Washington Redskins helmets sit on a field in Ashburn, Va. The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday that the team’s nickname is ‘disparaging of Native Americans.’

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BORDER CENTERS OPEN DOORS, REVEALING SCORES OF MIGRANT KIDS IN FENCED CELLS The bicyclist was wearing a Virgen del Carmen scapular when he was struck by the train. COURTESY PHOTO

Authorities seek help identifying man struck by train

By Uriel J. Garcia

The New Mexican

“urgent humanitarian situation.” Border Patrol stations like the one in Brownsville and Nogales, Ariz., were not meant for long-term custody. Immigrants are supposed to wait there until they are processed and taken to detention centers. But the surge in children arriving without their parents has overwhelmed the U.S. government. The surge, which has been building for three years, comes amid a steep overall increase in immigrant arrests in southernmost Texas. The children are mostly from Central America. They pose a particular challenge because the law requires Customs and Border Protection to transfer them to the Department of Health and Human Services within 72 hours. That agency’s network of some 100 shelters around the country has been over capacity for months and is now caring for more than 7,600 children.

State police investigators waited four days to interview Española police Officer Jerry Apodaca and his partner, Officer Ritchie Trujillo, after Apodaca shot and killed 16-year-old Victor Villalpando. The teen’s June 8 shooting death has raised questions by the victim’s family and criminal justice experts on how investigators have handled the case. One question that still remains is whether the teen pointed a gun at Apodaca, as Española police have said. But another question being raised by criminology experts and former law enforcement officers contacted by The New Mexican is why it took so long to interview the officers involved. New Mexico State Police, which is investigating the shooting, said such interviews hinge on the schedules of investigators and the police officers they are questioning. Sgt. Damyan Brown, a state police spokesman, said the agency has no set timeline for conducting interviews after officer-involved shootings. The Investigations Bureau schedules the interviews at an “agreeable” time for all parties involved, he said. Robert Taylor, a former officer with the Portland Police Department, criticized that comment. “That’s just not an appropriate statement,” he said. “I’ve never conducted an interview of a suspect or have heard of any agency interviewing an officer on the

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Santa Fe police are asking the public for help identifying the man fatally struck by a New Mexico Rail Runner Express train Monday morning at a railroad crossing on St. Michael’s Drive. According to a news release, the bicyclist was wearing a Virgen del Carmen scapular, often called a “brown scapular,” when he was struck by the train. The scapular is brown with golden stitching and braided thread. The man also was wearing a gold chain around his neck and a white baseball cap with black letters, saying “New York” and “The Capital of the World.” Police say if anyone recognizes the bicyclist’s personal items, they should call Officer Paul Blea at 9555205 or the police station at 428-3710. Celina Espinoza, a spokeswoman with the police department, said Monday that no driver’s license or other identifying information was found on the man’s body, and police likely will have to rely on fingerprints or dental imprints to identify him. The bicyclist was riding westbound on the sidewalk adjacent to St. Michael’s Drive at about 11:30 a.m. when the Rail Runner train started to cross the street. Safety bars had lowered across the road to block cars, and the train’s signal lights and warning bells were working. But there

Two girls sleep in a fenced holding cell Wednesday at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s placement center in Nogales, Ariz. The federal agency provided media tours Wednesday of two locations, one in Brownsville, Texas, and one in Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. ROSS D. FRANKLIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Children crossers crowded and caged By Christopher Sherman and Astrid Galvan

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas hildren’s faces pressed against glass. Hundreds of young boys and girls covered with aluminum foil-like blankets next to chainlink fences topped with barbed wire. The pungent odor that comes with keeping people in close quarters. These were the sights from Wednesday tours of crowded Border Patrol stations in South Texas and Arizona, where thousands of immigrants are being held before they are transferred to other shelters around the country. It was the first time the media was given access to the facilities since President Barack Obama called the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally this budget year an

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King admits he failed to vet manager By Steve Terrell

The New Mexican

Attorney General Gary King admitted Wednesday that nobody had checked Steve Verzwyvelt’s Twitter or Facebook accounts before the Louisiana political consultant was hired as campaign manager early this week. But King, the Democratic nomi-

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Experts question delay to interview officers Interrogation wait may compromise probe into teen’s death, some say

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AG moves forward with campaign after top aide quits over crass tweets

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nee for governor seeking to unseat incumbent Republican Susana Martinez, said that’s a mistake that won’t be made again as the campaign searches for a new Gary King manager to replace Verzwyvelt, who resigned two days into his job. In an interview Wednesday, King admitted his campaign has gotten off to a bumpy start since he won the Democratic primary two weeks ago.

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But when asked what he planned to do to get the campaign back on course, King said, “You can be bumpy and still not be off course. … I don’t think the campaign has missed a beat.” He said those familiar with his management style “know that most of the directions come from me, not a campaign manager. We’re all just doing extra tasks until a new campaign manager is hired.” He said he expects to hire a new one in a week or so. King’s first campaign manager, Jim Farrell, stepped down shortly

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National Theatre Live in high definition The broadcast series continues with A Small Family Business, Alan Ayckbourn’s comedic exposé of entrepreneurial greed, 7 p.m., the Lensic Performing Arts Center, $22, ticketssantafe. org, 988-1234. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

Obituaries David O. Apodaca, June 16 Robert F. Kelly, 61, Santa Fe, May 20 Felice Levine, 79, Santa Fe, June 13 Anne Bernadette Walsh, Santa Fe, June 7 PAge A-10

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