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The City of Portland’s attorney Linda Meng and Mayor Sam Adams have pulled the plug on the city’s own legal team and hired a pricey out-of-town trio to step in on Chasse v. Humphreys. In a story broken by the Portland Mercury, the Seattle-based law firm of Stafford Frey Cooper will represent the city in […]
Mental health advocates, and friends and colleagues of persons with mental illness and addiction, especially those who’ve come recently to this web site, may wonder about it’s preoccupation with police accountability issues. A brief explanation. In September 2006 James Chasse was beaten by three police officers in a busy Portland streetcorner in front of dozens […]
From the Portland Mercury, March 17, 2010 Having been denied the opportunity to try the Chasse case out of state last month, the City of Portland has decided to pursue a different tack, hiring a big name lawyer for its courtroom performance. Court documents show that her name is Anne Bremner. And if you believe […]
From the Portland Mercury, March 18, 2010 The Spank Heard ‘Round Portland – Randy Leonard Takes on Police Oversight In a city that often prizes process over outcomes, Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard is by no means considered perfect. He’s been a champion of a secret police list program that has drawn comparisons to the […]
Two sudden vacancies on the Multnomah County Commission caused a rush of candidates. We’ve asked them all – Mike Darger, Jeff Cogen, Wes Soderback for chairmanship, and Paul van Orden, Chuck Currie, Gary Hansen, Karol Collymore, Loretta Smith, Tom Markgraf, Roberta Phillip, Maria C. Rubio for the #2 seat, representing N & NE Portland, to […]
“This is about a system that is based on power and fear rather than on dignity and respect, ” Marcia Meyers, Lisa Coppock‘s mother Lisa Coppock was scheduled to appear in Multnomah County Court on March 16 for misdemeanors for: theft of services (a $2.50 MAX ticket) disobeying an officer of the law resisting arrest […]
Two sudden vacancies on the Multnomah County Commission caused a rush of candidates. We’ve asked them all – Mike Darger, Jeff Cogen, Wes Soderback for chairmanship, and Paul van Orden, Chuck Currie, Gary Hansen, Karol Collymore, Loretta Smith, Tom Markgraf, Roberta Phillip, Maria C. Rubio for the #2 seat, representing N & NE Portland, to […]
Published in The Oregonian, March 14, 2010. Author Mark R. Webb is a county judge in Grant County. State leaders have an important decision to make regarding the future of Oregon’s mental health care system. The Oregon State Hospital Framework Master Plan Phase I Report, released in 2005 as a guide to the future of […]
Two sudden vacancies on the Multnomah County Commission caused a rush of candidates. We’ve asked them all – Mike Darger, Jeff Cogen, Wes Soderback for chairmanship, and Paul van Orden, Chuck Currie, Gary Hansen, Karol Collymore, Loretta Smith, Tom Markgraf, Roberta Phillip, Maria C. Rubio for the #2 seat, representing N & NE Portland, to […]
Published in The Oregonian, March 12, 2010 You laughed, didn’t you? You snickered after you heard about the 12-year-old girl, the one who was shot at point-blank range with a lead-pellet bag and then later convicted of assaulting the police officer. You heard she turned around and set her bedroom on fire. Twelve, now 13 […]
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