Month: February 2013

Yep. Portland Cops Shot an Unarmed (and obviously drunk) Man

February 28, 2013
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From the Portland Mercury, February 27, 2013 Merle Mikal Hatch was holding a busted, stolen black telephone handset—eight inches long and two inches wide—when he ran at a pack of Portland cops he’d been swearing at and goading from 80 yards away. He clearly wasn’t in his right mind. And he didn’t have a gun. […]

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Butts found incompetent to stand trial, will be forcibly medicated

February 28, 2013
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By Rob Manning, OPB News, Feb. 27, 2013 The man accused of killing Rainier police chief Ralph Painter has been found incompetent to stand trial. Judge Ted Grove ruled on the competency of Daniel Butts Wednesday afternoon. LISTEN – Butts found incompetent (OPB News report) Police say Butts fatally shot Painter more than two years ago, […]

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Talk about Alien Boy on KBOO Radio

February 27, 2013
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Listen and download @ http://kboo.fm/node/54128 Documentary film producer and Mental Health Association of Portland board member Jason Renaud speaks with KBOO radio Wednesday host Lisa Loving about the film Alien Boy: the Life and Death of James Chasse and the state of police reform in Portland, Oregon, February 27, 2013. From KBOO: Tickets are still […]

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Portland police reforms delayed further as judge allows union to join settlement talks

February 27, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 19, 2013 A judge on Feb. 19 directed everyone to the table — city and federal negotiators and now the Portland police union and a community coalition — to iron out differences in proposed reforms to address a scathing critique that police use too much force against people who […]

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