Man Claims Cops Retaliated Over Free Speech
from the Portland Mercury Reader: Are you sensing a pattern, here? As I mentioned earlier, three people filed lawsuits today against the Portland Police Bureau, and one person has filed …
Death in the Public Interest – Media Wants You to See Chasse Files
From the Portland Mercury – October 2007 A federal judge finally ordered the City of Portland last week to turn over crucial documents regarding James Philip Chasse Jr.—the schizophrenic man …
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Police ordered to supply Chasse files
Suit – Judge Dennis Hubel tells the city and the bureau to hurry up and produce documentsfrom The Oregonian A federal judge, disturbed by what he called the “snail’s pace” …
Motions by Chasse Intervenors
Motions were filed by intervenors in the case of Chasse v Humphreys on October 11. Intervenors include The Oregonian, Willamette Week, AP, KATU, KPTV, KOIN, KGW and the Portland Tribune. …
Chasse Case: Local Media Group Hires Bigshot Attorney To Compel City to Publicly Release Officers’ Disciplinary Records
from Portland Mercury A conglomerate of Portland Media including the Oregonian and Willamette Week, the Tribune and all our local TV stations has hired an attorney, Duane Bosworth, of the …
Attorneys in the Case of James Chasse
Attorneys for the Defense James Rice – City of Portland Susan Marie Dunaway, Assistant Multnomah County Attorney, BA Immaculate Heart College, JD Loyola at Los Angeles. Susan advises the Sheriff’s …
James Chasse Died A Year Ago In Police Custody
from OPB.com Monday is the one-year anniversary of the death of James Chasse, a mentally disabled Portland man who died after being arrested. Kristian Foden-Vencil reports. Chasse died after being …
Emotions in police death still raw
from The Oregonian A protest is planned today to keep alive the memory of James Chasse, a mentally ill man who died a year ago in the custody of Portland …
City alters procedures in year after mentally ill man’s death
from KGW.com One year later, the death of Portland’s James Chasse, Jr. is spurring changes in how police, jails, and paramedics do their jobs. Chasse died from chest injuries September …
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Police Unions Contracts
Several questions sent to the Mental Health Association of Portland are answered best by reviewing the contract between the Portland Police Association and the city, and the contract between the …