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From the Oregonian – Gordon Friedman, January 27, 2019 Early one Monday last November, police arrested Kobe Yandell for napping in the lobby of a downtown Portland skyscraper. Officers took the wiry 21-year-old, who is homeless and has schizophrenia, to the Multnomah County jail, where he spent the next 52 days in isolation. A trespassing […]
Portland Tribune, December 04, 2018 Investigators found 16 Unity Center cases should have gone to cops. County employees scrutinized. An internal review of how Multnomah County employees handled cases of alleged abuse and neglect of mentally ill people from greater Portland has spawned a criminal investigation, the Portland Tribune has learned. Among the issues that […]
From The Oregonian, September 11, 2018 A new alliance of mental health advocacy groups wants a seat at the table in the court’s review of the city of Portland’s four-year old settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice stemming from police use of excessive force against people with mental illness. The alliance was formed […]
Testimony for Multnomah County Commission – August 23, 2018 Beckie and I are here today to speak about the safety of thousands of patients at Unity Center, and in the dozens of other hospitals, clinics, alcohol and drug treatment centers, nursing homes, jails, daycare centers, schools, adult foster homes, residential care facilities, mental health treatment […]
Judge Hears From Angry Public On Portland Police Use Of Force Settlement OPB.org – April 20, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon heard Thursday morning from frustrated and angry members of the public over how the Portland Police Bureau interacts with city residents. The hearing, held on the 15th floor of the Mark O. […]
Honorable District Judge Michael H. Simon Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse 1000 Southwest Third Avenue – Room 1527 Portland, Oregon 97204-2944 Sent by email to Mary Austed – M**********@ord.uscourts.gov April 13, 2018 Your Honor, In February 2013 the members of the Mental Health Association of Portland testified at your first Fairness Hearing on the […]
The Zaitz / Brown problem started when Eastern Oregon rancher and former Oregonian reporter Les Zaitz published a lengthy article in the Malheur Enterprise (which Zaitz owns) about how killer Tony Montwheeler says now that he fooled the Oregon mental health system for twenty years to avoid being sent to prison. The problem is separate […]
Portland officials condemn judge for allowing ‘racist, sexist’ comments during police status hearing Oregonian – Nov 9 2016 Portland’s mayor, City Council and auditor publicly criticized a federal judge for allowing courtroom spectators to subject city lawyers and officials to “racist, sexist” and other unwarranted attacks during a hearing on police reforms. “We, the Mayor, […]
Dear Portland Community, The Department of Justice is in the process of determining whether the outcomes intended by our Settlement Agreement with the City of Portland have been achieved and whether any modification to the Agreement are necessary. Our obligation to conduct such an assessment is provided under paragraph 175, which states: Two years after […]
Oct. 19, 2016 The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday filed a point-by-point assessment of the extent to which the City of Portland and its police bureau have satisfied the requirements of the agreement that settled DOJ’s lawsuit against the City. U.S. v. City of Portland was filed in September 2012, after an 18-month DOJ investigation […]
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