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From The Oregonian, January 12, 2016 Michael Johnson ran into Good Samaritan Medical Center early on Nov. 6, telling security to call 911 because an armed man was outside. Johnson, 51, who had bipolar disorder, essentially had orchestrated a Portland police response to himself at 5:38 a.m., according to grand jury transcripts released Tuesday afternoon. […]
From In These Times, September 3, 2011 There’s no sufficient apologizing for the inanities of the essay below; we only include it as a portion of our comprehensive archive of the issues its author comments on. On June 8, the Justice Department announced a civil rights investigation to see if police officers in Portland, Ore., […]
From KGW.com, June 8, 2010 Keaton Otis spent the last months of his life mostly alone in his bedroom suffering from delusion and depression, his mother told a Multnomah County grand jury. Otis shot a police officer May 12 during a traffic stop near Lloyd Center and died in a hail of return gunfire. In […]
by Jenny Westberg Keaton Otis was just 25 years old when he died on May 12, shot by police after a routine traffic stop in Northeast Portland. He was the third victim of a police shooting in Portland this year. In the latest tragedy, Officer Christopher Burley was wounded. Thankfully, he is expected to return […]
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