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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 […]
By Jenny Westberg, guest column in The Oregonian, May 14, 2010 In her column this week, The Oregonian’s Anna Griffin notes that any time James P. Chasse Jr.‘s name is in the news, she gets the same phone call: “Why won’t this story go away? It’s been four years. He was nobody. Why do you […]
Here some of our suggestions to improve trust and respect between the Portland police and persons with a diagnosis of mental illness and / or addiction from over the past year. Testimony at City Council – November 2009 Op Ed in The Oregonian – November 2009 Take the police out of crisis intervention business – […]
Sam Adams, we have a very large problem on our hands. It’s a practical problem for me, for every medical professional in Portland, for leaders in the African American community, the Hispanic community, and the disabilities community in general. For the mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and neighbors and employers and friends and […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 18, 2009 Attorneys working for the City of Portland are claiming a surprise new defense in the 2006 death in custody of James Chasse jr, a man with schizophrenia: That Chasse died of “excited delirium.” “Excited delirium” is a controversial medical term often associated with deaths in police custody where […]
From The Oregonian – December 8, 1998 – not available elsewhere online The mother of a mentally ill California man who died in jail last year after a struggle with deputies is suing Multnomah County and four deputies in federal court. The suit says the deputies kicked and punched the man instead of keeping him […]
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