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Willamette Week, Oct. 16, 2014 Family and friends of a 38-year-old Olympia, Wash., man who died Oct. 14 as a result of a severe head wound say Portland Police are declining to investigate the man’s death as a homicide, even though he was found injured and at least partially unclothed near the Burnside Bridge in […]
On Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, Denorris McClendon, 27, was shot and wounded by Officer Michael Honl (who was involved in another nonfatal shooting in 2005) after pointing a replica handgun at officers. McClendon had a mental health history, was in crisis after his mother’s death, and using methamphetamine. The day before, he had undergone a […]
KATU.com, August 14, 2014 At first glance it looked more like a street in the Middle East, not one in middle America. Even though Ferguson is 2,000 miles away, Portland’s finest are feeling that city’s pain. “To see this kind of thing happening in the U.S., this is an emotional event for everyone involved. The […]
KOIN News, March 26, 2014 Portland police officers could soon be testing new body cameras that are capable of recording both sound and video. Fifty officers with the Mesa Police Department in Arizona have been using the same body cameras for the last year. “We’re the largest agency I believe currently to utilize the cameras,” […]
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