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AP.com, August 5, 2015 The president of an NAACP chapter contends Eugene police used excessive force on his sister after she tried to stop an officer from deploying a Taser on her 19-year-old son. Eugene-Springfield NAACP President Eric Richardson said Ayisha Brown called a mental health service early July 16 because her son was having […]
Associated Press via OPB.org, March 4, 2015 The mother of a Southern Oregon man who died during an incident with law enforcement officers has sued the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, alleging deputies wrongfully fired stun guns. The federal lawsuit filed in Eugene says deputies discharged Tasers at least a half dozen times when trying to stop […]
Daily KOS, March 27, 2014 In May it will be four years since 25-year-old African-American Keaton Otis was killed by Portland police in a frenzy of 32 shots in seven seconds… recorded on the iPhone of a witness. He was shot by officers of the Hotspot Enforcement Action Team — HEAT — on the day […]
By Sara Roth, KGW News, Nov. 18, 2013 Portland police tased a man armed with knives who was reportedly threatening shoppers and stealing at Whole Foods in Northwest Portland Friday. Officers recognized him from prior mental health incidents. The incident happened at Whole Foods at 1210 NW Couch St. around 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Nov. 15, 2013 The most recent quarterly report from the police bureau on how its officers use force—and against whom—offers some cause for concern in the wake of news last week that the city and Portland Police Association had found relative peace over federal reforms. For reasons still unknown, […]
By Emily E. Smith and Rebecca Woolington, The Oregonian, Sept. 30, 2013 Hillsboro police officers fired seven rounds at a man believed to be armed and suicidal during a standoff Sept. 17 at his Orenco apartment, police and court records show. Officer David Bonn fired a rifle at Adam Havery Olsen, 33, while Officer Dan […]
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, July 30, 2013 A 27-year-old man who won a $306,000 jury verdict last year after Portland police beat him and then unlawfully arrested him has agreed to a carefully worded settlement to receive his check. READ – Gallagher Smith v. City of Portland Settlement Documents (PDF, 28KB) Gallagher Smith was stunned […]
Since a take-no-prisoners inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justice, which found Portland police were engaged in a “pattern or practice” of excessive force against people with mental illness, the City of Portland’s draft settlement agreement has still not been approved in federal court. Justice officials, the Portland police union and the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, July 10, 2013 A new outside audit of six Portland police shootings and one death in custody highlights a series of problems that continue to plague officers’ use of deadly force and the bureau’s internal reviews. READ – OIR Group Report 2 – Police Shootings and In Custody Deaths – […]
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian, July 8, 2013 Tidiness makes me nervous. Especially when we’re talking about a 4:15 a.m. mess involving two weary partiers, a half-dozen cops and one Taser, the unofficial mascot of the Portland Police Bureau. For Mshaka Messiah Mitchell — a concierge at The Casey in the Pearl — and his […]
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