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The Oregonian, August 31, 1994 A Gresham police officer who shot a mentally ill woman will not be indicted on criminal charges, a Multnomah County grand jury decided Tuesday. The grand jury spent only five minutes deliberating and voted 7-0 to clear Officer Ron Willis of the charge of criminal homicide arising from the shooting […]
By columnist Margie Boule. From the Oregonian, August 30, 1994 [This column refers to the police shooting death of Gale Moody – MHAP eds.] Fielding phone calls last week, I felt as if I were back in college, responding to criticism of our student anti-war protest. “Your column about the mentally ill woman who was […]
From The Oregonian, August 26, 1994 When Portland-area police fatally fired on Gale E. Moody and Janet Marilyn Smith in separate incidents this week, they were doing exactly what they’ve been taught to do. Police training and tactical weaponry now offer little middle ground between negotiating with someone threatening harm and using deadly force. Once […]
All stories in this post are from The Oregonian. They are not available elsewhere online. WOMAN DIES IN CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE August 26, 1994 Two Portland police officers called to investigate a neighborhood dispute Wednesday evening shot and killed a woman after she refused to drop a fake handgun she had pointed at them. According […]
From The Oregonian, August 25, 1994 Police on Wednesday significantly changed their version of events Sunday when an officer shot and killed a mentally ill woman in the Gresham Fred Meyer store. There were no shopping carts at both ends of the aisle when five police officers confronted Janet Marilyn Smith, who was carrying a […]
From The Oregonian, August 25, 1994 By Margie Boule. He was the kind of man you notice from a distance and something inside you tenses up. He was old, but to me he didn’t seem old and harmless. He seemed old and menacing. Suddenly, he stepped in front of me on the sidewalk and stopped. […]
The Oregonian, August 23, 1994 By Margie Boule. Mary Bradley heard the young woman in the Fred Meyer store before she saw her. Mary had just gone through the produce department, gently squeezing the peaches, wrestling broccoli into a plastic bag, and was headed over to pick up some cheese, when she heard someone yelling. […]
From The Oregonian, August 23, 1994 Shortly before police shot and killed Janet Marilyn Smith on Sunday, the mentally ill young woman stood alone outside her apartment, screaming for help. One hand clutched at her beloved gray Siamese cat named Blue. In the other, Smith held a 6-inch-long knife. And she was screaming, as if […]
From The Oregonian, August 22, 1994 A woman whom witnesses described as deranged but not threatening was shot and killed by a Gresham police officer in the Fred Meyer store at 2497 East Burnside Road shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. The Multnomah County medical examiner’s office identified her as Janet Marilyn Smith, 28, who lived […]
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