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WELCOME to the 2024 Portland Municipal Candidate Forum Thanks for participating in this LIVE and ONLINE Candidate Forum featuring candidates for the four new city council districts and candidates for the next mayor of Portland. Over 60 candidates have registered to appear to discuss our subject – Mental Illness and Addiction. All candidates were invited […]

from Willamette Week One of the cops accused in last year’s killing of James Chasse Jr. while he was in police custody is named in a new lawsuit alleging police battery. Portland police officer Christopher Humphreys and three other officers are accused of beating a suspect named Charles Manigo during a May 4, 2006, arrest

From the Portland Tribune, September 11 2008 Police tactics and handling of mentally ill still being challenged two years after man’s violent death James Chasse Jr. was a gentle but troubled soul in his youth. In 1980, he fronted a local band, the Psychedelic Unknowns. Over the next two decades, Chasse descended into schizophrenia until

from the Portland MercuryEmergency Response – Mayor Responds to Questions on Chasse Case Mayor Tom Potter responded in writing on Monday, November 5, to a list of 28 “unanswered questions” given to his communications director outside city hall on the one-year anniversary of the death of James Philip Chasse Jr. two months ago. The questions,

From the Portland TribuneA federal judge is wondering why the Portland city attorney’s office has not complied with a court order he issued last month demanding that the city turn over reams of requested documents to lawyers for the family of James Chasse Jr. Chasse’s death in 2006 after an altercation with police sparked the

Portland program requires all street cops to be taught intervention techniquesFrom the Portland Tribune, September 11 2008 In Memphis, as in Portland, change started with a death. In Portland, two years ago, the death of 42-year-old schizophrenic James Chasse Jr. at the hands of Portland police prompted public outcry for change in the way officers

from the Portland Mercury, June 4, 2008 A Federal Judge has ordered that the James Chasse jr. trial be split in two this morning, between the individual police officers and the City of Portland, in a move that could drastically affect the outcome of the case. Chasse Family Attorney Tom Steenson: Determined before court today…

From Willamette Week, May 27, 2008 A Portland State University student who’s been a persistent headache for local cops is back in action. Richard Prentice, 34, gave notice to the city last Friday that he intends to sue for $10,000 after police allegedly broke down his door without a warrant. “The whole apartment was shaking,”

From the Portland Mercury, May 17, 2008 City attorneys say Chasse film could stoke hostility against police officers “Alien Boy,” a local documentary about a schizophrenic man who died in police custody in 2006 has been dragged into a legal tug-of-war between the victim’s family and the city of Portland. Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom has

The groups say they’re frustrated with a general lack of respect from City HallFrom The Oregonian, April 9, 2008 Most election years, Portland’s police and firefighters help play kingmaker, giving thousands of dollars and priceless get-out-the-vote help to a slate of carefully chosen candidates. This year, however, they’re largely sitting it out. They’re fed up