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Review: Alien Boy “unhesitatingly indicts the Portland Police Bureau”

June 3, 2014
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By Christine Schofelt, World Socialist Web Site, May 28, 2014 Brian Lindstrom’s 2013 film Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, available through Amazon and in theatrical release, makes no attempt at an evasive “even-handedness” in presenting the case of 42-year-old James Chasse, a man [diagnosed with schizophrenia] who was cruelly beaten by […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/alien-boy/" rel="tag">Alien Boy</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/bret-burton/" rel="tag">Bret Burton</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/brian-lindstrom/" rel="tag">Brian Lindstrom</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/christopher-humphreys/" rel="tag">Christopher Humphreys</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/death-in-custody/" rel="tag">death in custody</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/excessive-force/" rel="tag">excessive force</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jamie-marquez/" rel="tag">Jamie Marquez</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/rosie-sizemore/" rel="tag">Rosie Sizemore</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/tom-potter/" rel="tag">Tom Potter</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/u-s-department-of-justice/" rel="tag">U.S. Department of Justice</a> Leave a comment

Emily Walker: The message you’re sending

July 12, 2013
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By Emily Walker, PDXX Collective, July 12, 2013 Living in Portland you have to know the name James Chasse. You must know that police tackled Chasse, who was [diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia], in front of restaurants in the Pearl District. You must have heard that the three police officers involved alleged that Chasse was urinating […]

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Portland Police Bureau announces members of new Behavioral Health Unit

May 1, 2013
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Portland Police Bureau news release, April 30, 2013 In response to the changing landscape of police work and the requirements set forth in the City’s proposed agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Portland Police Bureau has created the Behavioral Health Unit (BHU). The BHU is located within Central Precinct and encompasses and oversees […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/amy-bruner-dehnert/" rel="tag">Amy Bruner-Dehnert</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/averyl-growden/" rel="tag">Averyl Growden</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/behavioral-health-unit/" rel="tag">Behavioral Health Unit</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/bret-burton/" rel="tag">Bret Burton</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/cindy-hackett/" rel="tag">Cindy Hackett</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/cit/" rel="tag">CIT</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/cliff-bacigalupi/" rel="tag">Cliff Bacigalupi</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/dinah-brooks/" rel="tag">Dinah Brooks</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/enhanced-crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-crooker/" rel="tag">James Crooker</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/josh-silverman/" rel="tag">Josh Silverman</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/mobile-crisis-unit/" rel="tag">Mobile Crisis Unit</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/project-respond/" rel="tag">Project Respond</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/robert-mccormick/" rel="tag">Robert McCormick</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/sara-westbrook/" rel="tag">Sara Westbrook</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/sean-christian/" rel="tag">Sean Christian</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/service-coordination-team/" rel="tag">Service Coordination Team</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/u-s-department-of-justice/" rel="tag">U.S. Department of Justice</a> Leave a comment

DOJ v City of Portland Unresolved But Police Chief Pushes Ahead With Reforms

April 21, 2013
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From The Skanner, April 18, 2013 The police union is in court-ordered mediation with the City of Portland and the Department of Justice, after challenging their settlement agreement on police reforms. Meanwhile Police Chief Mike Reese is pushing ahead with hiring for the new Behavioral Health Unit. But critics say Reese’s hiring choices are eroding […]

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‘Alien Boy’ director on remembering James Chasse as ‘just a person’

February 26, 2013
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By Brian Lindstrom, in the Portland Tribune, Feb. 21, 2013 As parents of a 7- and an 8-year-old, my wife Cheryl Strayed and I often discuss what we hope to impart to our children. At the top of that list is resilience, which I define not only as the ability to persevere despite obstacles but […]

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Update on the killers of James Chasse

November 8, 2012
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Former Portland Police Bureau officer Christopher Humphreys has won the position of Sheriff for Wheeler County, Oregon. A radio journalist who broadcasts in Central Oregon called yesterday to ask, “are persons with mental illness no longer safe in Central Oregon?” No, but they have never been safe in Central Oregon. If persons who live in […]

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Reversal of police suspension in James Chasse arbitration sends wrong message

July 18, 2012
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Guest column by Jenny Westberg, published in The Oregonian, July 18, 2012 An arbitrator’s decision last week to overturn 80-hour suspensions against Portland police officers involved in the 2006 death of James Chasse will further erode community confidence in the police, particularly among those affected by mental illness. Although the police union considers the ruling […]

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Arbitrator tells Portland it must dismiss suspensions of two cops involved in Chasse killing

July 13, 2012
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From the Oregonian, July 12, 2012 An arbitrator has ordered the city of Portland to dismiss two-week suspensions against former Officer Christopher Humphreys and Sgt. Kyle Nice stemming from the death-in-custody of James P. Chasse Jr. in September 2006. ARBITRATOR’S OPINION AND AWARD CHRIS HUMPHREYS / KYLE NICE GRIEVANCE IN THE MATTER OF THE ARBITRATION […]

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Australia learns about Portland’s ‘Taser Troubles’

May 29, 2012
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Australian TV news aired a 20 minute story on Tasers, highlighting Portland, Oregon as a community where Tasers have been in use. There is interest in Oz to have their cops use Tasers as an alternative to pistols, rifles, shotguns, cudgels, fists and feet. Journalist Nick Lazaredes talked with ACLU Oregon’s David Fidanque, Dan Halsted […]

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Steenson Documents from Chasse v Humphreys

October 18, 2010
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James Chasse family attorneys Tom Steenson and Tom Schneiger released documents on October 18, 2010, which had been secreted by a judge’s order during Chasse v Humphreys. Their federal civil case settled in July. READ – Lawyers: Police lied about Chasse’s death, KGW.com, 10/19/10 1 – Miscellaneous documents – black & white Executive Order re […]

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