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By David Stabler, The Oregonian, Friday, February 24, 2012 Hours before they bedded down Tuesday night under the Morrison Bridge, Carter “Joe” Hickman and Albert “Allen” Dean, sought shelter at an Old Town homeless tent area, said Ibrahim Mubarak, who runs the shelter. They were turned away for lack of room — an increasingly common […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 An employee of the 24-hour Senvoy courier company heard two shots followed by screams early Wednesday and called 9-1-1, bringing Portland police to Southeast Belmont Street below the Morrison Bridge, where two homeless men were shot while they lay sleeping. One man was struck in the […]
From the Oregonian, December 10, 2010 Dismissing what he called the “ubiquitous critics” who will never be satisfied with what police do, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese promoted controversial Leo Besner to sergeant Thursday. Reese told the crowd assembled at the Portland Building that he, as chief, has certainly experienced the critics the last week […]
Editorial column by Steve Duin, The Oregonian, November 20, 2009 In the brutal chain of personalities and events that have licensed Portland police to turn a beanbag shotgun on a 12-year-old girl, the aloof commissioner, absentee mayor and anything-goes police chief aren’t nearly as significant as James Chasse Jr., Eunice Crowder and Barbara Weich. Chasse, […]
By Steve Duin & published in The Oregonian, June 25, 1995 Rarely does a single question provide as much heat and light as the one Chuck Currie stuck in the City Council’s ear on Wednesday. The need to replace the dear, departing Recovery Inn was up for debate at City Hall. Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury had […]
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