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From the Oregonian, June 5, 2013 Portland’s City Council on Wednesday approved a $2.3 million settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by William Kyle Monroe, a man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and permanently disabled after Police Officer Dane Reister fired lethal rounds at him from his beanbag shotgun two years ago. The amount marks […]
There is a long and sordid history with the Portland Police and Tasers, which MHAP has been documenting for years. Finally, a Federal Grand Jury agrees there is a problem. As always, follow the Links below to the appropriate sections of this posting: Oregonian: Federal Jury Rules Against Portland Police in Tasing of Man Suspected […]
Twenty-two new documents were released to the media on August 8, 2010 from discovery for Chasse v Humphreys et al, settled by the City of Portland for $1.6 million dollars on about July 28. More will be released soon. The 22 documents are listed below. Each are non-searchable PDF documents. Portland Police Training Division’s Review […]
From the The Oregonian, May 11, 2010 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman issued an apology this afternoon to the family of James P. Chasse Jr. as he announced the $1.6 million settlement the city reached with the Chasse family in their federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against Portland police. The city of Portland and […]
From the Willamette Week, May 11, 2010 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman this afternoon apologized to the family of James Chasse Jr. after the city reached a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit over Chasse’s 2006 death in police custody. “I believe this proposed settlement to be in the best interests of our city and our […]
From Coming Up For Air, a monthly column for Street Roots newspaper, February 5, 2010 By Roy Silberstein, president of the board of directors Left unblamed by the city of Portland’s attorney James Rice in his petition to move Chasse vs. Humphreys is the nonprofit advocacy organization responsible for informing the community about what happened […]
From the Oregonian, February 2, 2010 The lawyer for James P. Chasse Jr.‘s family called the City of Portland’s push to transfer the federal civil rights trial out of state frivolous, and estimated it would cost the plaintiffs alone more than $40,000, according to court papers filed this week. Attorney Thomas Steenson says the federal […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 18, 2009 Attorneys working for the City of Portland are claiming a surprise new defense in the 2006 death in custody of James Chasse jr, a man with schizophrenia: That Chasse died of “excited delirium.” “Excited delirium” is a controversial medical term often associated with deaths in police custody where […]
From The Oregonian, June 26 2009 Multnomah County is poised to pay its largest legal settlement, $925,000, to end its part in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought two and a half years ago by the family of James P. Chasse Jr. Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler said the settlement, which commissioners will vote on […]
From the Portland Tribune, November 13 2008 Officials consider whether Portland cop should be prosecuted for lying to investigators The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office said Thursday that it will review the police investigation surrounding the 2006 death of James Chasse Jr. to determine whether Portland Police Officer Christopher Humphreys lied to police detectives during […]
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