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In the past three decades, Portland police chiefs have fired officers who were convicted of driving drunk off duty, leaving dead animals outside a black-owned business, and selling “Smoke ‘Em, Don’t Choke ‘Em” T-shirts to officers after a man died in police custody from a neck hold. The chiefs had to bring them all back. […]
From The Oregonian, Wednesday, May 7, 2003. This is the first Oregonian news story about the killing of Kendra James. More than 36 hours after Portland Officer Scott McCollister shot and killed a 21-year-old woman who was attempting to drive away from a traffic stop, Portland police said Tuesday they did not know why he […]
From the Portland Tribune, April 6, 2001 Family’s attorney will conduct an inquiry into death of mental patient An attorney for the family of 29-year-old Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot, who was fatally shot by a Portland police officer at a psychiatric hospital last weekend, will continue her own inquiry into circumstances that led to […]
From the Portland Tribune, April 13, 2001 More witnesses claim that police used excessive force in subduing Jose Mejia on March 30 Four more witnesses have stepped forward to say that Portland police used excessive force when they arrested Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot during a Tri-Met fare dispute March 30. The Portland Police Bureau […]
From the Portland Tribune, April 10, 2001 Bystanders question the amount of force used by police after Jose Mejia’s bus fare incident Witnesses to the early morning arrest of Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot, a resident alien from Mexico shot to death by police in a Portland psychiatric hospital April 1, say officers used excessive […]
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