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Daily Journal, Feb. 3, 2016 The U.S. Department of Justice wants Portland police to require officers who use deadly force to file immediate accounts of what occurred in use of force reports. Justice Department lawyers are meeting next week with Multnomah County prosecutors and Portland city attorneys to try to get them on board. Assistant […]
The Portland Mercury, Feb. 28, 2014 Justice Cripps went to jail in July, after cops had warned her to hold her dog’s leash. Almost two weeks later, 19-year-old John Johnson was standing at the same downtown intersection, singing, when the cuffs were slapped on. His backpack and skateboard were on the wrong part of the […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 11, 2013 Portland Police Officer Dane Reister should lose his job for suddenly firing a beanbag shotgun that he mistakenly loaded with lethal rounds at a man obviously suffering from a mental illness, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says. READ – Complaint – William Kyle Monroe v City of […]
Officer-involved shooting takes man’s life at Adventist Medical Center By Alastair Jamieson, NBC News, Feb. 18, 2013 An “officer-involved shooting investigation” has been launched after a suspected gunman’s death at a Portland, Ore., hospital. Officers were called to the Adventist Medical Center in south-east Portland at 9:30 p.m. Sunday local time (0:30 a.m. ET Monday) following […]
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