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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 26, 2013 Almost 15 years after he fatally shot his parents and then went on a shooting rampage at Thurston High School, Kipland P. Kinkel is asking a state judge to throw out his nearly 112-year sentence based on a landmark ruling last summer by the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 28, 2012 Portland’s City Council Wednesday unanimously voted to extend a tax to all land-line phone service providers – an idea that Mayor Sam Adams pushed to raise millions of dollars a year for federally-mandated police reforms. The vote came amid protest from representatives of Century Link and Frontier, […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, September 25, 2012 About 30 community members gathered outside Portland City Hall on Tuesday to condemn a state board’s ruling that orders the city to reinstate fired police Officer Ron Frashour. Attorney Tom Steenson, representing the family of Aaron Campbell — the unarmed man Frashour fatally shot in the back […]
PPA Press Release on Employment Relations Boards Decisions By Daryl Turner, PPAVigil.org, September 25, 2012 Integrity is essential to the believability of information produced during an investigation. The Employment Relations Board ruling in the Officer [Ronald] Frashour case asserts that during their investigation they have reviewed and researched all the information provided to them by […]
By Jake Thomas, Street Roots, March 15, 2012 A common pattern often emerges after a citizen dies at the hands of police. There is public rage. The city promises reform, and then the rage simmers off until the next incident. Less noticeable, however, is the constant work of people dedicated to bringing reform to the […]
From The Guerrilla Angel Report by Lexie Cannes, February 18, 2012 And these appointments occurred quietly, seemingly without anyone batting an eye. And this is how it should be done — selected without public attention to gender identity or sexual orientation. I’m making note of here to measure how far we’ve come, at least here […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury Blogtown, Fri, Nov 4, 2011 Almost a year after promising quick action on dozens of long-sought police reforms—and months after promising to address further concerns raised by community and accountability groups—Mayor Sam Adams’ office this afternoon will finally release a draft report that lays out the Portland Police Bureau’s […]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian Portland’s city auditor, Commissioner Randy Leonard and Police Chief Mike Reese want to allow an officer’s direct supervisor to be a voting member of a new Police Review Board that will examine an officers’ use of force and recommend discipline, although city-hired consultants have advised against […]
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 […]
From KATU.com, July 29, 2010 While the city’s settlement payment to the family of a man who died in police custody may bring an end to a wrongful-death lawsuit, some said Wednesday the case can’t be resolved with money. Many people, including city commissioners, said they hope the lessons learned from the death of James […]
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