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Kendra James 10 Years Later Memorial Vigil To Remember Woman Slain by Police in 2003 Sunday, May 5, 2013, 5:00 PM 931 N Skidmore On Sunday, May 5, the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform will lead a memorial vigil for Kendra James, the young woman killed by Officer Scott McCollister exactly […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 8, 2013 Portland police disciplined for using excessive force would not be able to challenge the discipline before a state arbitrator, under a bill that will have a hearing before state lawmakers on Wednesday. State Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, has sponsored the bill, at the request of Portland attorneys […]
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. […]
Will They Ever Learn? Report on Cop Shooting Investigations Finds “Room for Improvement” Portland Mercury, June 27, 2012 The day after the city released an outside analysis of seven police shootings since 2004—a report that raised significant concerns about the Portland Police Bureau’s ability to learn from its mistakes—the bureau’s official response didn’t inspire much […]
From The Oregonian, May 12, 2003 They gathered on Mother’s Day to pray and protest. The prayers were for Kendra James, a 21-year-old mother of two shot dead by a Portland police officer May 5. The prayers were sweet and compelling and full of heart. The protests were forceful and filled with a deep concern […]
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 […]
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