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Eds. Note – The complaint below stems from the United States Department of Justice v. City of Portland settlement agreement where the city of Portland is required to hire a “Compliance Officer / Community Liaison” (CO/CL) and impanel a “Community Oversight Advisory Board” (COAB). DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL – November 19, 2015 TO: Adrian Brown, Assistant […]
Chicago academics suggest Portland police survey those they’ve had contact with, particularly mental health consumers – Oregonian, October 13, 2015 The only way to accurately measure whether Portland police are improving their encounters with people who have mental illnesses is to survey the people themselves, says a team of Chicago-based academics hired by the city […]
The Portland Mercury, April 23, 2014 “WE TACKLED HIM.” The words are indistinct—sort of blurred at the edges, bleeding into one another. They are surrounded by other hazy noises, and followed by the laughter of jail deputies engaging in a bit of collegial bonhomie on a September evening. But less than an hour later, the […]
By Brian Lindstrom, in the Portland Tribune, Feb. 21, 2013 As parents of a 7- and an 8-year-old, my wife Cheryl Strayed and I often discuss what we hope to impart to our children. At the top of that list is resilience, which I define not only as the ability to persevere despite obstacles but […]
From The Oregonian, November 2, 2012 Community activists, attorneys and civil rights workers told Portland’s City Council Thursday that the agreement the city reached with federal officials on police reforms doesn’t go far enough. They urged the council to slow down and not rush to sign the 74-page agreement next week. Civil rights attorney Tom […]
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 […]
From the Oregonian, July 12, 2012 An arbitrator has ordered the city of Portland to dismiss two-week suspensions against former Officer Christopher Humphreys and Sgt. Kyle Nice stemming from the death-in-custody of James P. Chasse Jr. in September 2006. ARBITRATOR’S OPINION AND AWARD CHRIS HUMPHREYS / KYLE NICE GRIEVANCE IN THE MATTER OF THE ARBITRATION […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 07, 2012 More than a year after Portland Police Chief Mike Reese fired Officer Ronald Frashour for his fatal shooting of an unarmed black man and found the officer violated bureau policy, at least 11 bureau training instructors argue the chief was wrong. In fact, Portland Officer Tracy […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Members of the Albina Ministerial Alliance this morning stood with Aaron Campbell’s mother in support of the recent $1.2 million settlement of the family’s federal wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Portland. Marva Davis, Campbell’s mother who had lost another son the day a Portland […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 01, 2012 The city of Portland has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago. Civil rights attorney Tom Steenson said the $1.2 million Campbell settlement […]
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