EDITORIAL: from The Oregonian – February, 2007 Ten years from now, Portlanders may look back on Sept. 17, 2006, as a turning point. The death of James Philip Chasse Jr. has forced a painful recognition: Even here, in a progressive city with a highly trained police force, police treatment of the mentally ill remains, essentially, […]
From KATU.com & AP.com, February 8, 2007 Calling it a “tortured death,” the family of a mentally ill Portland man who died in police custody filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to change the city’s policy on the use of force. The complaint seeks changes to limit the use deadly force and foot pursuits. […]
From Willamette Week, February 7, 2007 This much is known: James P. Chasse Jr. is dead. Beyond that, there are mostly questions. Chasse, 42, died Sept. 17 after an encounter with police in the heart of Portland’s chichi Pearl District. The schizophrenic man who was known to friends as “Jim Jim” was, according to one […]
From the Willamette Week, February 7, 2007 The family of James P. Chasse Jr., a 42-year-old schizophrenic man killed in police custody last year, filed suit in federal court today as their attorney called for overhauling a “system that allows brutality.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against the three Portland police officers who scuffled with […]
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