Documentary – “Alien Boy” deals with the case of James Chasse Jr., who died in police custodyFrom The Oregonian The Mental Health Association of Portland will be working with a Portland filmmaker to produce a documentary about the life and death of James P. Chasse Jr. The title, “Alien Boy,” refers to a song written […]
From the Portland Mercury Multnomah County’s commitment court ruled two years ago an alleged mentally ill person should be locked in a psychiatric hospital because there was a risk she might be “beaten to death” by cops like James Chasse, if she were left to wander the streets, it was revealed yesterday. The appeals court […]
Portland Tribune, March 2008 For some residents, Old Town transitional housing facility offers too much temptation • ‘Harm reduction’ principles may be at odds with care of addicted mentally ill For David Hain, the Bridgeview Program was a lifeline. A recovering alcoholic, private investigator and former captain in the Multnomah County sheriff’s office, he started […]
<span style=”font-style:italic;”>From OPB.com</span>, March 18. 2008<br /><br />LISTEN TO <a href=”http://stream1.opb.org:9000/tol/episodes/2008/0318.mp3″>”Policing the Mentally Ill”</a> (24MB MP3)<br /><br />In September of 2006, a schizophrenic man named <span style=”font-weight:bold;”>James Chasse</span> <a href=”http://wweek.com/editorial/3252/8148/”>died in police custody</a>, sending shockwaves throughout Portland and the state. At the time, Mayor Potter promised an overhaul of the system that failed Chasse.<br /><br […]
LISTEN TO “Policing the Mentally Ill” (24MB MP3) – broadcast March 17, 2008 In September of 2006, a schizophrenic man named James Chasse died in police custody, sending shockwaves throughout Portland and the state. At the time, Mayor Potter promised an overhaul of the system that failed Chasse. A year and a half later, the […]
Special screening at City Hall, hosted by Tom Potter (pictured) and Randy Leonard March 28, 1 – 3 PM in City Hall Council Chambers FINDING NORMAL is a powerfully honest documentary film about the Central City Concern Recovery Mentor Program, a group of Portland addicts in their day-to-day struggle to find a “normal” way of […]
County memo says two in-custody deaths will not be charged as homicides From The Portland Tribune A 43-year-old man told nurses he had chest pain. He received anti-anxiety medication, only to die of a heart attack. A 36-year-old woman told nurses she had pneumonia – and that her spleen had been removed, making the disease […]
From the Portland Mercury, March 20, 2008 Multnomah County’s commitment court ruled at the end of 2006 that an allegedly mentally ill woman should be locked in a psychiatric hospital, because it would be safer than wandering the streets like James Chasse — where the person risked being “beaten to death” by cops, according to […]
From OPB.org, March 6 2008 LISTEN – Police And Jails Providing Much Of State’s Mental Health Care If someone you care about gets sick enough, you take them to the doctor — or maybe even the hospital. But if an illness is mental, rather than physical in nature, the symptoms are more confusing — and […]
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