From the Oregonian, October 30 2008 Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer has asked internal affairs investigators who reviewed the Sept. 17, 2006 death of James P. Chasse Jr. to go back and examine a newly-released and enhanced jailhouse video that captures officers’ earliest statements about what occurred. The video, released by Chasse’s family attorney and […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 30 2008 Earlier today I linked to Nick Budnick’s Tribune story about the release of new video footage showing the cops who arrested James Chasse, in the jail booking area, talking about how they tackled him to the ground. Now, Police Chief Rosie Sizer and the City Attorney, Linda Meng, […]
From KPTV.com, October 30, 2008 A video obtained by FOX 12 and the Portland Tribune may shed new light on the arrest of James Chasse, who died in police custody in 2006.
Cop in video: ‘We tackled’ Chasse – Officer’s early account of fracas at odds with official statement From the Portland Tribune, October 29 2008 WATCH – Full 13 minute video of James Chasse being ‘booked’ at the Multnomah County Detention Center on September 17 2006. As Police Chief Rosie Sizer continues to weigh possible discipline […]
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5514445339177721643&hl=en] This video is from a security camera in the booking area of the Multnomah County Detention Center, managed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department. The video was made on September 17 2008 and shows James Chasse, mortally wounded by a beating from two Portland police officers and a Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputy, hogtied and […]
From the Portland Tribune, October 20 2008 (scroll to the bottom of the page) Excerpts from a Portland Police Bureau transcript of the Sept. 20, 2006, interview of officer Christopher Humphreys by police homicide Detective Lynn Courtney. Humphreys: … I catch up to him and I basically just, uh, as I’m kinda matching his speed, […]
Big cover story in the Portland Tribune today about a security camera video of the Multnomah County Jail on September 17 2006. The story describes how in the video officer Christopher Humphrey and deputy Bret Burton contradict their sworn testimony later given to homicide detective Lynn Courtney. The video also shows in detail the deputies […]
Richard Harris takes on Oregon’s Mental Health and Addictions Division Interview by Amanda Waldroupe, published by Street Roots, October 24 2008 The Oregon office of Addictions and Mental Health Division is moving and shaking. On September 12, it was announced that Richard Harris, 68, the retiring executive director of Central City Concern, would replace Bob […]
Utne Reader has an interesting overview of recent magazine news stories about the criminalization of mental illness in it’s November – December 2008 issue. It’s become a well-paying career for thousands of writers, actors, journalists, commentators, musicians – artists and creative people of all sorts – to portray persons with mental illness as dangerous and […]
To: All DHS employees From: Bruce Goldberg, M.D., director Subject: Our clients’ voices Date: October 24, 2008 “We are not the worst moments of our lives.” ~Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking Recently I participated in a panel discussion about community treatment facilities for people with mental illness. It was clear from some […]
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