Choosing to Die In a frank and personal documentary, author Sir Terry Pratchett considers how he might choose to end his life. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2008, Terry wants to know whether he might be able to end his life before his disease takes over. Traveling to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland, Terry witnesses first […]
From The Portland Mercury, August 30, 2012 Heeding calls by advocates to find new ways to keep police officers and public-safety dispatchers out of the very touchy suicide-response business, this fall Portland officials are moving forward with yet another initiative meant to divert mental-health calls from 911. On Wednesday, August 29, Portland City Council was […]
From The Oregonian, August 30, 2012 Moments after a federal judge read the jury’s $2.5 million verdict, Hope Glenn turned away from the counsel table and clung to her husband, in tears. Jurors decided Thursday that Washington County sheriff’s deputies violated the Fourth Amendment rights of 18-year-old Lukus Glenn when they fatally shot him in […]
From The Oregonian, August 30, 2012 Oregon will receive more than $4.2 million under a multi-state settlement over alleged illegal marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. The consumer protection settlement announced this morning is based on a long-running investigation into whether Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, paid kickbacks to providers to […]
The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive – Part One The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive – Part Two From Top Documentary Films: Stephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population. Stephen embarks on an emotional […]
From The Oregonian, August 24, 2012 A Clackamas County grand jury has declined to criminally charge a Gladstone police officer who shot and killed a 23-year-old Gladstone man in an armed confrontation at his home. The grand jury met over two days, reviewing evidence presented by the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office and returned its […]
READ – Everything about what happened to Lukus Glenn Jury in Lukus Glenn wrongful death trial finds fatal shooting violated his rights From The Oregonian, August 30, 2012 Jurors sided with the Glenn family in the wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf on Lukus Glenn, shot and killed by Washington County sheriff’s deputies outside his […]
From the Portland Mercury, August 21, 2012 – by Denis Theriault As noted in yesterday’s post about the Portland Police Bureau’s new Training Advisory Council, I’m still waiting on more details about how public—or not—the citizen panel will be. A posting seeking applicants didn’t mention whether the group’s four meetings a year would be open […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner Around 10:30 p.m. on August 14, Michael Justin Evans became the latest casualty in a years-long series of bloody encounters between Portland-area police and persons with mental illness or addiction. Evans, 23, was killed by one of the two Gladstone police officers dispatched to the home he shared […]
A new documentary film about the life of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous will be shown in Portland October 7 – 11 at the Cinema 21 Theater. READ – Bill W. by Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times. READ – Earning Lasting Fame for Being Anonymous, New York Times READ – ‘Bill W.’ review: Co-founder of […]
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