By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, July 30, 2013 A 27-year-old man who won a $306,000 jury verdict last year after Portland police beat him and then unlawfully arrested him has agreed to a carefully worded settlement to receive his check. READ – Gallagher Smith v. City of Portland Settlement Documents (PDF, 28KB) Gallagher Smith was stunned […]
By Sara Hottman, The Oregonian, July 29, 2013 For decades, the sidewalk outside Portland City Hall has been home to a rotating population of protesters who push the limits of the city’s 32-year-old camping ban. Homeless campers stay for weeks or months to protest war, homelessness policies or the anti-camping law itself. Last week, in […]
From KOIN.com, July 25, 2013 Robert Waltrip and Rachelle Rock are still dealing with emotions that are incredibly raw. They think about things their daughter won’t experience. “Her first prom dance, her first date,” Robert Hamblin-Rock said. “Makes a father very angry, very, very angry. I’d do anything to bring her back, anything.” Marina Hamblin-Rock […]
From the Eugene Register Guard, July 28, 2013 “This case had the very real possibility of a jury verdict and judgment double or more the size of this settlement.” Mark Clarke, U.S. magistrate judge The Lane County Board of Commissioners will vote this week to pay $500,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit stemming […]
By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, July 26, 2013 The Portland Police Association has filed an unfair labor complaint against the city of Portland, saying that Mayor Charlie Hales‘ stance that some contract negotiations be made public is against labor rules. READ – PPA’s unfair labor complaint (PDF, 215KB) READ – “Moving Forward With Contract Negotiations” […]
On July 24, 2013, the Portland Police Bureau added a “DOJ” link to its website, to house information related to the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of the Portland police and its subsequent lawsuit against the City of Portland. In order to preserve the material posted there, even if a document or the whole site […]
By Hannah Hoffman, Statesman Journal, July 25, 2013 Mary Claire Buckley, former director of the Psychiatric Security Review Board, regularly belittled, criticized, swore and screamed at employees, to the point that one woman confessed to crying for 45 minutes after an encounter and another employee told investigators they “had never had a job this bad.” […]
By Linda Rosenberg, President & CEO, National Council for Behavioral Health, June 21, 2013 Ever wondered what it’s like to live with a mental illness or addiction? Is there hope? Is help available? The Other Side ― an award-winning 5-minute film marking the 50th anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act passed by President Kennedy […]
Delivered 7/24/2013 to Cheryl Peters, Oregon Health Authority’s Office of Equity and Inclusion The Mental Health Association of Portland, a trainer of Peer Support Specialists and an independent advocate representing persons with mental illness and addiction, offers the following testimony on the proposed rules for Non-Traditional Health Care Workers, specifically the rules’ effect on Peer […]
By The Associated Press, July 23, 2013 Police dispersed protesters aligned with the 2011 Occupy movement who were camped out in front of Portland, Oregon’s City Hall on Tuesday morning, five days after city workers hung eviction notices from nearby trees. The encampment made up of a largely homeless population began after police ordered the […]
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