Incidents of the use of overwhelming force by law enforcement including physical violence and firearms
Redmond couple grieve loss of friend, neighbor Say they’d tried to help Michael Gaskill, fatally injured by police car video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player REDMOND, Ore. – Michael Gaskill, the man hit by a Redmond police car last week, died over the weekend. NewsChannel 21’s Dani Fried spoke Monday with two neighbors who say they’re […]
WHAT: BEARING WITNESS: James Chasse – a celebration & conversation about the life of James Chasse Jr. on the 10th anniversary of his death WHERE: CERIMON HOUSE – 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland – MAP IT WHEN: Saturday, 9/17/16 – Film screening @ 5:00 PM, Community Conversation @ 7:00 PM HOW: Reservations: bearingwitness.brownpapertickets.com On Saturday, […]
Portland Tribune, June 28, 2016 Clackamas County is refusing to pay the parents of a 19-year-old who was killed by police for the damages to their apartment by bloodstains and a tear-gas bomb launched by SWAT members. After living at the apartment in Oak Grove for more than 15 years, lrene and Antonie Kalonji didn’t […]
Robert Wickizer, 70, was killed by police May 30, 2016, as they responded to a disturbance call in Tualatin. Officers said to be “involved” – one or more of whom shot Wickizer to death – were Tualatin officer Erich French, Beaverton officer Charles Wujcik, Beaverton officer Aaron Oberst, Washington County Sergeant Chris Schweigert, Hillsboro officer […]
Travis Anthony Moore, 38, was shot to death by one or both of two Oregon City police officers, David Edwins and David Plummer, on May 21. The officers were attempting to serve Moore with an arrest warrant for failure to appear on a previous charge. Moore had schizophrenia, according to his brother, Adam. +++ Man killed […]
Bodhi Wilson Dean Phelps, 22, of Fairview, was shot and killed by Gresham Police officers Gavin Sasser and Kevin Carlson on May 24 as they responded to reports of domestic violence. KGW.com, May 26, 2016 +++ Press release: Domestic violence suspect shot by officers Gresham Police Department, FlashAlert.net, May 24, 2016 An early morning domestic violence […]
After a year of investigation and delay the Portland City Council-appointed Citizen Review Commission met last night to review the case of Matthew Klug. After 45 minutes of self-indulgent delay, the CRC bumbled through its agenda before conceding they had little to add to the Portland Police Bureau’s exoneration of two Portland police officers’ rough […]
Video part of review that cleared jail staff in the fatal 2015 struggle Eds. Note: Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik failed to publicly distribute his investigation of the death of Mycheal Lynch, to name the deputies who killed Lynch, or to bring the deputies to a grand jury or public inquest. We’ve asked for […]
The Oregonian, April 1, 2016 Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies failed to respond to the needs of an inmate who suffered from mental illness and was found dead, lying naked in a jail cell in April 2015, about two weeks after he was booked on misdemeanor allegations, a federal lawsuit filed Friday alleges. Bradley Thomas was […]
Clark deputies justified in killing of armed Portland woman Amy McCoy Colombian – September 29, 2016 The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office found that the county sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed a Portland woman armed with a hammer and knife in March were justified in using deadly force. Deputy Tom Yoder used a Taser […]
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