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 […]
By James Mazzocco, on BlueOregon.com It was January 25, and Brad Morgan wanted to die. Maybe it was earlier. He had problems. A day, a week, or a month before — nobody can know for sure. All the same, Brad Morgan knew it was time. A tragic event has the power to cause us to […]
By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg This article appeared in Oregon Trial Lawyer magazine, Summer 2011 The most discriminated against class of persons – in any place, at any time, within any society – are persons with an active mental illness. Race, religion, class – any and all of these biases are there as well, […]
READ – Multnomah County Grand Jury Transcript – the death of Anthony McDowell. Grand jury transcripts in the shooting death of Gresham’s Anthony McDowell have been released, Oregonian, March 4, 2011 Grand jury transcripts released in police shooting that left veteran dead, KATU.com, March 4, 2011 Multnomah County Grand Jury Death Investigation – Anthony McDowell […]
From The Oregonian, February 7, 2011 The family of Sgt. Anthony McDowell, who was shot and killed by Gresham police on Jan. 31, has issued a statement saying McDowell did not know police were outside his home and was holding a rifle “up over his head with both hands” when he was shot. Gresham police […]
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