KATU News, Sept. 16, 2016 It’s been nearly 10 years since James Chasse, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody after Portland officers beat him. An advocate for the mentally ill says despite many reforms, justice is still not served. Portland’s police chief told KATU Friday the bureau has come a long way […]
By Emily Walker, PDXX Collective, July 12, 2013 Living in Portland you have to know the name James Chasse. You must know that police tackled Chasse, who was [diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia], in front of restaurants in the Pearl District. You must have heard that the three police officers involved alleged that Chasse was urinating […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 8, 2013 Portland police disciplined for using excessive force would not be able to challenge the discipline before a state arbitrator, under a bill that will have a hearing before state lawmakers on Wednesday. State Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, has sponsored the bill, at the request of Portland attorneys […]
By Denis Theriault, The Portland Mercury, Jan. 16, 2013 Twice a year since 2011, the Portland Police Bureau quietly posts the work of its Police Review Board (PRB)—the group of civilians, cops, and city officials who weigh the most serious misconduct cases facing officers and then tell the chief, if they agree a cop has […]
READ – Statement of Findings of the DOJ investigation of the Portland Police Bureau, September 2012 READ – Statement of Intent between Portland Police Bureau and Department of Justice, September 2012 WATCH – Department of Justice Use of Force News Conference, September 13, 2012 Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez […]
JAMES P. CHASSE, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREYS, et al., Defendants No. CV-07-189-HU. (D. Or. Nov. 3, 2008) United States District Court, D. Oregon. Decided Nov. 3, 2008 Tom Steenson, STEENSON, SCHUMANN, TEWKSBURTY, CREIGHTON ROSE, P.C., Portland, Oregon, Attorney for Plaintiffs. James G. Rice, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, David A. Landrum, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, […]
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