From Willamette Week, September 16 2009 In the three years since James Chasse Jr. died in police custody, statistics both revealing and disturbing have cropped up in public records surrounding his death. * 26 : The number of rib fractures Chasse suffered in his encounter with police. * 106 : The number of minutes between […]
Published by the Oregonian, August 19 2009 A petition began circulating on the Internet today, pushing for the release of the Portland Police Bureau’s internal investigation and the chief’s ruling on potential discipline following the September 2006 death of James P. Chasse Jr. in police custody. “Read and sign our online petition to Sam Adams, […]
To: Sam Adams, Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Dan Saltzman, Commissioner of the Portland Police Bureau, Rosie Sizer, Chief of the Portland Police Bureau We, the signers of this petition, are persons in recovery from mental illness and addiction, their friends and family members, their neighbors, co-workers and colleagues, and members of the public. SIGN THIS […]
Editorial by Bernie Foster of The Skanner News, February 12, 2009 The recent sorry string of preventable incidents of police violence is pushing the local community into a state of fear and anger that will soon launch Portland into the national spotlight. On Tuesday, Feb. 16, Jesse Jackson speaks at the Maranatha Church about the […]
From the Portland Mercury, January 15 2009 Deputy District Attorney David Hannon had a surprise waiting for him in Room 536 of the Multnomah County Courthouse last Wednesday morning, January 7, in the form of attorney Elden Rosenthal. Hannon, whose salary is paid by the city as part of its controversial Neighborhood Livability Crime Enforcement […]
From the Portland Tribune, November 6 2008 The Portland Tribune broke the news last week that a jail video may have caught Portland Police officer Christopher Humphreys in a lie about the controversial 2006 death of James Chasse Jr. That’s now the problem of city Commissioner Dan Saltzman— who Mayor-elect Sam Adams named to oversee […]
From The Oregonian, September 23, 2006 The state medical examiner ruled Friday that James Philip Chasse Jr., 42, died in police custody from “broad-based” blunt force trauma to his chest, which occurred early in his encounter with officers. Dr. Karen Gunson said the injuries occurred as Portland police were attempting to take Chasse into custody […]
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