From The Portland Mercury, Jan. 2, 2014 City Hall is ringing in the new year with a $3 million lawsuit over a police shooting. Randy Morgan has filed a wrongful death suit against the city of Portland over the death of his son, Brad Morgan, on January 25, 2012. Morgan, distraught and suicidal, was atop […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Thursday, March 1, 2012 The day before he threatened to jump off a downtown parking garage early the morning of January 25, later to be shot dead by police, Bradley Morgan was alternately distraught, calm, and methodical. He was wrecked over a recent breakup with his longtime girlfriend, the […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office this afternoon released the transcripts from the grand jury review of the Jan. 25 Portland police officer-involved fatal shooting of Brad Lee Morgan. Morgan, 21, died of a single gunshot wound to the head. The jury found no criminal wrongdoing […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police in their Jan. 25 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Brad Lee Morgan atop a downtown parking garage. The grand jury issued its ruling this afternoon after it began hearing testimony on Monday. Fifteen witnesses […]
By Jenny Westberg, Guest Columnist, The Oregonian, Feb. 8, 2012 In its Feb. 1 apologia for officers of the Portland Police Bureau, The Oregonian slaps a thick coat of whitewash on yet another tragic death (Editorial, “A no-win situation for police”). Brad Morgan called for help and instead got fear and force. He died Jan. […]
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