From the Portland Mercury, November 4, 2009 City Finally Reveals “Secret List” of Probable Drug Abusers—But Is the Program Worth Saving? “I went because I was tired, and I was hurting. I guess that’s the difference. I was done,” says Vance. Vance is just one of many names on Portland’s “secret list.” In short, it’s […]
From the Portland Mercury, February 25 2009 One of Oregon’s most prominent civil rights attorneys compared Officer Jeff Myers to a Nazi in open court this morning. The attorney, Elden Rosenthal, was hired by the ACLU of Oregon last December to fight Myers’ secret list in court. “After the hearing last month, I got a […]
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 Matt Davis at the Portland Mercury, January 7 2008 I’ve been at Multnomah Circuit Court all day watching hot-poop attorney Elden Rosenthal fight the city of Portland’s controversial secret list program on constitutional grounds, as a partner attorney to the ACLU of Oregon. The list targets the top 35 arrestees in Portland on a […]
From the Portland Mercury, May 21, 2008 City’s Hazy Drug-Free Zone Replacement Program After several weeks researching the city’s $1.3 million per year replacement program for the now defunct Drug-Free Zones (DFZs), the [Portland] Mercury has been unable to find a clear and consistent written policy on the new program anywhere in Portland. The DFZs […]
From the Portland Mercury, December 23, 2008 Officer Pandora’s Boxes – Attorneys Want Cop’s Secret List Documents Attorneys for three people believed to be on Portland’s controversial secret list of downtown offenders are in a legal fight with the city to turn over the contents of 20 cardboard boxes containing information about the secret list […]
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