By Tom Moroney and Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Dec. 27, 2012 Hit squads from the Mexican mafia. Gangs of painkiller-thieving youths. The government. They were coming, always coming. From around the corner or down the street, he couldn’t know where. Michael Mahoney, 36, had a hard life, spending months in juvenile detention centers and six […]
by Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal, Mar. 26, 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice says it has reached agreement with Oregon officials on a yearslong strategy for reforming the state’s community mental-health system, correspondence obtained by the Statesman Journal shows. Federal officials said in a recent letter to the state Department of Justice that the agreement […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federal authorities investigating the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force held their first public meeting Tuesday night in St. Johns to gather citizens’ accounts of their interactions with city officers. More than 60 people attended. Their complaints varied, but all pleaded with the federal investigators to […]
Jonathan M. Smith, Special Litigation Section U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Mr. Smith and colleagues, Supporters of our organization appreciate your letter to Attorney General John Kroger, dated November 17, noting the Department of Justice’s intent to enlarge the scope of the ongoing investigation of the Oregon State […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 20, 2010 Now what? That question looms for Oregon leaders in the wake of a letter sent last week to Attorney General John Kroger by a top lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The two-page letter, which arrived on the eve of Thursday’s […]
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