From The Oregonian, by Maxine Bernstein. June 8, 2011 Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas E. Perez today announced a federal investigation into whether the Portland police are engaged in a “pattern or practice” of civil rights violations relating to officers’ use of force. The Civil Rights Divisions Special Litigation section will conduct the review with […]
Broad cross section of Portland groups calling for public involvement in police union talks and other reforms The Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform is sponsoring a rally and march in at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland starting at 11:00a.m. on Saturday, September 25. In less than a year, Portland police have […]
From KATU.com, July 29, 2010 While the city’s settlement payment to the family of a man who died in police custody may bring an end to a wrongful-death lawsuit, some said Wednesday the case can’t be resolved with money. Many people, including city commissioners, said they hope the lessons learned from the death of James […]
About 100 people gathered this morning on the steps of the Downtown Justice Center in Portland to issue a call for justice in the Aaron Campbell shooting, a botched effort at crisis response that ended up taking a young man’s life. The rally was organized by the Mental Health Association of Portland and the Albina […]
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 KGW.com, October 8, 2009 Community organizations led by the Mental Health Association of Portland call for the voluntary resignations of the three police officers who brutally beat James Chasse and failed to bring him to hospital in 2006.
From the Portland Mercury, October 8, 2009 “The late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King said we are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation,” said the Reverend Doctor Leroy Haynes, vice president of the Albina Ministerial Alliance this morning. “James P Chasse, Junior, who died […]
On September 17, 2006 Portland Police Bureau’s Sergeant Kyle Nice, Officer Christopher Humphreys and Multnomah County Sheriff’s Deputy Bret Burton tackled, Tased and beat James Chasse. He died in their custody 100 minutes later. For more than three years, our City has dissected, debated, and bemoaned what happened to James Chasse, but this discussion remains […]
From The Oregonian, May 12, 2003 They gathered on Mother’s Day to pray and protest. The prayers were for Kendra James, a 21-year-old mother of two shot dead by a Portland police officer May 5. The prayers were sweet and compelling and full of heart. The protests were forceful and filled with a deep concern […]
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