By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg This article appeared in Oregon Trial Lawyer magazine, Summer 2011 The most discriminated against class of persons – in any place, at any time, within any society – are persons with an active mental illness. Race, religion, class – any and all of these biases are there as well, […]
From The Oregonian, April 15, 2011 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese talked today about his priorities and challenges ahead as he nears his one-year mark as chief. Speaking to the City Club’s Friday Forum, Reese identified his four goals as top cop of the city’s 981-member force: Maintain public safety; rebuild community trust in police; […]
From the Willamette Week, January 5, 2011 On Nov. 30, defense attorney Chris O’Connor met with members of the city’s police Citizen Review Committee to push for a simple step he says would increase cops’ accountability and help the public understand why they use force on duty. He has yet to get a response. And […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner On Dec. 27, Portland police shot Marcus Lagozzino, 34, critically injuring him, in the sixth officer-involved shooting of 2010. Within a week, 2011 started with another officer-involved shooting – then another. At 1:37 a.m. on Jan. 1, police arrested a man at Club 915 in downtown Portland. While […]
From the Oregonian, January 3, 2011 Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese spoke this afternoon to the media at City Hall, in the wake of an unusual spate of officer-involved shootings. There were six officer-involved shootings in 2010. Four of those ended with fatalities. There were two officer-involved shootings in the first two […]
Below is a roughly chronological account through the media of what happened to Marcus Lagozzino, a SW Portland man with mental health issues who was shot by a Portland police officer on December 27, 2010. From KOIN.com, December 27, 2010 From KGW.com. December 27, 2010 From KATU.com, December 27, 2010 Police identify man shot Monday […]
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