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 […]
From The Oregonian, July 29, 2010 Outside consultants shared with the Portland City Council Wednesday night the gaps and unasked questions in the police investigation of James P. Chasse Jr.’s death in custody, hours after the council approved a settlement of $1.6 million, the city’s largest, in a federal suit. Police Chief Mike Reese apologized […]
by Jenny Westberg Keaton Otis was just 25 years old when he died on May 12, shot by police after a routine traffic stop in Northeast Portland. He was the third victim of a police shooting in Portland this year. In the latest tragedy, Officer Christopher Burley was wounded. Thankfully, he is expected to return […]
From KGW.com. May 16, 2010 Parents of a troubled Portland man shot by police met with Mayor Sam Adams and his new police chief, Mike Reese. Adams says the the group agreed that more should be done to help the city’s mentally ill. Even before this recent shooting, Mayor Adams had placed a “mental health […]
From The Olympian / AP, May 12, 2010 Portland Mayor Sam Adams fired the city’s police chief Wednesday, a day after the city agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill man in police custody. Adams said at a City Hall news conference the factors that went […]
From the Portland Tribune, May 12, 2010 Two days after Police Chief Rosie Sizer challenged Mayor Sam Adams on his proposed budget, Adams assigned the bureau to himself and replaced Sizer with Michael Reese, the former commander of central and east precincts. At a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Adams said the dispute over the budget […]
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian – January 30, 2009 As so often happens when you move in the wake of a gifted reporter, there’s not much to add to Maxine Bernstein‘s Saturday story about the exile of Portland police Officer Thomas Brennan. Brennan made the mistake of speaking up about the conduct of Sgt. Kyle […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 4, 2009 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman has upped Chief [Rosie] Sizer’s recommended discipline in the Chasse case, proposing two weeks off for Sergeant Kyle Nice and Officer Christopher Humphreys, instead of Sizer’s recommended week off for Nice, on September 23. The Oregonian had the story an hour ago, with Portland […]
From Mara Grunbaum of Street Roots, May 20, 2008 People on the streets organize to send a message to City Hall Most passing drivers just drove. Some honked and waved in solidarity. One yelled, “Get a job!” – to which one of the homeless protesters outside City Hall shouted back, “I have one, thank you!” […]
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