From The Oregonian, June 11, 2012 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese stressed multiple times during testimony before an arbitrator that Aaron Campbell posed no immediate threat to police before Officer Ronald Frashour shot him. “We don’t have a right to shoot him. He never displayed a weapon. He didn’t take any offensive action towards the […]
“Terribly Wrong”: Police Union Boss Posts Explosive Takedown of Frashour Firing From the Portland Mercury, June 5, 2012 Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner has never made it much of a secret that he loathes the city’s decision to fire Ron Frashour, the cop who fatally shot Aaron Campbell in the back back in January […]
Will They Ever Learn? Report on Cop Shooting Investigations Finds “Room for Improvement” Portland Mercury, June 27, 2012 The day after the city released an outside analysis of seven police shootings since 2004—a report that raised significant concerns about the Portland Police Bureau’s ability to learn from its mistakes—the bureau’s official response didn’t inspire much […]
From The Oregonian, May 15, 2012 Heeding an arbitrator’s ruling to reinstate fired Portland officer Ronald Frashour, who shot and killed Aaron Campbell in 2010, would violate the U.S. Constitution, Oregon’s Constitution and Portland’s City Charter, attorneys for the city say. The lawyers deployed their full arsenal of legal arguments for the first time in […]
This editorial opinion is by Jenny Westberg and represents the Mental Health Association of Portland. The only relevant issue in the 2012 mayoral campaign is police accountability. Other issues can wait. Jobs and schools and bike paths are only useful if we’re alive to enjoy them. Only one issue is life-and-death: police officers who shoot […]
Portland Police Chief Mike Reese presented a report to the Downtown Public Safety Action Committee on Feb. 14th, defending his bureau’s record in dealing with suicidal people. So far, there are seven stories in the local media, included in full in this post – use the following Links to go to each section. The Oregonian: […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 07, 2012 More than a year after Portland Police Chief Mike Reese fired Officer Ronald Frashour for his fatal shooting of an unarmed black man and found the officer violated bureau policy, at least 11 bureau training instructors argue the chief was wrong. In fact, Portland Officer Tracy […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Members of the Albina Ministerial Alliance this morning stood with Aaron Campbell’s mother in support of the recent $1.2 million settlement of the family’s federal wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Portland. Marva Davis, Campbell’s mother who had lost another son the day a Portland […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 01, 2012 The city of Portland has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago. Civil rights attorney Tom Steenson said the $1.2 million Campbell settlement […]
by Steve Duin of The Oregonian, January 9, 2012 As the City of Portland prepares to sue its former insurance company for $1.5 million in unrecovered legal costs, that carrier — Chartis Inc. — has become increasingly vigilant over another wrongful death suit that might ding the Seattle company again. The city insists that Chartis […]
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