Twenty-two new documents were released to the media on August 8, 2010 from discovery for Chasse v Humphreys et al, settled by the City of Portland for $1.6 million dollars on about July 28. More will be released soon. The 22 documents are listed below. Each are non-searchable PDF documents. Portland Police Training Division’s Review […]
By Jenny Westberg, guest column in The Oregonian, May 14, 2010 In her column this week, The Oregonian’s Anna Griffin notes that any time James P. Chasse Jr.‘s name is in the news, she gets the same phone call: “Why won’t this story go away? It’s been four years. He was nobody. Why do you […]
Column by Steve Duin, from The Oregonian, May 12, 2010 On his 497th day spent cowering in the mayor’s office, Sam Adams finally took command of the place Wednesday, cashiering Police Chief Rosie Sizer and taking control of her “demonized” police bureau. Still steamed about Sizer’s public criticism of his 2010-11 budget, Adams kicked her […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE – May 11, 2010 The following is a statement from Police Chief Rosie Sizer about a tentative settlement in the death of James Chasse Jr., who died in police custody in 2006. Nearly four years ago, James Chasse died in the custody of Portland Police officers. I and members of my organization felt […]
From KPTV.com, May 11, 2010 The family of a mentally ill man who died in police custody has settled a lawsuit against the city of Portland for $1.6 million just weeks before the case was scheduled for trial. City Commissioner Dan Saltzman publicly apologized to the family of James Chasse Jr. at City Hall during […]
From the The Oregonian, May 11, 2010 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman issued an apology this afternoon to the family of James P. Chasse Jr. as he announced the $1.6 million settlement the city reached with the Chasse family in their federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against Portland police. The city of Portland and […]
From the Willamette Week, May 11, 2010 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman this afternoon apologized to the family of James Chasse Jr. after the city reached a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit over Chasse’s 2006 death in police custody. “I believe this proposed settlement to be in the best interests of our city and our […]
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 11, 2010 02:12 PM Statement by Chief Rosanne Sizer on settlement of Chasse civil suit Nearly four years ago, James Chasse died in the custody of Portland Police officers. I and members of my organization felt horrible about his death. The Portland Police Bureau has spent the last […]
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