Thomas A. Perez Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Seattle, Washington SENT BY EMAIL to usaor.civilrights@usdoj.gov Dear Mr. Perez and colleagues, Since 2003, the Mental Health Association of Portland (MHAP) has been Oregon’s only independent and impartial advocacy organization for persons with mental illness and addiction. Independent means MHAP is entirely separate […]
From the Portland Tribune, June 15, 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation into the Portland Police Bureau is part of larger trend of federal probes into local law enforcement agencies under the Obama Administration. It is not yet clear how the federal government will react if it concludes the police have a […]
From Mother Jones, June 10, 2011 On September 17, 2006, Portland police officers saw a man behaving abnormally in the city’s trendy Pearl district. The man was James Chasse, a 42-year-old with schizophrenia. Three officers, who thought the Chasse might be a junkie or was urinating on the street, pursued him. Upon catching up with […]
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