From the Oregonian, December 9. 2008 As a result of James P. Chasse Jr.’s death in custody, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer wants to make sure every officer knows when to run after a fleeing suspect, and how to take someone down to reduce injuries. Sizer, prompted by an internal review of Chasse’s case, has […]
JAMES P. CHASSE, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREYS, et al., Defendants No. CV-07-189-HU. (D. Or. Nov. 3, 2008) United States District Court, D. Oregon. Decided Nov. 3, 2008 Tom Steenson, STEENSON, SCHUMANN, TEWKSBURTY, CREIGHTON ROSE, P.C., Portland, Oregon, Attorney for Plaintiffs. James G. Rice, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, David A. Landrum, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, […]
From the Portland Tribune, September 11 2008 Police tactics and handling of mentally ill still being challenged two years after man’s violent death James Chasse Jr. was a gentle but troubled soul in his youth. In 1980, he fronted a local band, the Psychedelic Unknowns. Over the next two decades, Chasse descended into schizophrenia until […]
From the Portland Mercury, July 2008 Lawyers for the family of James Chasse, the 42-year-old man with schizophrenia who died in police custody in September 2006, argued in federal court last week to amend their suit to include Mayor Tom Potter, Police Chief Rosie Sizer, and jail nurse Patricia Gayman as defendants. Attorney Tom Steenson […]
From the Portland Mercury, June 4, 2008 A Federal Judge has ordered that the James Chasse Jr. trial be split in two this morning, between the individual police officers and the training policies of the City of Portland, in a move that could drastically affect the outcome of the case. Federal Judge Garr King this […]
From the Portland Tribune, May 17, 2008 “Alien Boy,” a local documentary about a schizophrenic man who died in police custody in 2006 has been dragged into a legal tug-of-war between the victim’s family and the city of Portland. Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom has only just begun shooting the project, which focuses on the life […]
From the Oregonian, November 9, 2007. Not available elsewhere online. The city of Portland is set to pay a record $500,000 settlement in connection with a 2005 fatal shooting in which a 30-year-old college student was shot in the back by a Portland Police Bureau sniper following a 90-minute armed standoff. Any settlement more than […]
The PDF linked here is the response from City Attorney Jim Rice to James Chasse’s family attorneys in Chasse v Humphreys, from March 5, 2007
From KATU.com & AP.com, February 8, 2007 Calling it a “tortured death,” the family of a mentally ill Portland man who died in police custody filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to change the city’s policy on the use of force. The complaint seeks changes to limit the use deadly force and foot pursuits. […]
From Willamette Week, February 7, 2007 This much is known: James P. Chasse Jr. is dead. Beyond that, there are mostly questions. Chasse, 42, died Sept. 17 after an encounter with police in the heart of Portland’s chichi Pearl District. The schizophrenic man who was known to friends as “Jim Jim” was, according to one […]
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