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On Saturday, September 17th, Cerimon House joins the Mental Health Association of Portland and members of the community to offer a memorial, a documentary screening, and a community conversation marking the occasion of the passing of Chasse, who died in police custody ten years ago.
WHAT: BEARING WITNESS: James Chasse - a celebration of & conversation about the life of James Chasse Jr. on the 10th anniversary of his death WHERE: CERIMON HOUSE - 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland WHEN: Saturday, 9/17/16 - Film screening @ 5:00 PM, Community Conversation @ 7:00 PM HOW: Reservations: bearingwitness.brownpapertickets.com [FREE] BEARING WITNESS: James Chasse begins with a 5:00 PM screening of Brian Lindstrom's powerful documentary Alien Boy: the Life and Death of James Chasse. [  http://www.alienboy.org/]
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The Community Oversight Advisory Board, known as COAB is back in business apparently without Kathleen Saadat or Dr. Capula; they have resigned. The committee is scheduled to meet on 9 June 2016 at the Portland Building at about 5:30 PM. There will be a delegation from the city of Portland to greet the new committee. A representative group will not leave until the listed demands are dealt with and Bud Fueless is told to leave the COAB meeting.
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As the DOJ is looking at the Portland Police and their use of "force" and as local communities join together to bring police accountability issues to the front of the table for real change, transparency and justice the ex police chief of Portland is ratcheting up his new job promoting "police tools" at an invitation only firearms and tactical show in Portland on April Fools Day.
In the shadow of the US Department of Justice Agreement with the City of Portland to reduce unnecessary use of force, this seems an ill-advised means to attract donors who wish to support law enforcement and reduce crime. It looks more like an ad for a "Lethal Weapon" sequel. Portland Copwatch calls upon the CCC to cancel or re-focus the event on real ways the Portland Police can help make the community safer without glamorizing the violence which we are told is only used in a fraction of all police contacts. For more information contact Portland Copwatch: (503) 236-3065 (office) |  copwatch@portlandcopwatch.org
Updated article about protesting this event on April 1st: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/03/431919.shtml
Updated video posted from this event: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/04/432062.shtml
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The Portland Police "Use of Force" presentation to the [citizen] "Training Advisory Council" was filmed on January 13th at the the NE Training Facility. This meeting was open to the public. https://youtu.be/83OmvRXjbkw [video 2 hr 10 min] Published on Jan 24, 2016
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This practice is fair in theory; workers deserve protections from capricious management, and especially from cowardly politicians. But when a police officer brings dishonor to himself, to his colleagues, to the bureau and is the cause of mistrust between officers and basically everyone else in town - he needs to go.
Former Mayor Sam Adams wanted Ron Frashour fired. So did the current mayor, Charlie Hales. So did former Chief of Police Michael Reese. So did the city attorney. So did a majority of Portland city commissioners and most of Portland's citizens. Frashour, you'll remember, was the sniper cop who pulled out his earplug, severing communication with his commanding officer, and then killed Aaron Campbell, an unarmed African-American father in the midst of a mental health crisis, by shooting him in the back. That was six years ago. Now, however, the Oregon Court of Appeals has told Hales, who is police commissioner as well as mayor, that Sam Adams made a mistake firing Frashour. Further, the court said, Hales erred by not reinstating Frashour immediately. These mistakes were not mistakes. They were deliberately, but not freely, chosen. Adams and Hales didn't have other acceptable legal options. The appeal was at best an expensive delaying action meant to satisfy critics. [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PICKET LINE/NEWS CONFERENCE TO PROTEST OFFICER FRASHOUR'S REINSTATEMENT Justice For Aaron Campbell Thursday, Dec. 31, 11:30 AM, Portland City Hall, SW 4th and Madison Please join the AMA Coalition tomorrow at this important demonstration! The Coalition demands that Frashour be assigned to a job or shift at the Bureau that requires the least contact with the public as possible, because of the potential that he may do harm to community members. VIDEO from press conference: https://youtu.be/WQVmywSeII4
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March on Portland, Fri., Nov. 27 1 pm to 10 pm, starting at Holladay Park by Lloyd Center and Max, NE 11th and Holladay. Let's unite to end the violence that begins against Blacks, Native Americans, Muslims, peace/animal/environmental activists, and whistle-blowers, as practice to attack almost everyone else. Doing what is right, living true to yourself with integrity to your own values is far, far, far more satisfying, gratifying, comforting, and energizing that not showing up and speaking up. It's the best medicine for shopping and holidays depression. No work, no school, no shopping, no complicity with violence/injustice. Justice for all.
Friday at 1:00pm - 10:00pm Holladay City Park NE 11th Ave & NE Holladay St, Portland, Oregon 97232
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KBOO host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Jason Renaud of the Mental Health Association of Portland about the recent police killing of Michael Johnson, a mentally ill man in Portland, and why the Department of Justice intervention hasn't stopped police killings.
LISTEN - Portland Police and the Recent Killing of a Mentally Ill Man
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City of Portland, Independent Police Review Division City Auditors Independent Police Review
Information and Community Engagement Session Wednesday, August 26, 2015 5:30pm - 7:30pm IRCO Asian Family Center @ 8040 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97213 ============ 2 out take video clips from the Human Rights Commission meeting on 8.5.15 (1) CRC - 8.5.15 - out take Human Rights Commission Meeting (police accountability / oversight) - 23:14 min video https://youtu.be/9MP-4VeDD5A
(2) Directors Report - 8.5.15 - out take Human Rights Commission meeting (Human Rights and Equity Director) - 6:38 min video https://youtu.be/9dQrN-yfqW4
{full meeting here} https://youtu.be/I7gygnuhjog
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July 29th *today the "Independent" Police Review Division will hold its third community outreach meeting to hear from the public what kind of oversight system YOU would like to see in Portland. This time it will be at the Q Center in N Portland at 5:30 PM
City Auditor's Independent Police Review Information and Community Engagement Session Wednesday, July 29, 2015 5:30pm - 7:30pm Q Center 4115 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217 Copwatch [June Meeting] Analysis The June meeting wasn't as well attended as the May one, and the IPR and CRC took way too much of the time explaining how the "Byzantine" system works. The professional facilitator they hired ended up cutting off one person who was trying to tell her story. I expect this time will be better organized as a result. Here again are some suggestions we (Portland Copwatch) put out before; lots more ideas can be found in the Stakeholders report from 2010 and the original Mayor's Work Group report from 2000 (which led to IPR being created)[...]
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ANALYSIS: Semi-annual Police Review Board report shows amazing misconduct, mixed discipline, little about shootings (July 2015)
After reading the January 2015 Police Review Board (PRB) report posted sometime about July 16, Portland Copwatch finds that the range of misconduct identified is astounding. We also are left with the impression that while some of the application of discipline was appropriate, others seemed to minimize very serious matters. This article is posted at http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PRBanalysis0715.html
January 27, 2015 Mr. Paille and Chief O'Dea: After reading the January 2015 Police Review Board (PRB) report (posted sometime about July 16 at ), we find that the range of misconduct identified is astounding. We also are left with the impression that while some of the application of discipline was appropriate, others seemed to minimize very serious matters [...]
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The goings-on in Salem are hard to follow.
Those organizations (like police associations and district attorneys, for instance) who have paid lobbyists hanging out in our state house all the time have a huge advantage over ordinary folks. So it's not a surprise, in many ways, that (for instance) SB 871, which was supposed to include a provision for an independent prosecutor when a police officer kills a civilian, was gutted of that provision and now only talks about having an agency not involved in the killing take lead in the investigation: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/sb871
On Monday, two bills relating to recording the police will be going back to the House floor to reconcile amendments made in the Senate. One is very beneficial to the public and in particular to copwatchers: It makes an exception to the "interception of communications" law for those taping police interactions in public places, it is HB 2704. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB2704
It passed the house 51-8 the first time and the senate 23-6. Portland had been unique in allowing such recording because of a policy in place after Joe Anybody sued the cops in 2008. http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/ppr46web.pdf
The other bill is something that may be futile to try derailing, but goes against even Portland Copwatch's neutral stance on the issue of police body cameras. HB 2571 has provisions in it that will severely limit the abiilty of local jurisdictions to set their own rules on how to use the body cameras [...]
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Keaton Otis Vigil on 4.12.15 in Portland Oregon. This vigil is at the exact place where Keaton was shot 23 times by the Portland Police in 2010. https://youtu.be/LGa0OnhYXr0 (Vigil video: 47 minutes) This monthly vigil is on the 12th in NE Portland and its held at 6:00 PM on NE 6th and Halsey. In May (next month) there is yearly memorial for Keaton "We Remember"... more info on where and when will be posted here on Indymedia. The 2010 cellphone video of the murder is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch There is archived information on this sad tragic death on Portland Copwatch (PCW) here: http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PPR51/shootingsportland51.html PIMC Video Post: Video: 5 Year memorial |
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