Read The Portland Police Union President's Blistering Attack On Bureau Leaders

Aaron Campbell case at issue

Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner has published a long, detailed and yet still raw-feeling screed directed at the leadership of the Portland Police Bureau, including Chief Mike Reese, Lt. Robert King and Mayor Sam Adams.

Turner's beef? Adams' decision to ignore an arbitrator's ruling and fire Officer Ron Frashour, who two years ago shot an unarmed man, Aaron Campbell (pictured). The union leader also alleges duplicitous conduct by bureau leaders.

WW has asked King, who is also the bureau's top spokesman, for a response, and we'll update this post when we get one.

Turner's letter appears in the PPA newsletter, The Rap Sheet:

If this seems a little tone-deaf to community concerns over the Campbell shooting, consider that Turner goes on to equate the loss felt by Campbell's family following his death to that of Frashour, whom Turner says has been "betrayed and vilified" by bureau leaders and Mayor Adams.

"Now two families are devastated," Turner writes.

Much of Turner's ire falls on King specifically.

By way of speculation, Turner tosses out a few rumors about the case, too:

Read the rest here.

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