News What we know now about the death of James Chasse Jr. is probably all we'll know until his family takes the all-but-certain step of filing a civil lawsuit against Portland police and other agencies inv ... More
Fact Check
Summing up the knowns—and unknowns—about the controversial death of James Chasse Jr.
News What we know now about the death of James Chasse Jr. is probably all we'll know until his family takes the all-but-certain step of filing a civil lawsuit against Portland police and other agencies inv ... More
Randy Says Bring 'Em Home
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Will the Rose City be the straw to break the back of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq?
Today, Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard announced his intention to file a council resolution this afternoon calling for the US to "immediately commence an orderly and rapid ... More
Chasse Documents Back Up Police Description of Force
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Even through a stack of documents released last week revealed further discrepancies between witnesses and Portland police accounts of the fatal Sept. 17 takedown of James Chasse Jr. in the Pearl District, they do back police up on a crucial point.
None of the civilian witnesses describe ... More
Tackling The Issue
Latest witness evidence contradicts Portland Police "Fact Sheet" in Chasse case.
News None of the six civilian witnesses to the police takedown of James Chasse Jr. agreed with Portland Police that he was pushed, as the department said a month ago in a "fact sheet" about the incident.Ad ... More
Witnesses Contradict Cops On Chasse "Push"
News None of six civilian witnesses to the police takedown of James Chasse Jr. agreed with the Portland Police Bureau's official story that the mentally ill man was pushed—rather than tackled—to the ground during his fatal encounter with cops on Sept. 17.
Police issued a "fact sheet" a month after Chasse's death, which a coroner ruled was caused by blunt-force trauma suffered... More
County Commish Blasts Back At Conflict-of-Interest Allegations
News Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey plans to argue state ethics investigators got it wrong when they made preliminary allegations of two conflict-of-interest violations, her lawyer said yesterday.
The Oregon Government Standards and Practices board will hear her arguments at its Friday meeting.
The investigation knocked de Steffey for allegedly failing... More
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Use of Force by the Numbers, No. 1
News WW analyzed a Portland Police Bureau database tracking the department's use of force, which we obtained under public records laws. It contains more than 8,500 reports from a roughly two and half year period.
1241: the number of suspects reported injured
416: the number of officers reported injured
(Police say the figures may not be accurate because thei... More
What Homer Saw
News According to Portland Police Bureau documents released Thursday, local developer Homer Willams —the man responsible for the construction of much of the Pearl District—witnessed part of the police confrontation with James Chasse Jr. on Sept. 17 as he dined at Bluehour, one of the ritzy neighborhood's premier restaurants.
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Ethics Investigators Knock County Commish
News State ethics investigators have made a preliminary finding of two conflict-of-interest violations by Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey. The state's ethics board is scheduled to hear the case Friday in Salem.
Rojo de Steffey is accused of failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest with a property deal sought by a development company employing her husband.<... More
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Some Portland convenience stores are all too willing to sell everything you need to smoke crack—and it's perfectly legal. Why Did James Chasse Jr. Die?
Two Crimes, Two Punishments
Who should get more prison time: an accomplice in a robbery or a drunken driver in a fatal crash? Suicide Defense
How a punk-porn empire is trying to protect its piece of the pie. The Conned Artist?
Airbrush artist sues famous sculptor's son for millions. "My Name Is Randy, And I'm Addicted To Oil."
It's the end of the world as he knows it and Randy White feels fine (sort of). Hydro Hogs
Our annual list of the biggest hosers in Portland. Buff Daddy Redux
Is Columbia Gorge inn owner Geoff "Buff Daddy" Thompson playing by the rules? Red Light District
Portland seeks to double its cameras at traffic lights, but the company holding the city's no-bid contract has some legal troubles of its own. Starving Art
Everclear's Art Alexakis is trying to lower his payments to his ex-wives.
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