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Portland Observer Black History Month
February 17, 2010
Portland Shooting Hits Nerve
co n tin u e d
fr o n t F ron t
a w eapon.
A lthough the grand ju ry found
m eet w ith Jackson.
that F rashour acted w ithin the law,
S harpton, w hose N ational A c­ it issued a scathing letter criticizing
tion N etw ork has opened an inves­ the Police Bureau and how it handled
tigation into the incident, is likely the incident at the Sandy T errace
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aw aren ess.
“ W e know som ething w ent terri­
Last w eek, a grand ju ry did not bly, terribly w rong at Sandy Terrace
indict R onald Frashour, the officer and that A aron C am pbell should
w ho shot C am pbell w ith an A R -15 not have died that d ay ,” the letter
rifle. The officer told authorities he read.
thought C am pbell w as reaching for
The grand ju ry found fault in the
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In response, Police C h ie f R osie reau.
ficers the appropriate kind o f train- Sizer released a statem ent reiterai-
O n T hursday, about 100 people
ing or developing m ore appropriate ing that the incident w as under in- gathered on the steps o f the Justice
policies for such an incident
vestigation, and thanking the grand C en ter dow ntow n w ith a clear m es­
“ H ow ever, the ch arter o f the ju ry for their “co m m itm ent to this sage to elected officials: Police are
grand ju ry does not include indict­ p ro c e ss .”
killing people w ith im punity and you
ing o r censuring the Portland Police
P o lic e C o m m is s io n e r D an w ill lose o ur support unless you
B ureau,” continued the letter.
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The grand ju ry also faulted offic­
ers for not com m unicating better
during the incident, m entioning that
Frashour wasn’t kept up to date on
negotiations w ith C am pbell, w ho
w as reportedly suicidal from the
In the end, it's not about black and
white.
It's about
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and right,
and
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death o f his brother that day and
acting erratically. A d ditionally, it training police officers receive to
- “ T h ey co n tin u e to be the only
questioned w hy police d id n ’t bring better handle people in a crisis. H e force that 1 know that has never
in som eone trained to deal with som e- also said he w ould take steps to done anything w ro n g ,” said Rev. T
one experiencing a crisis.
m ake m ental health w orkers m ore A llen B ethel, o fth e A lbina M iniste-
“ I f ev er there w ere a case that accessible to police officers.
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The shooting has also prom pted
Bethel told the crow d that he was
als and required handling w ith kid local leaders to dem and that C ity tired o fp o lice actions being justified
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read -
acco u n tab ility into the Police B u- protocol, and dem anded elected offi­
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