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positions.
director of Oregon Action, brought
Patrick Nolen, a local activist, up how two Hillsboro police offic­
brought up the issue of why police ers had recently resolved an inci­
aren’t tested for drugs and steroids, dent w here som eone threw a
northeast Portland people are not a practice that is prevalent in many Molotov cocktail by subduing the
only being displaced because of other jobs as well as police depart­ susupect without inflicting harm
gentrification, but the black residents ments across the country.
“I ask you, picture that same situ­
are being targeted by the police.
“Why are these officers not be­ ation happening with Portland po­
“A citizen review board must be ing held accountable for the same lice officers; the difference would
more than an advisory board,” he thing I am?” he asked.
have been deadly,” she said.
added, calling for it to have elected
Jo Ann Bowman, the executive
She also faulted the Police Bu­
reau for not doing enough to keep
citizens safe, and for not holding
officers accountable.
“They don’t even want to break
a nail in their service to the commu­
nity,” she said. “And 1 think it’s
appalling that we hear this over, and
over, and over again.”
Bowman also called for police
officers to be drug tested.
Rob Chapman, a resident who
said he served in the military in Iraq,
argued that Portland police officers
are not subject to the same account­
ability he was, and was tired of them
never complaining about being scru­
tinized.
“So cry me a river with that one,”
he said.
After the public had commented,
Police Reforms
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examiners need to get information
from sources other than the police
bureau.
Travis Giobbi, of the Freedom
Socialist Party, said that in north and
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members of the committee, who
seemed amenable to the sugges­
tions made, responded.
“One thing that I want to make
clear to all o f you is, 1 agree we need
change, we need accountability from
'to p to the bottom,” said Rochelle
Silver, a member of the committee.
“I want you all to be living in a
wonderful city, where we can re­
spect the police and they respect
us,” she added.
“It’s times like this I’m proud to
live in Portland,” said Llewellyn
Robison, another member of the
committee.
“We have to make the officers
accountable, and we have to move
faster,” she added.
Hank Miggins, vice-chair o f the
committee, noted that the comments
he heard were pretty uniform in the
concerns they expressed about the
Police Bureau.
Bigham thanked the crowd for
their concrete suggestions, which
he said would be seriously consid­
ered.
“It’s just a start, there’s a lot more
we need to do,” he said of the meet­
ing.
Family Opens Defense Fund
sure 1 1 s e c o n d -d e g re e m a n ­
Driver charged slaughter
and driving while in­
charges.
in fatal accident toxicated
“The L in d sey , S tanton and
The fam ily o f a young man ac­
cused o f m anslaughter and driv­
ing drunk in a crash that killed his
friend is praying for healing and
appealing for donations to help
secure his equal defense.
Brad Lindsey Jr., 21, was ar­
rested after the Feb. 26 accident in
Gresham . His best friend, Jamell
Taylor, 22, was in the passenger
seat and died when the van they
were in crashed into an electric
pole.
Although Lindsey turned him ­
self into police, he first left the
scene and has been charged with
hit and run. He also faces a M ea­
Greenidge fam ilies are asking for
your help to assure that the com ­
m unity does not lose another
young m an,” said representatives
o f the Lindsey fam ily. “Brad and
Jamell had been friends from early
in life. If not for this horrible acci­
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brothers and friends.”
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