Jonathan Levinson
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The mother of the man Tigard police shot and killed Jan. 6 said officers called her during the standoff and asked her to talk to her son. After a brief wait, she was disconnected and not contacted again for two hours.
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The city of Portland pushed back against federal prosecutors overseeing the Department of Justice settlement agreement on Friday, alleging the federal government itself is at least partially responsible for the more than 6,000 documented uses of force by Portland police officers in 2020.
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Glenn Palmer, the former Grant County sheriff who had a controversy-riddled, 20-year run in office, has taken a new job as a marine deputy with the Sherman County Sheriff’s Office.
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The Tigard police officer who shot and killed Jacob MacDuff on Jan. 6 was hired by the Port of Portland Police Department despite an ongoing criminal investigation. He started work at the agency April 19, but was put on leave after OPB's reporting on the investigation.
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Portland police officers had an array of reasons why they thought racial justice protests in 2020 were among the largest and most enduring in the city’s history. Not mentioned as potential reasons for the massive protests are a laundry list of grievances against the bureau going back decades.
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Oregon lawmakers hope they are on the brink of ushering the state into a new era of policing oversight, accountability and equity. Among the more than dozen bills being considered are new laws to establish a statewide database of police misconduct, require police departments to submit data to the FBI’s use-of-force database and limit arbitrator decisions in police misconduct cases.
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The family of Robert Delgado, the man shot and killed by a Portland police officer April 16, are calling on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct an independent investigation into the shooting.
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Robert Delgado had a replica pistol when a Portland police officer shot and killed him, according to information released by the Portland Police Bureau Monday.
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The Portland Police Bureau has confirmed the man police killed on Friday in Lents Park was Robert Douglas Delgado, 46, a Portland native.
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Police say they were responding to reports of a man pointing a gun in the park. Protesters have gathered at the shooting scene.