Just what went down when a Gresham police officer killed Israel Berry in Portland a year ago? OregonLive.com 1 hr ago Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
A Gresham police officer told investigators that he feared a car would run him over when he shot at it last year in a Portland neighborhood and killed the driver, his attorney told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
But Officer James Doyle’s account doesn’t appear to fully mesh with footage from his body camera, forensic evidence and statements from other officers at the scene, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Prosecutors are now working to bring the case to a grand jury to decide whether Doyle will face charges for his use of deadly force.
Portland man shoves woman into traffic, sets pole on fire and brawls with officers on Hawthorne Boulevard, authorities say
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A 39-year-old Portland man is facing 12 criminal charges after he reportedly pushed a woman into traffic near Southeast Hawthorne and Cesar E. Chavez boulevards, set a power pole on fire and brawled with officers responding to the scene, police say.
Kenneth Church was arrested Thursday afternoon. He’s accused of and assault, reckless endangering, criminal mischief and three counts of attempted assault on a police officer, among other charges.
Police responded to the intersection at about 3:15 p.m., more than 20 minutes after a call came in about the incident.
Portland bureau director departs amid reported dysfunction, ‘culture of fear’
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The head of a Portland city bureau reportedly plagued by widespread dysfunction and a “culture of fear” will leave her post at the end of the week.
Suk Rhee, the director of the Office of Community & Civic Life, made the announcement Thursday in a joint statement with Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who has overseen the bureau since January.
Previously named the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, the civic life bureau manages a grab bag of city programs, from cannabis and liquor sales to graffiti removal to assisting those facing deportation.
• Spicy City Hall Goss: Suk Rhee, the director of the Office of Community & Civic Life, abruptly announced today she was stepping down from the beleaguered bureau which has had multiple complaints from employees about its culture of fear. Rhee leaves on the heels of an announcement from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office that the bureau must release an outside consultant s report that looked into the bureau’s very dicey workplace culture.
Portland City Council will be discussing and voting on amendments on Mayor Wheeler s proposed budget this afternoon, including an amendment to fully fund Portland Street Response (instead of waiting for a council check-in before approving all funds, which Wheeler has proposed).
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