‘Absolutely frustrating’: Witnesses waiting to testify 11 months after deadly police shooting
Nearly one year after a Gresham police officer shot and killed Israel Berry in Southeast Portland, the investigation remains unresolved with few public details. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 7:02 PM PDT May 4, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Julie Goss spoke with a detective within a week of witnessing the deadly police shooting of Israel Berry on May 31, 2020. Goss said she was so close to the deadly encounter in Southeast Portland she could smell gun powder.
“The officers jumped out of their cars, immediately got into a shooting stance and opened fire. He was shot five times through his windshield,” explained Goss.
Portland refuses to release audit of controversial city bureau May 05 2021
The Office of Community & Civic Life was reviewed after employee complaints or abusive leadership and potential fraud.
Portland officials are refusing to release a third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life. Former employees and several news organizations are accusing the City Attorney s Office of violating Oregon s public record laws to withhold information about a bureau that has been accused of historic mismanagement. Allowing the City Attorney to withhold this important review of the behavior at Civic Life serves, not justice for the people victimized, but rather to help the City prevent community members from understanding the full extent of the governance and management failures in City government, said Paul Leistner, a former employee who now is now a senior fellow at the PSU Center for Public Service at the Hatfield School of Government.
Multnomah County DA taps criminal defense lawyer to serve as co-prosecutor in review of 2020 Gresham police fatal shooting oregonlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oregonlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a letter to Michael Slauson, chief counsel for the criminal division of the Department of Justice, the DA said he believes an “independent evaluation” of the investigation of the fatal shooting of Jacob Macduff is necessary “given the concerns I have developed regarding the incident.”
‘We just want to know what happened’: Few details released 11 months after Gresham police shot and killed man
A review of deadly police shootings in Portland found the average investigation takes 49 days. The probe into Israel Berry’s death has dragged on for 11 months. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 8:46 PM PDT May 2, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. On the same night thousands of protesters marched through Portland calling for police accountability after the death of George Floyd, a Gresham police officer shot and killed a man.
The May 31, 2020 shooting of Israel Berry in Southeast Portland barely made headlines. Few details were released at the time.