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Opinion: Breaking the cycle of mental health crisis and police violence Updated 6:00 AM; Today 6:00 AM Portland police were dispatched to a call about a man in Lents Park with a gun. Officers responded and confronted the man. One officer fired, killing the man near the fence by the park’s ball field off SE 92nd Avenue. Mark Graves/The Oregonian Facebook Share Patrick Nolen and Javonnie Shearn Nolen previously served on the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing and was homeless off and on for two decades due to untreated health issues. He lives in Portland. Shearn chairs the Oregon State Hospital advisory committee and is the mother of two adult Black men with severe mental illness. She lives in Clackamas. ....
1:09 KLCC s Brian Bull reports on a new justice report on missing and murdered Indigenous people that s been released, and how authorities need partners in addressing comprehensive data issues with cases. By State Justice Department standards, there are eleven missing and eight murdered Indigenous people connected to Oregon. But multiple sources of such data use different definitions, which can create information gaps. As part of a federal effort to streamline data and develop bonds with tribal communities, the District of Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office will collaborate with the state’s nine recognized tribes this year. Cedar Wilkie Gillette, who s MMIP Coordinator for the District of Oregon. ....
The number of major criminal and civil trials has dropped during the pandemic. The Multnomah County District Attorney s Office announced the conviction of two teenagers on weapons charges in early December. Both were charged in connection with a May 2019 shooting that sent bullets into homes, businesses and vehicles. Both defendants were convicted of unlawful use of a firearm, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Although the number of shootings in Portland is on track to double this year, the DA s office said this was only the third felony trial to be held in the county since March and the only one involving a shooting. ....