Matt,

Why not mention Grigsby shot 2 cops before they returned fire? The suggested policy would have changed nothing.

Matt,
I can't be the first person to say this to you, but I roll my eyes every time you write "cops." From an everyday individual, it usually sounds bratty (also a bit anachronistic). From a journalist, it sounds both bratty and amateurish. When used repeatedly, it sounds awkward. I'm no lover of the police, but I think it hurts your quite obvious goal of exposing and ending all "cop" misconduct." That is to say, I take your implicit argument less seriously when I take YOU less seriously. Please consider letting the reported conduct of the police speak for itself, rather than relying in part on peevish, juvenile pejoratives.

"peevish, juvenile pejoratives"

Oh, the irony.

Or is that a single entendre?

From the Oregonian, Feb 26:

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http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.s…

Sorry, that meant to include the text of the Taser settlement:

Settled suit: A 22-year-old woman who was stunned with a Taser in the lower back and buttocks by Portland police has agreed to settle her suit with the city for $5,000.

Charity Johnson had originally sought $100,000, but her attorney, Brett Hall, said so much time had passed since the December 2005 incident that witnesses were difficult to find.

Johnson was at Hollywood Bowl in Northeast Portland waiting for a lane to free up when officers arrived to break up a large crowd. Johnson alleged an officer stunned her with a Taser, without warning, after she called the officer a name because he put a hand on her and told her to leave.

Police said Johnson, who is African American, had been fighting with another woman, was hostile, called the white officer a racially charged name and was unresponsive to police orders. Johnson was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, but a jury cleared her of the charges.

Her attorney had argued that police need to be better trained to endure insults.