Cops Jan 25, 2012 at 10:43 am

UPDATED: Police Shoot At Man Atop Downtown Parking Garage

Denis C. Theriault
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If this happened at 3:15, why were the MAX stations still shut down at 7 AM? Talk about an overreaction, how many officers does it take for one crazy person? And they say we're overbudget on police.... no wonder. How many does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
seanpdx on January 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM Report this
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Cliffton crazy-pants in 3, 2, 1...
on January 25, 2012 at 8:52 AM Report this
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*sight
ScrumYummy on January 25, 2012 at 9:01 AM Report this
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Once again I have a hard time mustering a lot of ill feeling for the police, on just these facts.

It also sounds like every layer of cautionary policy we add to situations like these increases the odds that someone other than the insane person brandishing the weapon will be the one injured or killed.
Commenty Colin on January 25, 2012 at 9:10 AM Report this
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He had just committed a robbery and he was carrying a gun. Would you volunteer to be the social worker that talks to him?
on January 25, 2012 at 9:35 AM Report this
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CRAZY MAN WITH A GUN ON TOP OF A PARKING GARAGE. THAT DOESN'T PRESENT A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL.
Graham on January 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM Report this
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Why not send a Robot? Why not Zoidberg?
on January 25, 2012 at 9:47 AM Report this
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Sounds like a publicity stunt for "Man on a Ledge." Pfft... thanks for spoiling the end.
on January 25, 2012 at 10:36 AM Report this
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Don't tell me they're closing Cafe Yumm for this.
Fruit Cup on January 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM Report this
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My #1 problem with Portland is this city has NO FUCKING PERSPECTIVE!!! How is it "nonthreatening" to be on top of a building brandishing a gun? Please, tell me that, biased douchebag writer. If the guy was suicidal and showing his gun to police, I think it's safe to say that this "mentally ill" person was lucid enough to understand what happens to people when they fling guns around in front of cops.

One police shooting in just over a year? That's fucking incredible and you idiots don't even realize it! How many police shootings take place in other major cities around the country? I'll bet it's more than one per year. We don't even know the details of what happened, just that the man had a gun, which is more than enough reason to take him down, yet you're already implying there was no reason to shoot him. And since when are police supposed to wait for an armed individual to actually fire their weapon in order to take action? Sounds like they did their job to me, which is to ya know, PROTECT the rest of us. Had this taken a different course of action and an innocent bystander was shot, everyone would be crying about how the police didn't do enough to stop it.

Seriously, this town makes me want to vote republican sometimes with their whiny bullshit. Suck it up and accept that the cops are going to have to shoot someone every once in a while to protect themselves and others.
on January 25, 2012 at 11:15 AM Report this
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I knew it was bad juju for Tre Arrow to come back.
($8239f8h248cerfehjf23@&*@ebdjhb23f237OCDBO#BD*(# on January 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM Report this
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Easy, everyone. Think we're the only outlet so far (at least we were this morning) to go out of our way to note that this is Portland's first fatal shooting in more than a year.

And, if you click through to the link about the "step back" policy last year, you'll see that the case that brought it to light involved a mentally ill man waving a gun from his apartment window over a busy street.

We'll learn more in the coming weeks about why this case was different, and why that approach may not have made sense. Think it's also fair to point out the limitations of the new 911 policy, as explained by MHAP.
Denis C. Theriault on January 25, 2012 at 12:11 PM Report this
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In the coming weeks?! But I wanna rant now!
geyser on January 25, 2012 at 12:27 PM Report this
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Oregon has always been a pioneer in the area of assisted suicide and PPB is simply continuing that tradition.
Number Six on January 25, 2012 at 12:29 PM Report this
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@10, good points but someone here will just respond with a bad joke, or some undeserved bravado largely based on lack of life experience and naivete. However, Number Six, I did get a laugh out of your post. Ironically, I bet that may have been what the person was looking for
on January 25, 2012 at 12:49 PM Report this
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Number Six for CotW.
on January 25, 2012 at 7:25 PM Report this
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It seems this is, shoot first ask questions latter?
The man who died needed some love ... not a bullet!
Our community doesn't want this "kind of of protocol" in dealing with these kind of things.
joeanybody on January 28, 2012 at 4:35 PM Report this

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