What he says vs. what he should do.
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Campbell Shooting: Adams, Saltzman Call For Civil Rights Probe
Mayor and Commissioner are joined by local African American leaders to call in the Feds.
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Campbell Shooting: Grand Jury Transcript Raises Fresh Concerns
The Mayor and City Commissioner Dan Saltzman plan a press conference at 9:15 this morning, most likely to discuss their invitation to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to investigate the Aaron Campbell shooting. Meanwhile 454 pages of Grand Jury transcripts released yesterday afternoon by the District Attorney’s office raise fresh procedural concerns about […]
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Campbell Shooting Documents: “He Done Already Tried To Kill Hisself…”
The District Attorney has this afternoon released three documents related to the Campbell Shooting: The Grand Jury transcript, the 911 transcript, and the medical examiner’s report in Campbell’s death. News media are poring through them as I type, but if you want to download and read the documents for yourself you can go here, where […]
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Street Roots on Campbell Shooting: Nothing New
I know this is the second Street Roots post today—but the paper has an insightful editorial on the Campbell shooting this week. The story goes: Police shoot an unarmed individual. The district attorney handpicks evidence, often without key witnesses. The grand jury declines to indict¬. The community responds with sadness, then anger. The police say […]
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Salem Pushing Stricter Regs on Imitation Ballots
The Oregon Senate has passed a bill setting higher standards for imitation ballots, in the wake of controversy in the Measure 66/67 campaigns—where lobbyist Mark Nelson sent out imitation ballots to confuse voters. Secretary of State Kate Brown has come up with the idea of Senate Bill 1062. “Oregonians get a lot of mail during […]
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Read The Goddamn News
I was on KPOJ this morning, as I am every Thursday at 8am, talking about this week’s top story. Listen again here on your lunch break, if you want to hear my dulcet tones. HIGH NOON Reverend Jesse Jackson pressures city over cop shooting. GREASING THE CHAIN Could the mayor’s plan to “kickstart” his bike […]
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What’s a Story Worth?
Musing on Journalism’s Cost in Tokyo Vice
Musing on journalism’s cost in Jake Adelstein’s Tokyo Vice.
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Hall Monitor
Portland State of Mind
Ted Wheeler gives the speech Sam Adams should have given a week earlier.
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Campbell Cop Faces Review For Prior Tasering
The officer at the heart of the Campbell shooting has been at the center of a Citizens’ Review Committee appeal hearing this evening, related to his use of a Taser on Keith Waterhouse in 2006. Even Police Chief Rosie Sizer testified against Officer Frashour at Waterhouse’s civil trial last September. She ruled that his use […]
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BREAKING: Frashour Will Stay At Work For Now
Score: Sizer, 1. Jackson, 0. Officer Ron Frashour appears to be staying on the job this afternoon, at least until the grand jury transcripts are released tomorrow, after Mayor Sam Adams met with Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman in Saltzman’s office. Mayor Adams had earlier met with Marva Campbell-Davis, the mother […]