One of the conversations we’ve been having in the comments about Monday’s fatal Portland police shooting of Jack Collins is what kind of weapon exactly Collins was wielding. The police originally described the weapon as a “razor knife” and later as a “razor knife with a six-inch handle” but the language has been changing daily […]
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Albina Ministries & Street Roots Weigh in on Shooting
The Albina Ministerial Alliance and Street Roots both released statements today lamenting the police shooting of homeless Portlander Jack Collins. Albina Ministries spearheaded protests of the Aaron Campbell shooting last month, including bringing Jesse Jackson to town to condemn the incident. At a press conference this morning, the group reiterated its five demands for the […]
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Details of Interview with Officer Walters: Shooting Victim Had Threatened to Kill Passerby
Officer reveals his version of events.
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An Incident In Which Police Do Not Shoot Someone.
In light of this week’s police shooting of homeless man Jackie Collins, Mercury editor and former Seattleite Wm. Steve Humphrey called my attention to an similar incident that went down in Seattle in 1997. Police confronted a mentally-ill homeless man waving a sword around at the crowded Pike Place Market. The big difference: instead of […]
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Police Shooting Victim: “He was a Drunk, but he was a Peaceful Drunk.”
When I pulled Jack Dale Collins’ mugshot out of my bag and showed it to James “Jimbo” Nelson, who was standing with a crowd fixing his bike trailer outside St. Francis Church on SE 11th, the man immediately recognized the casualty of Monday’s police shooting. They were friends. “Old man Jackie Collins,” said Nelson. “I […]
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Why Aren’t Portland Cops Interviewed Right After They Shoot Someone?
That’s the question coming up again and again in this week’s shooting of “hobby knife”-wielding Jackie Collins. The officer who pulled the trigger, Officer James Walters (who police union president Scott Westerman described this morning as a “very Portland” vegan bike rider) has still not been formally interviewed by investigators. Public defender and Portland Mental […]
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LIVEBLOG: Cops and Mental Health Association on Think Out Loud
OPB’s Think Out Loud is taking on the fatal police shooting of homeless man Jackie Collins this morning. Before this point, the public has mostly weighed in via protests and blog comments. I’ll be liveblogging the show, so weigh in on the comments with your thoughts or opinions on the questions and dialogue. Emily Harris […]
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Hoyt Arboretum Shooting Victim Identified
The man fatally shot by police at the Hoyt Arboretum on Monday has been identified. From the Portland Police press release: The man shot on Monday, March 22, 2010, at Hoyt Arboretum has been identified as 58-year-old Jack Dale Collins. He also used the first name of Jackie. Courtesy Multnomah County Jail Jack Dale Collins […]
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Anti-Cop Protest Turns Out to Be a Discussion Circle (and Other Tuesday Night Disappointments)
Tonight’s anti-cop protest and rally in Colonel Summers Park turned out to be more of a vague, self-righteous anti-cop discussion circle. But before I wade into that mess, just a heads up that KGW is reporting that the man police shot Monday appeared to be have cut himself on the neck and arms with knife […]
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Anti-Cop Rally Tonight in Colonel Summers Park
As I was riding past East Burnside just now, I witnessed a dour Circle K employee scrubbing a circled A off the wall of the convenience store. Evidence of last night’s anti-cop protest is already succumbing to bleach. Megan Driscoll Graffiti from last night’s protest But the activists are taking no rest! The Cascadia Convergence […]
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UPDATED Police Shooting Details: Why Was Taser not Used?
Police Chief Sizer Holds Press Conference; Questions Remain about Use of Force
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Man Shot at Hoyt Arboretum Had Knife, Was Covered in Blood, Say Police
Now updated with quotes from Police Association President Scott Westerman.