According to Police Chief Mike Reese, Friday night’s fatal melee outside Club 915 involved a police officer intentionally shooting at a suspect, not accidentally firing his weapon as Mayor Sam Adams stated over the weekend.
In a media Q&A this afternoon, Chief Reese said that Sgt. Mike Fort fired one shot at the suspect in the New Years Eve shooting, while the suspect was shooting at the bouncer who died from his wounds. Sgt. Fort had a “clean ‘backstop'”, meaning no one was behind him, and when the shooter took off running, Fort chased him to Lownsdale Park, near the courthouse, and called for reinforcements who eventually arrested the guy.
These details are important because, as previously noted, it would be seriously problematic if an officer accidentally fired his gun into a crowd.
Gee…guess what? All of you that opined about the police officer losing control and firing his weapon have proved once again that you will judge the officers to be wrong regardless of what you know or what the facts are.
Perhaps we should take a breath, wait for the facts, actually THINK and then make a reasonable judgment. BTW…Sam needs to stop trying to govern by tweet!
@Wilbur Hornswaggle
Govern by tweet? Sorry…that there twitter machine you heard about is wildly popular and a very valuable tool for hundreds of thousands of businesses to maintain relationships with their customers, athletes with their fans, and yes lots of elected officials use it to keep their finger on the pulse of their constituency. Sorry you don’t understand how it works.
Well clearly, the cops were itching to make their first kill of the new year ASAP. It didn’t happen on NY’s, but by golly these pigs got their kill in soon enough!
@DamosA – Actually, the murderer they arrested beat them to it.
Tweeting from an arm chair is a sorry excuse for a title of Mayor of Portland. Lil’ Sammy Adams is a sorry dude. I also would like to point out that four shootings have taken place in two weeks, all examples of excessive, deadly force. I don’t believe Mayor Adams and I don’t believe Chief “Grease” that the police discharge on NYE was intentional; this to me sounds like a sorry smoke screen and police public relations on their behalf to cover their asses from scrutiny. Adams safety plan to get guns off the street of Portland for safety concerns should include a plan to keep citizens safe from police who are shooting to kill rather than getting people the mental health treatment needed.
Twitter claims it has surpassed premature ejaculation as the most disappointing way to spend 5 seconds.