- Geigle at the Justice Center following her arraignment
Chantilly Geigle, a Catholic Worker at the Dorothy Day House, was arrested Thursday as part of a protest at Portland City Hall after she allegedly splashed red paint in the entrance to the building.
According to the Oregonian and a posting on the Portland Independent Media Center, Geigle waited for police to arrive while distributing leaflets on the death of James Chasse, a schizophrenic who died while in police custody from injuries he sustained while being arrested. The arrest came on the third anniversary of Chasse’s death.
Geigle was arraigned Friday on a felony charge of criminal mischief. She did not want to talk to the Mercury until she had spoken with Thad Betz, her court-appointed lawyer. Betz was in drug court Friday afternoon.
Geigle did call the Mercury before her protest yesterday. “I just don’t know what else I can do,” she said. “I think it’s so important to draw attention to this issue.”
More details as we get them—check next week’s paper for more.
Good work Chantilly!
And to the PPB, at least she didn’t kill anybody.
Can we please stop with the small, off-center photos? Thanks.
Is there going to be a fund set up to help pay her expenses?
Is there a fund to pay for the damages she did to City Hall?
She’s not a hero. She a lone, angry person who lashed out because she couldn’t resolve the fact that injustice exists in abundance. She joins the throng.
I still think we need to start a street renaming petition to rename a street as Jim-Jim Chasse Way. NW 10th would be a good pick.
ujfoyt, it looks like she was appointed a public defender, and a very good one.