[In the Shadows is a new biweekly column in which Mercury crime and cop reporter Matt Davis explores Portland’s underbelly.—eds.] Chris O’Connor is a cross between a public defender in community court and Superman. He’s a sharp-eyed, sharp-witted barrel of a guy, whose surprising lightness on his feet extends to his conversation—you don’t converse with […]
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Crowded Courthouse
Four Anti-Cop Claims in One Day
Civil rights attorneys launched a quartet of legal claims against the Portland Police Bureau this week, urging the bureau to police itself better or face more of the same. Three lawsuits and one tort claim—which reserves the right to sue—were filed against the city on Monday, October 15 by Attorneys Benjamin Haile and Leah Greenwald, […]
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Kicker Cop Case Kicked
Internal Affairs Exonerates Officer
A Portland police officer who kicked a suspect in the street in front of multiple witnesses last October has been let off the hook by an internal affairs investigation. The officer, Jason Lobaugh, was seen by a group of people at a bus stop Tasering a young African American suspect, then kicking him once after […]