Tag Archives: Matt Davis

Merc, Observer, Skanner & Sizer’s firing; Thursday’s Think Out Loud

Breaking: Adams takes control of Police Bureau, fires Sizer, Promotes Reese to Chief / Matt Davis, Mercury Blogtown, 12 May 2010 Adams fires Sizer / Portland Observer, 12 May 2010 Adams fires Sizer, takes control of police Bureau from Saltzman … Continue reading

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City settle Chasse case, backlog of news from weeklies, April’s Rap Sheet

BREAKING: City settles Chasse case / Matt Davis, Mercury Blogtown, 10 May 2010 Chasse settlement: case dismissed / Mercury Blogtown 11 May 2010 “Saltzmangate” Mercury articles: BREAKING: Should Dan Saltzman Have Declared A Conflict Before Giving $600,000 To His Girlfriend’s … Continue reading

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Merc: $150 handjob, black bloc, letters

Tax dollars for handjobs / Matt Davis, The Portland Mercury, 29 April 2010 In other news / Mercury Staff, Portland Mercury, 29 April 2010 (black bloc, sit-lie) Letters to the Editors / The Mercury, 29 April 2010 (scroll down to … Continue reading

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merc, observer, street roots

Watch Out, Anarchists! The police are preparing for you! / Sarah Mirk, The Mercury Blogtown, 27 April 2010 Along with a letter to Matt Davis from “Voltairine de Cleyre” to come on a ride-along with the black bloc & a … Continue reading

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Other Media on Previous Posts

On the City’s “Recommended Action Items Regarding the Intersection of the Police & The Mental Health System in Portland”: The Portland Observer, Jake Thomas, 9 April 2010; KBOO,  A Deeper Look, 8 April 2010; Mental Health Association of Portland website, 8 April … Continue reading

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Sergeant Kyle Nice’s Off Duty Behavior

Um. Apparently he got some road rage and pulled a gun on another motorist in Washington County : BREAKING: Chasse Sergeant in off-duty road rage – pulls gun, Says “Go Ahead and Call the Police” / Matt Davis, Portland Mercury … Continue reading

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Angry Portlander

The Mercury‘s Matt Davis is a reporter, for sure, but his paper’s journalistic tradition allows for a considerable amount of subjectivity and commentary in news stories, and he exercised those muscles yesterday in an appearance at the Portland City Club’s … Continue reading

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no surprises from the grand jury

The grand jury declined to indict Jason Walters for killing Jack Collins, but there does seem to be a new precedent in Multnomah County — the stories below state that the district attorney’s office plans to make witness testimony from … Continue reading

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more opinion & news on police oversight reform

Will the real police oversight panel please stand up? [editorial] / By The Oregonian Editorial Board, Oregonian, 1 April 2010~The Oregonian’s editors argue that the recent changes to the Indpenedent Police Review Division and its Citizen Review Committee will do … Continue reading

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more from Jesse Cornett

Jesse Cornett: Who’s Grandstanding Whom? [interview] / Matt Davis, Portland Mercury Blogtown, 1 April 2010

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