James Philip Chasse, Jr. (May 7, 1964 - September 17, 2006) is an American from Portland, Oregon. In 2006, his death while in detention by Portland law enforcement officers led to criticism of civil rights and examination of the lack of mental health crisis management training provided to Portland police officers. At the time of his death, he lived independently and suffered from schizophrenia.
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Death
Chasse died after a physical confrontation with two Portland Police officers and a Multnomah County representative on September 17, 2006. Officers at the scene described Chasse as a homeless person and said he escaped from them and fought with them. He was beaten and Taser was hired several times with him. After the incident, Chasse was released medically by firefighters and ambulances. He was then detained and taken to jail, where the nursing staff refused to accept him for his injuries. The officers were told by the prison staff to drive her to a hospital across town. He died on the way.
Chasse suffered a broken bone in his 16 ribs and had a total of 26 broken bones, as well as a leaky lung, broken neck bone and a splitting spleen. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner decides the cause of death to be "accidental" and the result of "blunt trauma".
More than 500 friends and family members remembered Chasse in the flame of a candle night and a memorial on October 14, 2006.
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Report
After three years and public pressure, the Portland Police Bureau released an internal investigation into the death of James Chasse. The investigation included six items, "detective notebooks" with six photos by witness Jamie Marquez, two separate two-disciplinary letters for Portland Police officers Kyle Nice and Christopher Humphreys, suspending them for 80 hours without pay. Both are disciplined for unacceptable behavior, breach of TASER policy. After the arbitration in July 2012 with the police, both letters were revoked and Nice and Humphreys paid off for lost time. "IAD" or "Internal Affairs Division" is a 389-page report including witness interviews, experts and officers, case chronology and exhibitions. Detectives include a Portland training manual on mental illness, and a 623-page narrative (archived here in three sections) review of Chasse's murder with edited training materials.
The city auditor commissioned an investigation into the death investigation of James Chasse in July 2010.
Public condemnation
Chasse's death resulted in criticism in the Oregon media, with hundreds of news, editorials and front-page articles following the case, and from civil rights and health supporters. Although Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk failed to file charges against the officers, he released all testimonies submitted to the jury. Portland Mayor Tom Potter apologized to the Chasse family, organized the Mental Health Task Force to review city policies, and implemented a crisis intervention training program to improve the way in which city and district police responded to situations involving mental illness but failed to discipline officers who defeated Chasse : Kyle Nice, Christopher Humphreys and Bret Barton.
The documentary, Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, about James Chasse by Oregon filmmaker Brian Lindstrom aired on February 15, 2013, in Portland, Oregon.
See also
- List of homicide by law enforcement officers in the United States
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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