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===PPB Chief Mike Reese Responds to DOJ Findings===
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===Police Union Fights Sam Adams on Refusing to Reinstate Ron Frashour===
  
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"Portland Police Chief Mike Reese says his office is already responding to [http://www.opb.org/news/article/qa-doj-critical-of-portland-police-over-use-of-force/ the findings] of U.S. Department of Justice investigation that found his officers have engaged in a pattern of excessive force, especially with people with mental illness. He also says the DOJ report highlights the gaps in the mental health care system and that officers need more information:
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The president of the Portland police union blasted Mayor Sam Adams Tuesday morning, saying Adams' defiance of an order to reinstate officer Ron Frashour reflects "a personal vendetta." ...
  
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Turner said Adams should heed the findings of the employment relations board which yesterday ordered the city to follow an arbitrator's ruling and to reinstate Frashour within 30 days, with back pay, benefits and 9 percent interest.
  
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There's a lot of information that health care providers have, that we don't have access to, and in a moment of crisis I think we should have access to that information if we're going to provide a better service to that person. Conversely, we have a lot of information we would be happy to share with mental health providers so that they know this person is interacting with police frequently. There are things we can do in terms of dispatch protocols. So when dispatchers take that 911 call from a citizen, and they ask, police, fire or medical, we want them to ask mental health."
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Frashour was fired after he fatally shot an unarmed man in January 2010. Frashour has said he believed the man, Aaron Campbell, was reaching for a gun."
  
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"[http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/police_union_blasts_portland_m.html Police Union Blasts Portland Mayor Sam Adams Over Stance on Frashour Reinstatement]." by Helen Jung, The Oregonian - Sept 25, 2012.
  
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- [http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/chief-mike-reese-excessive-force-report/ ''Chief Mike Reese on Excessive Force Report '']on'' ''OPB's "Think Out Loud" | Sept 17, 2012
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===Study Finds Memories Change with Repetition===
  
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===Oregon Elected Officials Quiet on Measure 80===
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A Northwestern University researcher has found that memory retrieval may be like the game of telephone.
  
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"Oregon's Measure 80 would [allow adults to buy marijuana at state-licensed stores], and allow people to grow their own pot.
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Just as a whispered message changes with each retelling, memories can change when they are recalled multiple times, according to the study by Donna Bridge, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A [http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game.html press release] summarizes the findings published in the journal Neuroscience.
  
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Few elected officials in Oregon have taken a public position on the initiative. Democratic Representative Peter Buckley is one of them. He co-chairs the legislature's budget-writing committee.
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Buckley says he supports legalization, but understands why many Oregon politicians don't want to talk about it.
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Test subjects in Bridge's study were asked to recall the location of objects on a grid in three sessions on three consecutive days. On the second day, the subjects were shown a subset on the first day's objects and asked to move them to their original locations. On day three, the test subjects showed greater recall of the objects they manipulated on day two. But when test subjects made a mistake on day two, they were more likely to repeat the mistake on day three by placing the object closer to the incorrect than the correct location."
  
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'I think there's a certain stigma that's been part of marijuana for many, many decades. I think if we're actually honest about it, we have to get past that.' "
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"[http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/study_finds_memories_can_change_with_each_recall/ Study Finds Memories Can Change with Each Recall: Researcher Sees Criminal Justice Implications]" by Debra Cassens Weis in ''ABA Journal - ''Sept 24, 2012.
  
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- [http://www.opb.org/news/article/n3-oregon-politicians-mostly-mum-on-marijuana-legalization-measure/ ''Oregon Politicians Mostly Mum On Marijuana Legalization Measure '']by Northwest News Network on OPB | Sept. 17, 2012
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==='''FCC May Cut Phone Rates for Inmates'''===
  
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===Dalles Police Fatally Shot Man Suspected of Rape===
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"It might cost less for federal prisoners to call grandma, if a government panel makes calls cheaper for inmates.
  
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"THE DALLES -- A 50-year-old man was fatally shot in a late night encounter with two The Dalles police officers, Oregon State Police said this morning.
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<div style="overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 0)">FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is under pressure to enact a new rule that would lower the price of prison calls - which can start at $3 to $4 just to connect and 89 cents a minute after that. [...]</font></div>
  
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The incident took place late Monday inside a residence in the 700 block of Hostetler Street, where police were dispatched to investigate a rape, said the state police, the agency investigating the shooting. When police arrived, the victim and rape suspect were in the home. Police accompanied the victim to the hospital, while other officers stayed behind with the suspect.
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The push started when Martha Wright filed a petition at the FCC in 2003 after her grandson, Ulandis Forte, was sent to prison. Wright, who is in her eighties, had difficulty visiting her grandson as he was moved from prison, and since she is blind, writing a letter wasn't an option."
  
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Police said the suspect initially cooperated with them, but about midnight the man went into a bathroom and emerged with a kitchen knife. Police said he threatened them, prompting two officers to fire their weapons at the man. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. A person described by police as "an independent witness" was at the scene of the shooting."
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<div style="overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 0)">"[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81617.html#ixzz27VrDEbrI FCC Could Cut Inmates' Phone Rates]" by Brooks Boliek on Politico - Sept 24, 2012.</font></div>
  
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''[http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/09/rape_suspect_fatally_shot_by_t.html Rape suspect fatally shot by The Dalles police]'' by The Oregonian | Sept 18, 2012.
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==='''Should the FBI Collect Biometric Data?'''===
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===Damien Echols of West Mempis Three - Interviewed on Public Radio===
  
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"The FBI plans to move forward with a facial recognition system that's set to be fully implemented by 2014. Facial recognition is just one part of many biometric tools the FBI eventually plans to use to gather and store intelligence information, including fingerprint searches and iris scans."
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"Damien Echols was 18 when he and two other teens were convicted of the gruesome murder of three boys and sent away to prison. In Echols' case, to death row.
  
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Talk of the Nation panelists comment on the privacy challenges of biometric data. "[http://www.npr.org/2012/09/18/161355293/the-pros-and-cons-of-gathering-biometric-data?ft=1&f=5 The Pros And Cons Of Gathering Biometric Data]." | <span class="date">September 18, 2012</span>
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He would spend eighteen awful years there - a moody, poetic, ultimately Zen prisoner - while outside he became known as part of the West Memphis Three, in a case that became infamous for justice gone awry."
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"[http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/09/25/west-memphis-three-life-after-death-row West Memphis Three: Life After Death Row]" with Tom Ashbrook ''on ''WBUR (Boston NPR station) - Sept 25, 2012
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Revision as of 17:32, December 21, 2012

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Police Union Fights Sam Adams on Refusing to Reinstate Ron Frashour

The president of the Portland police union blasted Mayor Sam Adams Tuesday morning, saying Adams' defiance of an order to reinstate officer Ron Frashour reflects "a personal vendetta." ...

Turner said Adams should heed the findings of the employment relations board which yesterday ordered the city to follow an arbitrator's ruling and to reinstate Frashour within 30 days, with back pay, benefits and 9 percent interest.

Frashour was fired after he fatally shot an unarmed man in January 2010. Frashour has said he believed the man, Aaron Campbell, was reaching for a gun."

"Police Union Blasts Portland Mayor Sam Adams Over Stance on Frashour Reinstatement." by Helen Jung, The Oregonian - Sept 25, 2012.

Study Finds Memories Change with Repetition

A Northwestern University researcher has found that memory retrieval may be like the game of telephone.

Just as a whispered message changes with each retelling, memories can change when they are recalled multiple times, according to the study by Donna Bridge, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A press release summarizes the findings published in the journal Neuroscience.

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Test subjects in Bridge's study were asked to recall the location of objects on a grid in three sessions on three consecutive days. On the second day, the subjects were shown a subset on the first day's objects and asked to move them to their original locations. On day three, the test subjects showed greater recall of the objects they manipulated on day two. But when test subjects made a mistake on day two, they were more likely to repeat the mistake on day three by placing the object closer to the incorrect than the correct location."

"Study Finds Memories Can Change with Each Recall: Researcher Sees Criminal Justice Implications" by Debra Cassens Weis in ABA Journal - Sept 24, 2012.

FCC May Cut Phone Rates for Inmates

"It might cost less for federal prisoners to call grandma, if a government panel makes calls cheaper for inmates.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is under pressure to enact a new rule that would lower the price of prison calls - which can start at $3 to $4 just to connect and 89 cents a minute after that. [...]

The push started when Martha Wright filed a petition at the FCC in 2003 after her grandson, Ulandis Forte, was sent to prison. Wright, who is in her eighties, had difficulty visiting her grandson as he was moved from prison, and since she is blind, writing a letter wasn't an option."

"FCC Could Cut Inmates' Phone Rates" by Brooks Boliek on Politico - Sept 24, 2012.

Stacy Du Clos

Damien Echols of West Mempis Three - Interviewed on Public Radio

"Damien Echols was 18 when he and two other teens were convicted of the gruesome murder of three boys and sent away to prison. In Echols' case, to death row.

He would spend eighteen awful years there - a moody, poetic, ultimately Zen prisoner - while outside he became known as part of the West Memphis Three, in a case that became infamous for justice gone awry."

Link to interview below:

"West Memphis Three: Life After Death Row" with Tom Ashbrook on WBUR (Boston NPR station) - Sept 25, 2012

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