First, let's make one thing perfectly clear: I did not inhale. But there were plenty of people who did at the fifth annual Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards. Right there on the porch at the Ambridge Event Center in Northeast. Strictly for medicinal purposes, of course. The daylong event Dec. 9 was sponsored by the Oregon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. It was billed by organizers as "the only event of its kind in the United States." [continues 380 words]
As one of the more than 12,000 Oregon Medical Marijuana Program patients in the state, I have a relevant question, one many other participants in the OMMP are asking also: "Where can I find my medicine?" I am confined to a wheelchair with severe rheumatoid arthritis and cannot grow marijuana for myself. I receive assistance from time to time, but the system is so inefficient. Because pot is astronomically expensive, patients who choose to grow their own face the threat of robbery and possible assault. And why is it so expensive? Why is this plant worth as much as gold? [continues 148 words]
Safeway Stores, Bay Area Hospital and the Coos Bay Police Department Have One Thing in Common: All Three Screen Employees for Use of Illicit Drugs Before Putting Them on the Payroll. But many South Coast schools don't. Coos Bay School Board recently reviewed a personnel policy that required the district to complete a background and criminal records check, a medical exam and drug test on all new employees. According to Superintendent Dr. Karen Fischer Gray, the district has not been exercising the full policy for several years. [continues 803 words]
A Day to Reflect on the Fight Against Meth Today is National Methamphetamine Awareness Day -- the first time a president has designated a day to focus national attention on methamphetamine, an extremely destructive and harmful drug. For parents, today is a reminder of the importance of talking to our children about dangerous drugs. For our youth, it is an opportunity to reaffirm a commitment to a drug-free future. For those struggling with addiction, it is an occasion to seek treatment. And for all Americans, it is an opportunity to thank law enforcement officers, treatment counselors and prevention advocates whose efforts have contributed to a nearly 20 percent decline in drug use among American youth over the past four years. [continues 383 words]
Medical Marijuana Advocate Ends Fight to Keep Practicing A local nurse and medicinal marijuana advocate fired by Samaritan Health Services for refusing to take a drug test has surrendered his nursing license rather than stop using pot. Under an agreement with the Oregon State Board of Nursing that took effect Nov. 8, it will be three years before Ed Glick can apply to have his license reinstated. Illegal drug use violates the state law that governs nursing and is grounds for disciplinary action. In interviews with nursing board staff, Glick acknowledged that he "self-medicated with cannabis" and agreed to relinquish his license after more than 20 years as a nurse. [continues 647 words]
Gender-Specific Programs Teach Stayton Athletes About The Dangers Of Drugs Used To Enhance Performance Huddled in a Stayton High School locker room that smelled of wet grass and sweaty gear, five football players put their heads together to hatch a skit. The theme: Steroids not only can inflict damage on your body, they also can cost you money. It was an evening assignment, following classes, practice and weight lifting for this band of Eagles' football players: Robert Julio, Luke Loberg, Casey Pruett, Derek Hayes and Jeremy Ziebert. [continues 1682 words]
Regarding Marcela Sanchez's Nov. 10 column, U.S. aid to Colombia could very well spread both coca production and civil war throughout South America. Communist guerrilla movements do not originate in a vacuum. U.S. tax dollars would be better spent addressing the socioeconomic causes of civil strife in Colombia rather than applying overwhelming military force to attack the symptoms. We're not doing the Colombian people any favors by funding civil war. Nor are Americans being protected from drugs. [continues 91 words]
Police found a sophisticated marijuana growing operation inside the north Eugene home of the victim of a violent invasion-style robbery, as well as in the home of his neighbors, whose refusal to disarm when officers arrived to investigate prompted police to fire at them, according to documents filed in Lane County Circuit Court. Police found hidden grow rooms in the garages of both houses on Willona Drive, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by police. Inside the neighbors' house, officers discovered about 385 marijuana plants, as well as a bag of ecstacy tablets and a bottle of what appeared to be the potent hallucinogen LSD. [continues 328 words]
I've just read the Keizertimes article, "Bust of Local Couple" It is important to note that doctors have faced threats from the feds if they recommend cannabis to patients. And while a few doctors may have written many recommendations for cannabis there are 2,000 doctors total. It seems to me those few signing the most should be commended for encouraging use of one of humanity's oldest and safest medicines in spite of federal "Reefer Madness." The few patients that have violated OMMA limits knowingly and for profit do not represent the great majority of patients who lose because of this abuse. [continues 154 words]
Re: Bust of local couple raises questions about medical marijuana policing (Nov. 3 Keizertimes). Perhaps Capt. Kuhns would have a clearer understanding of the law if he read the statutes, rather than the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program's website. Oregon Revised Statues Section 475.323(1) unambiguously states: "Possession of a registry identification card or designated primary caregiver identification card pursuant to ORS 475.309 does not alone constitute probable cause to search the person or property of the cardholder or otherwise subject the person or property of the cardholder to inspection by any governmental agency." Leland Berger, attorney Portland [end]
Medical marijuana policing is really a war on the rights of peaceful citizens. Marijuana is a very useful plant that God gave us all to use responsibly. Capt. Jeff Kuhns of the Keizer Police Department raises questions that goes beyond the bounds of reason. Citizens should demand the privacy rights that our constitutional laws allow us. Kuhns suggests that "Individuals issued cards by the State of Oregon should know they too could be inspected ..." His reasoning comes from the fact that restaurants are inspected. But restaurants are commercial ventures not private residences. Commercial ventures do not have the same privacy rights. [continues 75 words]
Residents of Bojaya in the impoverished Colombian province of Choco know misery -- flooding for four months out of each year, electricity two to three hours every couple of days, drinking water obtainable only from rain collection. Their one thing of value -- the town's location along the Atrato River -- also landed them in the middle of a 10-year battle between the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombia's right-wing United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) as each rebel group sought control of an important transit zone for illegal drugs and weapons. [continues 694 words]
Jamilla Niazi is a 40-year-old woman with a freckly face and high cheekbones. When she arrives in a refugee camp in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan to speak to me via Internet camera phone, her features are hidden behind the blue burqa she is forced to wear in the scorching summer heat. She peels back the gauze and smiles. She doesn't do this much anymore -- not since the death threats began to come every night, pledging to burn her in acid. To jihadis, Niazi has committed an intolerable offense: She is the head teacher of a school for girls. "The Taliban have come back," says the aid worker with Niazi. "They control this area now." The night before our conversation, they burned down a school in nearby Nabili, and Taliban fighters planted a landmine in the playground of another girls school. [continues 605 words]
High school students from around douglas county gain the tools to fight drug abuse Plenty of students already know the dangers of drug use. Now some are learning to get their message across on television. Students from all over Douglas County gathered at the fairgrounds Thursday to get practical advice on making public service announcements. Douglas County Communities Aligned to Prevent Substance Abuse, or DC CAPS, organized the Youth Summit in preparation for its fourth annual Truth, Lies and Videotapes Drug Prevention PSA Challenge. Students make 30-second videos, which debut in April and then run on KPIC-TV. [continues 364 words]
Three weeks ago, Keizer police officers entered the home of a couple who held medical marijuana cards and walked out with nearly eight pounds of pot they suspect was intended for sale. The bust ended with the arrest of the pair on drug charges and put an unexpected spotlight on a little known state program that allows people to grow their own pot for medicinal use. In the eight years since voters approved the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, nearly 12,000 cards have been issued with another 3,400 waiting for approval. [continues 725 words]
Drug use and kids is an issue that affects communities across the state and nation. From alcohol and marijuana to methamphetamines -- parents, kids and teens need to be aware of and understand these drugs and learn how to deal with them, said a panel of officials on the front line of this fight in Lincoln County. A forum held in Lincoln City on Sunday, Oct. 22, gave the community a better idea of this issue and what agencies and organizations are doing to help young people in areas of prevention, enforcement and treatment. [continues 765 words]
Just about everyone would prefer biofuels to petroleum, but choosing the right fuel crops for cultivation in North America isn't easy, especially for Western states. That's because one of the most viable crops - hemp - is legally off-limits. Instead, canola is getting all the attention. The June 2006 report, "Assessment of Biodiesel Feedstocks in Oregon," prepared for the Portland Development Commission, presented canola as the best oilseed crop for the region. Last month, the Oregon Legislature's Emergency Board agreed to finance a $235,000 canola research study. [continues 651 words]
The Oregon Supreme Court today upheld restrictions that voters approved on police seizures of property and cash in connection with illegal activity. Voters restricted police agencies from using civil courts to sell seized property unless it was tied to a criminal conviction of the property owner. The measure also directed proceeds from such sales to drug trreatment, rather than police operations. Police initiated 1,526 seizures in 2000, but after the measure passed, only 389 in 2001. The challenge was filed in 2001 by the Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team. A Marion County judge upheld the measure in 2001, but a divided Oregon Court of Appeals overturned it in 2003. [continues 567 words]
Compromise Bill From Legislature Nullified by Ruling A divided Oregon Supreme Court decided Thursday to uphold restrictions that voters approved on police seizures of property and cash connected with illegal activity. Voters barred police agencies from using civil lawsuits to seize and sell property unless it was tied to a criminal conviction of the property owner. The measure also directed proceeds from such sales to drug treatment rather than police operations. Police initiated 1,526 seizures in 2000, but after the measure passed, only 389 in 2001. [continues 671 words]
A Mistake By The Oregon Legislature Makes Selling Pot The 'King' Of Drug Crimes Here in liberal Portland, marijuana's practically legal, right, dude? Hell, pot-smoking grandpa Don DuPay got more votes last spring in his run for Multnomah County sheriff than County Chair Diane Linn got in her reelection bid. And backers of a measure that would have made marijuana the 'lowest priority' for local law enforcement came close to getting that proposal on the city's November ballot. [continues 439 words]
Coos County will participate in the annual celebration of National Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31. The celebration honors the memory of DEA Special Agent KiKi Camarena who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico. That event produced an outpouring of grief that, over time, has generated community participation in drug abuse-prevention activities as a way to honor those working toward illegal drug eradication and prevention. The countywide theme of Red Ribbon Week 2006 is "Too Smart to Start." In Coos County schools, all students will receive Red Ribbons imprinted with the theme. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade will be receiving information handbooks and high school students will be receiving bracelets imprinted with inspirational messages. [continues 94 words]
Officials want a first-ever countywide income tax to fight crime, but money from the measure also would go to Lane County social service agencies, which say they try to address the root causes of crime. At least $7 million of the $23.1 million raised annually by Measure 20-114 would support drug and alcohol treatment and prevention programs and the reduction of family violence, tax proponents said. Ballots go out Friday for a measure that would impose a 1.4 percent annual income tax for county public safety services. [continues 553 words]
MOUNT ANGEL - Parents who suspect their kids may be using drugs now have a free tool in their arsenal to discover the truth - a drug test by the Mount Angel Police Department. The department recently received a grant from the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police to allow parents the chance to find out if their suspicions are true, or for kids to prove their parents wrong. Officer Les Defoor from the Mount Angel Police Department said the Parent Aid Program has helped reduce drug-related incidents in many of the communities it has been established in. [continues 233 words]
Regarding Sarah-Kate Sharkey And Riann Nel's Sept. 24 Commentary Article In The Register-Guard: The HIV Alliance is to be commended for its life-saving work in Lane County. Needle exchange programs have been shown to reduce the spread of HIV without increasing drug use. They also serve as a bridge to drug treatment for an especially hard-to-reach population. Drug users are not the only beneficiaries. U.S. Centers for Disease Control researchers estimate that 57 percent of AIDS cases among women and 36 percent of overall AIDS cases in the United States are linked to injection drug use or sex with partners who inject drugs. This easily preventable public health crisis is a direct result of zero tolerance laws that restrict access to clean syringes. In the interest of containing the HIV epidemic, let's hope tough-on-drugs politicians acknowledge the drug war's tremendous collateral damage sooner rather than later. Policy analyst Common Sense for Drug Policy Washington, D.C. [end]
Ellen Schlesinger, who lives in the Whiteaker area of Eugene, started to worry when she hadn't seen him for a few days. That wasn't like Pete. The homeless man would come by every few days, a bag slung over his shoulder as if he were the Santa Claus of returnable bottles and cans. Perhaps offer a quote from Romeo and Juliet. And chastise Ellen for working too hard. "Here, gimme that rake," he'd say. "I'll take care of your leaves." [continues 612 words]
As much as Detective Randy Snow of the Ashland Police Department ("Legal Green," Sept. 23) tries to understand the cannabis (kaneh bosm/marijuana) issue, he is hindered because he is biased and employed by prohibitionist government. To take the "greed" out of cannabis means completely eliminating cannabis prohibition. Ending the sinful practice of caging humans for using the God-given plant would also be Biblically correct since Christ God Our Father, indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants saying they are all good, on literally the very first page (see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). Cannabis is a blessing to be accepted, not prohibited, persecuted and exterminated. Stan White Dillon, Colo. [end]
A sad irony undercuts the pair of stories about drug use in Sunday's edition. In the local article, we learned that the Benton County Sheriff's Office and the Corvallis Police Department have banded together to form another drug task force, primarily to target methamphetamine use. You don't have to convince us that meth is a plague that infects all around it. From the destruction of children's' lives to property values, meth use poisons our community. The second article was about a promising new drug (a vaccine, actually) that promises to help drug addicts, smokers and over-eaters get control of their obsessions. [continues 320 words]
After nearly losing his house and family, it hit Alan: He had to quit getting loaded. Today, Alan - who spoke on condition that his full name not be used because of the stigma attached to addiction - has been sober for nearly two years, and is back in school on a full-ride scholarship to the University of Oregon. Alan, 39, counted himself among the estimated 10,000 injection drug users in Lane County. He also was among the 7,500 who utilize the HIV Alliance's Sana Needle Exchange to avoid contracting HIV, Hepatitis C and other infections. [continues 616 words]
Carl Pitts states he "supports the efforts ... to form a Methamphetamine Strike Force to combat methamphetamine trafficking," and his "opponent (Commissioner Patti Milne) does not support this effort." This is untrue.Commissioner Milne chairs the Marion County Commission on Public Safety, which wholeheartedly endorsed this strike force. Commissioner Milne also, along with Commissioners Carlson and Brentano, changed the matrix at the county jail to accommodate the change in bail for meth dealers.To say Commissioner Patti Milne does not support combating meth in our county is simply not accurate. As a matter of fact, she has been leading the fight by her tireless efforts and involvement throughout Marion County. She unequivocally has my support for re-election. Dick Withnell Keizer [end]
It's been more than a year since the Valley Interagency Narcotics Team was disbanded amid concerns over mishandled evidence, leaving Benton County without a dedicated drug enforcement task force. Now the Benton County Sheriff's Office and the Corvallis Police Department are teaming up to change that. The new Street Crimes Unit, composed of two sheriff's deputies and two Corvallis police officers, is designed to address the void left by VALIANT and to focus anti-drug efforts in the hands of skilled officers. [continues 849 words]
I'm writing about Robert Plain's story: "Legal green" (Sept. 23). My question is why do adult citizens of a so-call free country need permission from their government to consume marijuana or any other substance - especially in the privacy of their own homes? It seems to me that a free country should be a free country. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. [end]
June Kell's tragic death reminds us that even the most hopeful, positive young person can find herself vulnerable and sleeping outside. In most situations, this kind of tragedy can be prevented. Many homeless people end up that way because of untreated psychosis, a highly treatable and common medical condition. Untreated, teens and young adults with psychosis often lose their homes, their ability to take care of themselves, their family support and their ability to protect themselves from harm. With early treatment and support, families stay together and young people become successful adults. [continues 425 words]
Investigations Drain Time And Resources From Local Police Criminal activity in Oregon is changing popular perceptions of organized crime as international drug rings producing and dealing marijuana and importing methamphetamine continue to sap law enforcement resources. In releasing the first statewide report about organized crime, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers said the image of well-dressed mobsters is out-dated and too simplistic when describing organized crime. "When we talk of organized crime in Oregon, the image is of the Mafia," Myers said. "But we define organized crime as individuals joining together for a common purpose, which is typically profit." [continues 498 words]
HIV Alliance is in the forefront of the battle to prevent new infections and to care for those living with HIV/AIDS in Lane County. Our battle is not the most attention-grabbing "war" of the moment, and agencies in the trenches of this war are severely hampered by ignorance - not least the ignorance of our elected representatives. With congressional elections approaching in November, we want to highlight one aspect of our battle: the fight for needle exchange programs. The World Health Organization estimates more than 25 million people have been killed by AIDS since the disease was recognized in 1981. Some estimates place the 2005 death toll at 3.1 million - an average of 8,500 people every day. This makes it one of the most destructive pandemics in history. [continues 1012 words]
Statistics Tell A Complicated Story When It Comes To Lawlessness In Lane County When a cop makes a bust for methamphetamine in Douglas County, the trail to the supplier consistently takes that cop one county to the north: Lane County. That's where the big dealers are, said Lt. Curt Strickland, commander of the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team - dealers who sell a pound or more of the stuff at a time - enough to provide a three-day fix for about 130 users. [continues 1441 words]
On Sept. 16, I was at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza and was a bit surprised to see Lane County Commissioner Peter Sorenson step up to the microphone. He told us we should consider his visit a short town hall meeting. He gave a brief statement, and then asked if anyone had any questions. I did and prefaced my question with statements before asking the Big Question. I reminded everyone that Oregon voters approved medicinal use of cannabis in 1998, but it was not as comprehensive a law as needed. [continues 159 words]
Robert Kridel Is 53 Years Old, Confined To A Wheelchair And In Constant, Agonizing Pain. Eight years ago he cut off his finger while working on an engine and after it was sewed back on he contracted tetanus, the bacteria that causes what used to be known as lockjaw. "My muscles have been turned into rope," he said. "They don't respond. I can't believe the pain I experience." He takes a host of pharmaceutical drugs to reduce the pain and discomfort. To deal with the side effects of the pharmaceutical drugs, he smokes marijuana. [continues 861 words]
What role should farmers play in medicine? That's a good question to consider as the biotech "pharming" industry develops. If it weren't for America's foolhardy War on Drugs, there would be no question at all. For eons, herbs have been successfully cultivated for a wide variety of medicinal uses. The line between farmer and healer - or shaman - should be blurry. More than any other factor, what defines the traditional farmer is not the size of his land, but his role in life and death. [continues 597 words]
Your article, "Pot-Leaf lookalike leads to book redesign" (Sept. 14), made me laugh. All that work Bill Conde put into educating people about hemp and cannabis, all his grief in bucking a system bent against him and after a mere five or six years since his departure to Belize the locals get spooked by a maple leaf. While not quite up there with Janet Jackson's Superbowl gaffe, the good folks employed here in the People's Republic of Eugene can be proud knowing that no good leaf goes unburned. Besides, as Conde made clear, lying about cannabis is the job of the federal government. Allan Erickson, Drug Policy Forum of Oregon, Eugene [end]
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Instead of Oregon being known for its methamphetamine abuse problem, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center want the state to be known as a national leader in meth research and treatment. Backed by a federal agency, together they have launched the Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center. National health experts say the center is unique because it will devote itself to a full interdisciplinary approach to studying meth and meth addiction. "You're bringing a wide variety of research into the mix," said Dr. David Shurtleff of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is providing $5 million over a five-year period for research at the center. [continues 567 words]
Earlier this month, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reaffirmed that he would block attempts in the U.S. Senate to derail Oregonians' right to doctor-assisted suicide, the Death With Dignity law, saying the practice of medicine has historically been left to the states to regulate. I think of another states' rights issue, and wonder if Oregon's medical-marijuana-using patients will ever get to enjoy "Life With Dignity." Or do we have to die before we get it? Medical marijuana patients have had the legal right to grow and possess marijuana since 1998, but most patients do not (or cannot) grow their own and have no way to legally get their medicine. [continues 63 words]
A police search Wednesday of a [redacted] lawyer's office has the legal community buzzing with worries about government intrusion into attorney-client privilege - one of the oldest principles in U.S. law. More than a dozen agents with a search warrant approved by a federal magistrate judge walked into the office of [redacted] just after 7 a.m. and seized financial, property, business, travel and personal records of 17 people. [redacted], a lawyer for 27 years, is not charged with any crime. However, he is obviously the unnamed "Attorney A" in a 196-page federal indictment issued Wednesday that named 12 men allegedly involved in an international conspiracy to smuggle marijuana and cocaine, grow marijuana and make methamphetamine. He could not be reached for comment Friday. [continues 1067 words]
Dane County Sheriff's deputies reported destroying two plots of marijuana in the town of Oregon on Friday. One plot, located along Locust Grove Road, contained what officials described as 45 "very tall and healthy plants," while the second along Union Road contained 31 "tall and healthy plants." Authorities said it appeared someone had been caring for the plants and harvesting them during various stages of growth, adding that cornfields are often used to provide cover for the tall plants. Diesel theft: A truck driver from Mondovi is scheduled to make a court appearance Monday in Dane County Criminal Court to face charges that he stole $30,000 in diesel fuel from the Windsor Truck Wash in 2004 and 2005. [continues 249 words]
Meth - The university wins a $5 million federal grant to run a lab that studies the drug and combats its power Saturday, September 16, 2006ANDY DWORKIN Oregon Health & Science University is running meth labs -- ones, however, the U.S. government is glad to support. The school this month won a National Institutes of Health grant to form a new Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, exploring everything from which genes spur meth use and addiction to whether prescription drugs can help users kick the habit. The school should get about $5 million over five years, supporting about 20 scientists at OHSU and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a partner in the project. [continues 621 words]
As someone with a history degree, it is embarrassing to admit that I learned something new in my research into the history of drug prohibition. Contrary to assertions by drug policy reformers, prohibition was a response to abusive drug addiction problems, not the other way around. It occurred simultaneously in Europe and the United States when soldiers returning from war became addicted to morphine used to treat their injuries. Morphine was called the "scourge of war" and was banned long before the turn of the century in Europe and here. [continues 164 words]
The serrated leaves on the plant gracing the front of the employee benefits handbook reminded some Eugene city employees of marijuana, so the city will get rid of the image. The plant wasn't illicit, though. It was a lace leaf maple. In the black and white photo on the handbook, it looked similar, said Myrnie Daut, risk services division manager. Some employees said it appeared the city was endorsing the drug. Police Capt. Steve Swenson sent an e-mail to employees noting the city has lots of maples. [continues 70 words]
A man accused of fatally shooting a woman while defending his marijuana growing operation from burglars holds a medical marijuana card and his crop was within legal parameters, Lane County authorities said. There is no evidence that Alan Smith, 45, of Goshen was selling marijuana for profit, said Sgt. Clint Riley of the Lane County Sheriff's Office. Smith remained in the Lane County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of intentional murder. Investigators said he shot Debra Lynn Contreras, 48, of Eugene on Friday as she tried to flee in a pickup after what authorities believe was a botched attempt to steal drugs and money from Smith. [continues 73 words]
A Lane County man fatally shot a woman while defending his marijuana-growing operation during a robbery, authorities said. Alan Smith, 44, was charged with murder with a firearm after the shooting at his home in Goshen, a small town on Interstate 5 south of Eugene, the Lane County Sheriff's Office said. Lane County investigators said that Debra Contreras, 48, of Eugene accompanied James Stover Jr. and Travis Classen to Smith's house Friday. Investigators said that the three planned to take money and drugs from Smith. [continues 61 words]
Two men allegedly using butane to extract hash oil from marijuana suffered severe burns Monday when the gas exploded and set their living room on fire. [Name redacted], 27, and [Name redacted], 26, were flown to the Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center in Portland. Both men were in serious condition Monday night. Neighbors heard an explosion and saw flames shoot about 10 feet into the air behind the house [Name redacted], owns at [address redacted], in the Churchill neighborhood south of West 18th Avenue in Eugene. [Name redacted] reportedly lives at the house as well. [continues 437 words]
Civil Rights - a Well-Known Attorney Takes on a Case in Which a Portland Man Was Shot Seven Times The family of Fouad Kaady, a 27-year-old Portland man shot and killed by police a year ago today on a rural Clackamas County highway, has hired high-profile, flamboyant attorney Gerry Spence of Wyoming to argue a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court. Kaady was naked, burned and bleeding when he was shocked with a stun gun then shot by Officer William Bergin of the Sandy Police Department and Deputy David Willard of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. [continues 590 words]
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