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by Alex Zielinski • Apr 23, 2021 at 4:34 pm
Attorney J. Ashlee Albies speaks during an afternoon press conference. Behind her stands family members of Robert Delgado. Alex Zielinski
The family of Robert Delgado, the 46-year-old man killed by a Portland police officer last week, are calling for a special investigation into Delgado s death. We are seeking justice, said Skyler Delgado, one of Robert s four children, speaking at an afternoon press conference outside the downtown Portland office of civil rights attorney J. Ashlee Albies. Albies is currently representing Delgado s family in their pursuit for justice.
According to Albies, the family has asked Governor Kate Brown and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Delgado s killing by Portland police officer Zachary DeLong. Albies explained that this is the legal tool Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison used to address the invest
The solution was twofold. First, commissioners passed a $6 million emergency budget package to fund $4.1 million in grants for organizations that support communities impacted by gun violence, with the rest going to the hiring of new crime data analysts and seasonal park rangers to surveil city parks. Second, Wheeler instructed the PPB to reinstate the controversial GVRT under the new name “Focused Intervention Team” without giving PPB any additional funding. Instead, Wheeler asked Lovell to pull officers off their current assignments to staff the 12-person team. The only significant difference between the GVRT and this new team is, for now, a vague promise of a citizen board that could oversee the unit’s work.