Portland DA, Oregon AG to jointly investigate Delgado shooting April 29 2021
The family of the homeless man shot by Portland police had called for the appointment of a special prosecutor.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced on Thursday that their offices will jointly investigate the Portland police shooting death of Robert Douglas Delgado.
In the announcement, Schmidt and Rosenblum said they recognize the importance of always maintaining actual and perceived prosecutorial legitimacy and fairness.
Delgado s family had called for an independent prosecutor to be assigned to the case.
Delgado was killed on April 16 in Lents Park by Portland Police Officer Zachary DeLong, an eight-year veteran of the bureau assigned to East Precinct. Police recovered a replica gun. Delgado s family said he was homeless and had struggled with mental health and addiction issues.
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell addresses Chauvin verdict, gun violence, fatal shooting by officer in Lents Park
Updated Apr 27, 2021;
Posted Apr 27, 2021
Chief Chuck Lovell was out of state from April 15 through April 25. He was gone during the announcement of the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd and the April 16 fatal shooting of Robert Douglas Delgado by Officer Zachary DeLong in Lents Park.
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Just back from a vacation, Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell on Tuesday publicly supported the Chauvin verdict, said the bureau still hasn’t selected officers to fill a new uniformed police team to address gun violence and said he would cooperate if an independent prosecutor is appointed to investigate the fatal shooting of a man by an officer in Lents Park earlier this month.
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‘It looked like a bomb went off.’ Portland man accused of ransacking businesses to steal heaps of metal By Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
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The 56-year-old owner and manager certainly was industrious and his operation appeared lucrative.
White raked in $178,000 in 18 months, court records show.
He collected aluminum, copper and brass all over Portland. He then sold the piles of metal scrap to bigger recycling companies.
But for White, the name of his enterprise hinted at what he apparently thoughtwas the best way to get the metal: by stealing, police and prosecutors allege.
Police found that White ran his company from little more than a dirt patch beside a Northeast Portland road, where they said he parked his mobile home, a pickup, several trailers and a tangle of twisted stolen metal, spools of wire and burn bins used to strip insulated wire.
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Portland Mayor Wants Reed College to Expel Student If He’s Convicted of Smashing Downtown Windows Theodore Matthee-O’Brien faces seven felony charges stemming from window-smashing at the Oregon Historical Society, Nordstrom and Big Pink. A Nordstrom window shattered in downtown Portland after an April 16 riot. (Chris Nesseth) Updated 6:59 PM Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Friday called on Reed College to expel a senior if he’s convicted of smashing downtown windows, including those of the Oregon Historical Society, on April 16.