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Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Protests, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Excessive Force, Restraints, Excessive Force (Police). Location: Oregon.

The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and
$545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive
force actions against the Portland Police Bureau.

On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a
Republican fundraiser was getting underway, police clashed with
protesters. Then, five months …

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