There's something here I don't get. She was in the apartment, sleeping. How was it that the stove was on? Were there others in the apartment using the stove, or is the allegation that the officers turned on the stove? Or the stove got turned on during the scuffle accidentally?

After she spoke with the cops initially, she went to light a cigarette off the stove burner. That's when the cops reapproached her to arrest her.

I am personally involved in this case and can assure you that #1 Kemisha was NOT asleep when the police arrived and #2 was drunk and aggressive. When the police got there, Kemisha knew they were at the door, ran upstairs and attempted to fool them. However, she was really downstairs when they arrived, drinking and hanging out with a 12 year old boy. Shamfull, right? The reason Kemisha was arrested that night was for furnishing alcohol to a minor, a fact that has yet to make it's way into the paper. This was a child welfare case not two cops trying to abuse a poor black woman. Hopefully the Jury can see the facts for what they really are and not hold 2 of Portland's finest accountable for a crime when in reality they were preventing one and helping keep our community and children safe from irresponsible adults.

So, even if what you are saying is true, "Anonamous", then "Portlands finest" police officers didn't even have the ability to make an arrest of a 120 lb girl without forcing her over a hot burner to the point of inflicting 3rd degree burns.

Thats the best case scenario. Now who's to say "Portlands finest' police officers didn't really like her much and couldn't resist a little "accidental" street justice.

God, I hope your not a cop. You can't even spell.

The fact that the officer couldn't distinguish a STOVE from a COUNTER TOP (and admitted it) really disturbs me. I don't feel at all comfortable with having people blind as a bat "protecting and serving" our citizens.

come on there! "Anonamous" is so obviously
a cop-disinformation specialist, who is
dishing out a load of bullshit to see who
is stupid enough to believe such a tale???
Had this been the TRUTH, then it would be
already released and in the public domain.
Please, we have enough trouble sorting out
the bullshit from the incompetency, and to
deliberately dish out such crap in such a
obvious manner is to only diminish your
standing--such as it is--all the more! So
the end result is...GET FUCKING REAL!

ps: I thought Adam was a nice guy and it
smacks hard to see he's gone over to the
DARK SIDE and blabbing away for the
Darth Vader gang and subsequently in the
process is denying JUSTICE. tsk! tsk!

Actually, I kept my information anonymous because my family has dealt with Kemishas violent and irrational behavior in the past and I am not willing to risk our safety just to validate a story with a name. I am not a police officer, just a plain ol citizen here. Its very sad and all too clear that as soon as people hear a story that might prove that our police department sucks, they blindly jump on the band wagon and start bashing them. I understand that no police department is perfect, after all they are human. However, anyone that knew the facts, all of them, would have a very different opinion of her and this case. Since knowing is half the battle you might want to go to the court house (records department) and ask them for a copy of the Permanent Stalking Order that Kemisha had placed against in July of 2007 to protect a minor child. This case is personal to me because the minor child that needed protection was my 10 year old niece. And the child she furnished alcohol to on the evening she was arrested was my 12 year old nephew. Did you know that my niece was continually harassed and threatened for several months by Kemisha to the point of being afraid to go outside her own home. Kemisha threatened to kill her, "beat her senseless" and kill her parents. Many of these threats were recorded and played for police. You ask how two male officers weren't able to arrest such a small female without the use of force? Add drugs and alcohol to anyones system and you instantly have the potential for a violent, irrational, combative person. Please don't let the front she puts up fool you. Go to the court house, get the fact, then feel free to comment. I'm sure you will have a different point of view. I'm sorry but you've been mislead.

That's funny- nothing about alcohol to a minor charges in OJIN. Maybe the DA didn't believe it either?

Actually, because the mother feared for her life and the life of her child she didn't press charges and they were dropped. Everyone will have their own opinion on this matter but I invite you to spend 5 minutes with this woman when she's had some alcohol or a fairly bad day. In the end, Justice will be served. Either in the form of the truth or universal Karma. God Bless.

The moral of the story:

When you arrest somebody, don't "accidently" burn them on the stove. No matter how badly they deserve it. When you do that, we all lose.