Here were a few interesting comments from the OPB discussion:

Will from NE Portland, who is seriously depressed and has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder:“When Chasse died it made me think I’m just one day away from the slab. I have one bad day and an unfortunate walk through the pearl district, and I’m dead as Chasse was. It was not an ‘encounter’ with a mentally ill person. It was a pursuit that was completely out of proportion to any crime Mr.Chasse was suspected of.”

“We don’t want someone in our ranks who is heavy-handed, who uses excessive force. We won’t tolerate that,” said Raul Ramirez, a Sheriff. “You have to not be an individual that relies on using their authority.”

“Police officers are a bunch of really good people trying to do the best job that they can, and sometimes we get demonized by situations that happen. And from my experience, police officers really do the best job that they can, and are not out to harm people in any unethical way,” said Sara Westbrook, a Lt. with the Portland Police Bureau, who redesigned the Portland Police Bureau's crisis intervention training in the wake of Chasse's death.