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Friday, September 18, 2009
News / Crime / Courts Chasse Protester Arrested
Posted by Sean Breslin on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Geigle at the Justice Center following her arraignment
According to the Oregonian and a posting on the Portland Independent Media Center, Geigle waited for police to arrive while distributing leaflets on the death of James Chasse, a schizophrenic who died while in police custody from injuries he sustained while being arrested. The arrest came on the third anniversary of Chasse's death.
Geigle was arraigned Friday on a felony charge of criminal mischief. She did not want to talk to the Mercury until she had spoken with Thad Betz, her court-appointed lawyer. Betz was in drug court Friday afternoon.
Geigle did call the Mercury before her protest yesterday. "I just don't know what else I can do," she said. "I think it's so important to draw attention to this issue."
More details as we get them—check next week's paper for more.
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Good work Chantilly!
And to the PPB, at least she didn't kill anybody.
Can we please stop with the small, off-center photos? Thanks.
Is there going to be a fund set up to help pay her expenses?
Is there a fund to pay for the damages she did to City Hall?
She's not a hero. She a lone, angry person who lashed out because she couldn't resolve the fact that injustice exists in abundance. She joins the throng.
I still think we need to start a street renaming petition to rename a street as Jim-Jim Chasse Way. NW 10th would be a good pick.
ujfoyt, it looks like she was appointed a public defender, and a very good one.
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