José Santos Victor Mejía Poot killed by Officer Jeffrey Bell, now director of Internal Affairs for Portland Police
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Portland Copwatch <copwatch@portlandcopwatch.org
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On April 1, Portland Police shot and killed José Santos Victor Mejía Poot inside a psychiatric hospital. Three officers, who had been called by hospital staff, apparently could not overpower the 29-year-old indigenous Mexican laborer. Officer Jeffrey Bell, 25-year-old rookie cop, fired the fatal shots after the police had tried pepper spray and "beanbag" guns. Mejía was hit with one shot to the head and one to the chest. Police say he was "armed" with an aluminum rod.
Mejía's death was the result of a string of mistakes beginning two days earlier. Mejía suffered from epilepsy, a neurological disease which can cause seizures. Boarding a Tri-Met bus early on Friday, March 30, he apparently suffered a mild seizure and did not respond when the bus driver alerted him that he was 20 cents short of bus fare. When Mejía would not move to the back of the bus, the driver flagged down a nearby police car. (Tri-Met has since made adamant statements that their policy is to let people on, even if they are short of fare, and not to call for police in cases where people cannot pay full fare.)
yes, I was the one who fed that info to Kendall, and we've noted it a number of times. He also shot Eddie Homsombath.
dan
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On Wed, 24 May 2017, mary rose lenore eng wrote:can you confirm that the same Jeff Bell who killed in 2001 is the current
director of Internal Affairs for Portland Police????
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http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PPR24/mejia24.html
i heard this mentioned at today'shearing
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POLICE SHOOT MAN INSIDE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Latino Community Members Seek Justice for José Santos Mejía Poot
Latino Community Members Seek Justice for José Santos Mejía Poot
On April 1, Portland Police shot and killed José Santos Victor Mejía Poot inside a psychiatric hospital. Three officers, who had been called by hospital staff, apparently could not overpower the 29-year-old indigenous Mexican laborer. Officer Jeffrey Bell, 25-year-old rookie cop, fired the fatal shots after the police had tried pepper spray and "beanbag" guns. Mejía was hit with one shot to the head and one to the chest. Police say he was "armed" with an aluminum rod.
Mejía's death was the result of a string of mistakes beginning two days earlier. Mejía suffered from epilepsy, a neurological disease which can cause seizures. Boarding a Tri-Met bus early on Friday, March 30, he apparently suffered a mild seizure and did not respond when the bus driver alerted him that he was 20 cents short of bus fare. When Mejía would not move to the back of the bus, the driver flagged down a nearby police car. (Tri-Met has since made adamant statements that their policy is to let people on, even if they are short of fare, and not to call for police in cases where people cannot pay full fare.)
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