From [HERE] Portland Mayor Sam Adams says he'll reinstate a police officer fired after fatally shooting an unarmed man in the back in 2010 but the city will keep fighting Ron Frashour's continued employment. Adams said late Friday that he would place Frashour on paid leave and pay him nearly two years of back pay as "an interim legal requirement." The Oregon Employment Relations Board had ordered Portland to reinstate Frashour to his police job by Sunday. The city has a challenge of the ruling pending before the Oregon Court of Appeals. Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese fired Frashour after concluding his use of deadly force against Aaron Campbell was not justified.
earlier this year, the city of Portland agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago. Campbell, who was unarmed, was shot in the back as he emerged from a Northeast Portland apartment, with his back toward officers and his hands behind his head. Officer Ryan Lewton had first fired six beanbag rounds at Campbell, trying to get him to put his hands in the air. Reese and Adams found Frashour's use of force inappropriate because Campbell was not posing an immediate threat of death or physical injury. [MORE]
Campbell's mother, Marva Davis, who lost two sons on Jan. 29, 2010, said that her grief was compounded when two Portland officers came to her house that night and falsely told her that Aaron Campbell had committed suicide. [MORE]
Portland Mayor Sam Adams issued an apology to his family, and wrote on his Facebook page: "As Mayor of the City of Portland, I would like to personally apologize to Aaron Campbell’s family, particularly to his mother, Marva Davis, and his four children. Today’s settlement does not erase the Campbell family’s pain, nor does it bring back their father, son, brother, and cousin—and for that, I am very sorry."