University to pay $1 million to family of veteran shot and killed by campus police

[Elderberry]

American Military News by  Noelle Crombie 1/4/2020

Portland State University has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of Jason Washington, who was shot and killed by campus police in 2018.

As part of the settlement, some of the money will go to create a memorial scholarship fund in Washington’s name. The university also agreed to provide campus police with additional training.

Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie shot Washington, a U.S. postal worker and Navy veteran, in a chaotic scene as Washington tried to break up a fight near the Cheerful Tortoise just before closing on June 29, 2018.

Washington earlier in the night had confiscated a friend’s gun after an evening of drinking. He was holding the gun amid a scuffle when officers ordered him to drop it, then opened fire, police body camera footage showed.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/university-to-pay-1-million-to-family-of-veteran-shot-and-killed-by-campus-police/

[sneakypete]

American Military News by  Noelle Crombie 1/4/2020

Portland State University has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of Jason Washington, who was shot and killed by campus police in 2018.

As part of the settlement, some of the money will go to create a memorial scholarship fund in Washington’s name. The university also agreed to provide campus police with additional training.

Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie shot Washington, a U.S. postal worker and Navy veteran, in a chaotic scene as Washington tried to break up a fight near the Cheerful Tortoise just before closing on June 29, 2018.

Washington earlier in the night had confiscated a friend’s gun after an evening of drinking. He was holding the gun amid a scuffle when officers ordered him to drop it, then opened fire, police body camera footage showed.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/university-to-pay-1-million-to-family-of-veteran-shot-and-killed-by-campus-police/

@Elderberry

Not good enough. A million bucks ain't what it used to be,and this was a young man in his prime.

[EdinVA]

Lousy journalism.
He was holding the gun during a scuffle, with who? The police?
If he was fighting the police, then they were right, if he was pointing the gun, the police were right...

[Elderberry]

Lousy journalism.
He was holding the gun during a scuffle, with who? The police?
If he was fighting the police, then they were right, if he was pointing the gun, the police were right...

Not the Police. They didn't say who, only that Washington was trying to break up a fight.

Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie shot Washington, a U.S. postal worker and Navy veteran, in a chaotic scene as Washington tried to break up a fight near the Cheerful Tortoise just before closing on June 29, 2018.