Two Portland State University (PSU) campus officers shot and killed Jason Washington with nine bullets on June 29, 2018.
According to the Multnomah County Medical Examiner, who released Washington’s autopsy this morning, the 45-year-old Navy veteran ultimately died from multiple gunshots to the torso. He was also hit by bullets in the chest and side of his head.
Washington was shot outside of the Cheerful Tortoise bar on PSU campus while trying to break up a drunken brawl between a number of men. PSU officers shot at Washington after he fell onto the sidewalk, causing a gun to fall out of his holster. While Washington had a license to carry a concealed weapon, police reports collected by the Oregonian found that Washington was carrying his intoxicated friend’s gun that evening.
The county toxicology report shows that Washington had a blood-alcohol content of 0.24 percent when he died. He had no controlled substances or prescription drugs in his system at the time.
Last week, a Multnomah County grand jury cleared the PSU officers, James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie, of any criminal wrongdoing, ruling that the men acted in self defense. Both officers have returned to work. Last week, PSU announced its plans to hire two outside contractors to more thoroughly investigate Washington’s death and the purpose of armed officers on campus.
And they will defend that as not excessive and they will get away with it as they have already gotten away with murdering him.
Ridiculous characterization of the events in this article. He wasn’t just shot “after the gun fell out” of his pocket. He was shot after he then picked the gun up, stood over a person who was knocked out on the ground, and refused several orders from police to drop the gun. Second, the police had no idea whether he was an aggressor or was trying to break up the fight. This has all been released on body cam videos, and it is why a grand jury failed to indict him. It baffles the mind how people, with video evidence and call, cannot understand that this was a justified use of force when the facts are taken into account.
In addition the body cam shows that somebody identified Washington as having pulled the gun on them……and he blew a .24?????
If these rentapigs didn’t have guns, this would not have happened. Is PSU any more dangerous than any other part of downtown to justify arming these guys?