Two years ago, Portland police shot and killed an unarmed homeless man named Robert Delgado while he was having a mental health crisis in a city park. Now his family is suing, claiming that the actions of Portland police that day and the department's policies violated Delgado's Fourth Amendment rights.
On April 16, 2021, Portland Police received a call to the department's non-emergency number about a homeless man aiming an orange-tipped BB gun at a fence. The caller said the man wasn't aiming the BB gun at any people but "wielding it at the fence." The caller indicated that the homeless man "thinks he's some kind of cowboy…or James Bond."
