Portland police chief shoots friend in hunting accident, calls it "self-inflicted..."

[Archae]

Who does this guy think he is? Dick Cheney?

Portland Police Chief Shoots Friend In Back, Calls It 'Self Inflicted.' Is Placed On Leave

On a hunting trip April 21, Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea shot his friend in the back, then suggested that the wounded man accidentally shot himself.
Portland police chief misled investigator about hunting accident, sheriff says

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/police-chief-larry-odea-shoots-friend-back

[HuckleB]

1. The PoPo DoLie.

Ugh.

[riversedge]

2. I see he is placed on leave. good.

[Hoyt]

3. Bet there are lot of other coverups like this too. Gunners know what to say after a Zman incident.

[HuckleB]

4. Link for more thorough local coverage.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/05/police_chiefs_initial_account.html#incart_big-photo

[WhiteTara]

5. I wonder if he will make the friend apologize

for getting shot.

[Eleanors38]

6. "Mayor out of town attending a gun violence conference in Washington, D.C...."

The Crooks & Liars "source" was so slopped in gun-control rhetoric, you could hardly make any sense of it. Try the oregonlive source posted above by huckle.

[griloco]

7. No doubt he's on Trump's VP short list now

[HuckleB]

10. He's still from Portlandia, aka Little Beirut, so nope.

[hunter]

8. Victim's first mistake: Hunting with this guy.

So I guess in a certain narrow sense it was "self-inflicted."

When the guns are out, I leave.

There's only a handful of people I trust with guns and none of them love guns.

The most talented and decorated gun person I've ever met put down his gun when he retired from the military and hasn't touched one since.

[Rex]

9. Oh sure, when I shoot myself it is always in the back.

Its a skill shot.

[Angel Martin]

11. given the transcript of this meeting with

community "activists", I'd say that any coverage of this shooting will disappear very quickly
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/02/portland_police_chief_not_conv.html