Robert Douglas Delgado
| Robert Douglas Delgado | |
|---|---|
| File:Skyler Delgado holding laminated photos of his father..jpgSkyler Delgado holding laminated photos of his father..jpg Skyler Delgado holding photos of his father | |
| Born | December 13, 1974 |
| 💀Died | April 16, 2021 (aged 46) Portland, Oregon, U.S.April 16, 2021 (aged 46) |
| Cause of death | Deadly force |
| Other names | Bobby Delgado |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
Robert Douglas Delgado[1] (December 13, 1974 – April 16, 2021) was an American living in Portland, Oregon when he was shot and killed by Portland Police Bureau officer Zachary DeLong[2] after spending a night in Lents Park.
Officers were called to the park for another man and, not finding him, targeted Delgado who appears, from eyewitness video, to have been in a mental health crisis. According to recordings of police radio[3][4] and eyewitness video[5][6], officers hid behind a tree sixty feet from Delgado and called out to him. When Delgado did not respond quickly, Officer DeLong shot and killed him.
Delgado was the 29th man killed by Portland police officers since the opening of a "pattern and practice" investigation by the United States Department of Justice in 2010[7]. Most killed were in some sort of mental health crisis. No police officer was held criminally responsible by the Multnomah County District Attorney for the deaths they caused, and none faced discipline from the chiefs of the Portland Police Bureau, the mayors or city councilors, the state licensing board, or the state attorney general. Since its launch in 2001, Portland's Independent Police Review Board has not investigated a case of lethal use of force[8].
On April 23, 2021, Delgado's family asked Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, to appoint a special prosecutor to the criminal investigation of Officer DeLong[9]. That request was joined by community organizations including the Oregon Justice Resource Center, the Mental Health Association of Portland, and the ACLU of Oregon[10]. On the afternoon of April 23, the Delgado family was joined by over 200 community members for a peaceful memorial gathering at Lents Park.[11]
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- ↑ "Robert Douglas Delgado Identified as Victim in Lents Police Shooting". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Officer Identified in Lents Parks Fatal Shooting as Zachary DeLong". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Police Radio Dispatches Detail Moments Leading Up to Robert Delgado's Death by Cop". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Portland Police Bureau Case #21-102058 - East Precinct Dispatch Audio REDACTED". Portland Police Bureau. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "David Hernandez Filmed Portland Police Fatally Shoot Robert Delgado in Lents Park: "It Was Horrifying"". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Bystander captures video footage of fatal police shooting in SE Portland". Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Breaking the cycle of mental health crisis and police violence". Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Independent Police Review - What We Do What We Don't Do". City of Portland. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Family of Robert Delgado Call For Special Investigation into His Killing by Portland Cop". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Letter to Governor Kate Brown and State Attorney General Ellen Rosenbaum" (PDF). Mental Health Alliance. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Vigil held in Lents Park for man killed by a Portland police officer". KGW.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
