Bob Day
Role at the time: Portland Police Chief
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
Portland Police Chief Bob Day said the pair's possible gang association did not justify treating the federal shooting as affirmed.
“Nothing that I’ve said today should be warranted in any way to affirm whatever happened yesterday.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Oregon Capital Chronicle report on Bob Day's January 9 press conferenceParagraphs beginning “With tears in his eyes” and “Even sharing this information,” after the press-conference account
Why we used this label
Day's statement rejects the use of unrelated gang-association information as support for the shooting. Because the case asks whether the Border Patrol agent was justified, this challenges a characterization used to bolster the federal account without reaching a final legal judgment.