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PORTLAND - A lawyer filed a lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau Monday, alleging police misconduct in several cases.

The civil action is the second mistreatment suit this year by attorney Benjamin Haile. The first was against the city's Fire Bureau. It stemmed from an incident when a firefighter kicked a man in a downtown Portland hotel lobby during a routine medical response.

How, Haile has three more cases that he says involve depriving people of basic individual rights. One of them involves the case of Ryan Dunn, who is suing police for unlawful seizure after officers detained him during an anti-Bush political rally in downtown Portland. In another case, a man says police shot him with bean-bag rounds and a Taser stun gun just because he was video taping them in his own yard, as they searched for a suspect.

Haile plans a fourth lawsuit in connection with the death of James Chasse. The mentally impaired man died while in police custody after officers collared him on a street corner. Police suspected drugs, but there were none.

"These people are victims of dirty tactics", says Haile. "You know, police taking the easiest route in the middle of the night to get their way."

Haile adds that "this is the kind of thing that has to be curbed", claiming his anti-police lawsuita are aimed at doing just that. But they're also aimed at getting money for his clients. The damages sought in Monday's lawsuits range from thirty to fifty thousand dollars each.

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