In the wake of a grand jury ruling that found no criminal wrongdoing by police, Portland ministers and community members this morning called for greater scrutiny of last month's Portland police shooting of an unarmed man.

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More than 50 members of the Albina Ministerial Alliance and other supporters stood on the steps of the Justice Center, and then marched to the Multnomah County courthouse and City Hall blocks away. Many held signs that read "Justice," or "Justicia." They shouted, "No peace, no justice," and "Stop the killings."

Pastor LeRoy Haynes, alliance vice president, called the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of Aaron Campbell "preventable and unnecessary."

"The string of deaths by police violence (Kendra James, James Perez, Jose Mejia Poot, James Chasse and others) should send a clearcut message that something is wrong with the

and it should be immediately fixed," Haynes bellowed, reading from a prepared statement.

A grand jury late Tuesday night returned a "no true bill," or no indictment against Portland Officer Ronald Frashour, who fired one shot from his AR-15 rifle at Campbell, 25, striking him in the back in the parking lot of the Sandy Terrace Apartments in Northeast Portland.

Campbell died at the scene.

But the jury was expected to release

today that outlined some of its concerns with the testimony it heard over two days.

Meanwhile, alliance members say they've lost faith in the county's grand jury system when it comes to review of police shootings and called for either special prosecutors or a federal civil-rights inquiry into the Campbell shooting.

They also called for a public inquest, a full review of police deadly force, a stronger police oversight system with subpoena power and changes to Oregon law that would narrow the deadly force statute governing police authority.

Campbell's mother, Marva Davis, joined the demonstration, accompanied by her godmother and cousins. Davis lost another son early in the morning of Jan. 29, 23-year-old Timothy Douglass, who died from heart and kidney failure.

"We're trusting the police to take care of us, not hurt us,'' Davis said. "We need to stand together as a family...not no black and white..but as a family.''

The Rev. T. Allen Bethel, alliance president, said he was disturbed that he continues to hear that the police actions are justified and follow police procedures, and the bureau rarely admits wrongdoing.

"They continue to be the only force I know that has never done anything wrong. The only force that I know that has never done anything wrong is God, and they are not God."

Skip Osborne, former president of Portland's NAACP chapter, said it's time to remove the city from examination of Portland police use of force.

"A civil rights investigation is necessary," Osborne said. "The City of Portland is not doing anything to punish police officers for the wrong that they're doing."

Frashour told investigators he saw Campbell, who he was told was armed and suicidal, reach to the back waistband of his pants, and then run toward an alcove in the apartment complex after refusing to obey a fellow officer's commands to keep his hands in the air. The gunshot came seconds after another officer fired six beanbag shotgun rounds at Campbell.

At least two witnesses said Campbell had exited an apartment, walking backward to police with his hands locked behind his head. They saw Campbell reach one hand behind him to the spot on his back where he was struck with a beanbag round. Police found no gun on Campbell, but later seized one from his girlfriend's apartment.

JoAnn Bowman, of Oregon Action, and former state Sen. Avel Gordly, urged the community to hold City Hall, the police chief, and the mayor accountable.

"The buck stops with our mayor," Bowman said.

Shortly after the rally and march, the Multnomah County grand jury that heard the Campbell police shooting case released a

that blamed a series of police errors for Campbell's death.

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