5:20 p.m.:

Videos added:

4:19 p.m.:

Police Chief Rosie Sizer: After reviewing the video, I am troubled by it. Officer Humphreys has been placed on administrative leave and I have directed the Internal Affairs Division to conduct an immediate and full investigation into whether the use of force was justified under the totality of circumstances and whether the application of the beanbag at close range was consistent with the Bureau’s training,"

4:16 p.m.:

The media horde has left the building.

But the release is essentially the same as Sizer's statement. It continues: "After reviewing the video, I am troubled by it. Officer Humphreys has been placed on administrative leave and I have directed the Internal Affairs Division to conduct an immediate and full investigation into whether the use of force was justified ... and whether the application of the beanbag at close range was consistent with the bureau's training."

4:13 p.m.:

From the news release:

"The incident was fully documented in police reports and TriMet video from the MAX platform was downloaded and reviewed by Chief Roseanne Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman. In an effort to be fully transparent and considering the seriousness of the incident, Commissioner Saltzman and Chief Sizer made the decisions to release the information and the TriMet video to the community."

4:12 p.m.:





Chief Sizer made a brief statement and just left the news conference as reporters shouted questions at her. One reporter who arrived late asked her to repeat the statement. Sizer declined.

4:11 p.m.:

Chief Sizer says she was "troubled" by what she saw on the video.

4:10 p.m.:



Chief Rosie Sizer:

This incident at 10:47 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, stems for a large party around Northeast 162nd Avenue and Halsey Street, Sizer says. The two officers arrived and saw dozens of teens board a MAX train. The officers followed the train to 148th and waited at the MAX platform. As the train pulled in, one of the officers recognized a juvenile male who had been excluded from the MAX.

He also recognized a girl who had been excluded. She resisted arrest and was not compliant. So Officer Humphreys shot her in the thigh with a beanbag. She suffered a bruise to her thigh and did not need medical care.

The girl has already appeared in juvenile court for a preliminary hearing. She faces several charges but is not in custody.

4:05 p.m.:

Portland Police Bureau news release:

4 p.m.:

Reporters awaiting Portland police Chief Rosie Sizer on the 15th floor of the Justice Center in downtown Portland. Detective Mary Wheat, the police bureau spokeswoman, just told reporters that the chief would make a statement but would not answer questions, suggesting that this might be a brief news conference.

3:55 p.m.:



Portland police Chief Rosie Sizer is holding a news conference to discuss a recent bean bag-shooting of a 12-year-old girl after a dispute with officers on or near a MAX train.

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TriMet caught the encounter on videotape, which shows the girl hitting a police officer and then being shot with a bean-bag gun once by Officer Christopher Humphreys.

Humphreys is the same officer involved in the arrest and struggle with James P. Chasse Jr., who died in police custody in September 2006.

The 12-year-old has been charged in juvenile court, and no charges have been filed against Humphreys.

Background on Humphreys:

Humphreys is currently facing a proposed unpaid suspension of two weeks for his role in the Chasse case. Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman said Humphreys failed to provide paramedics with complete information on the struggle and the police use of a stun gun against Chasse as police tried to take him into custody, and also failed to insist Chasse was transported to the hospital by ambulance after he was stunned with a Taser, and after the jail refused to book him because of his physical condition. Chasse died in police custody as he was being driven in a patrol car to a hospital.

-- Maxine Bernstein and Stephen Beaven