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DEPOSITION OF
ERIN GLANZ
Taken in behalf of Defendants
APPEARANCES:
For the Plaintiffs: MR. THOMAS M. STEENSON
Attorney at Law
815 S.W. Second, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
For the Defendants MR. JAMES RICE
Humphreys, Nice, and Attorneys at Law
City of Portland: 1221 S.W. Fourth, Suite 430
Portland, OR 97204
INDEX
EXAMINATION BY: PAGE NO
Mr. Rice 3 - 33
Ms. Dunaway 33 - 43
Ms. Back 43 - 49
Mr. Steenson 49 - 55
Mr. Rice 55 - 55
EXHIBITS
[None marked.]
ERIN GLANZ
called as a witness in behalf of the Defendants,
having first been sworn by the Reporter,
testifies as follows:
EXAMINATION
BY MR. RICE:
Q. Good morning, Miss Glanz.
A. Good morning.
Q. I'm Jim Rice. We met just very briefly
earlier today.
You're here to have your deposition taken.
Do you understand that?
A. M-hm.
Q. And what I'm going to do or different
lawyers is ask you questions. And we're going to ask
you for a verbal response because as you're nodding
your head it's hard for the court reporter - -
A. Okay.
Q. - - to get that down. Do you understand
that?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. If I were to ask you a question or
Okay?
A. Okay.
(2. Great.
And would you give us your full name,
please.
A. Erin Glanz.
Q. Have you ever gone by any different names?
A. NO.
Q. And what's your date of birth?
A. February 5th, 1976.
Q. And where do you live?
A. I live at 27th and Hawthorne. Do you want
the address?
Q. Could you give me the address, please?
A.
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Q. All right. And where were you born?
A. Hinsdale, Illinois.
Q. Okay. That's a suburb of Chicago; is that
right?
A. M-hm, yeah.
Q. And did you live in the Chicago area when
you went to high school?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you have the opportunity to go to
college after high school?
A. I did.
Q. And where did you go?
A. The first time I went to University of
Kansas, and I just recently graduated again, another
bachelor, at the Art Institute.
Q. This is in Lawrence, Kansas - -
A. Yes.
Q. - - is where the University of Kansas is?
A. SoaBFA.
Q. BFA.
And you came to Portland and went to the
Portland Art Institute; is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. And you graduated from there?
A. Yes.
Q. I've seen their brochures and there's really
a wide range of subjects that they cover beyond what
one might think. So within that range, did you have a
principal field of study?
A. Well, I did apparel design so my senior
collection was women's cocktail dresses - -
Q. Okay.
A. - - SO - -
A. Yes.
Q. Do you recall the day that Mr. Chasse and
the police had their altercation?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. And what were your duties that day?
A. I was the server on the patio, so for the
seven patio tables that were, you know, overlooking
the street at 13th and Everett I was the server, so I
was constantly going back in and out.
Q. Okay. When you take orders from people who
are sitting outside, how do those orders end up to
either the bartender or the kitchen or wherever the
beverage or food would be provided to them?
A. I have to go inside to ring them into the
computer.
Q. Okay. So do you take notes outside or do
you do it by memory and then go in?
A. Usually by memory unless it's really busy --
Q. Okay.
A. - - and then I take notes.
Q. Back on September of '06 when you were
working that day, did you have to wear glasses or have
a hearing aid, anything that would help you with your
perception?
A. No.
your duties - -
A. Yes.
Q. - - is that right?
22 ground?
23 A. There were - - I don't recall exactly. I
24 know that at some points he was lying on the ground,
25 other points I don't know if they might have had him
A. Is what I see.
Q. - - primarily is what you - -
A. Okay.
Q. - - saw, heard, smelled, felt, touched, you
7 Q. Okay.
8 A. - - to see if - - give my statement.
9 Q. Do you recall that person being the same
10 person that was at the scene earlier or was that
11 someone different or don't you know?
12 A. I don't - - I don't think so.
13 Q. Okay. You don't think it was the - - someone
14 at the scene?
15 A. I don't believe so.
16 Q. All right. Are you social friends with any
17 of the people you work with, Mr. Marquez or any of the
18 other servers there?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Okay. And Mr. Marquez comes to mind because
21 you mentioned him last. Do you see him on a regular
22 basis?
23 A. No. He stopped working at Blue Hour and
24 works at another place just a block away. He comes
25 into the restaurant sometimes, but I don't see him
very often.
Q. Do you know where he works?
A. He was working at District and I know for a
time being he was working at Aquariva. I think - - I
think the last one I knew it was District, so - -
Q. That evening did Mr. Marque~say anything to
you about what he had observed?
A. He - - I don't recall exactly. I mean, he
said he observed him getting Tased. I think he might
have been the one that said he observed him getting
kicked. I re - - I remember vaguely like he went to - -
I don't know if he went to the funeral or something or
he had some sort of interaction with the family.
Q. Okay.
A. But I don't - - you know, the details are
fuzzy. I just kind of vaguely remember him 'cause I
think because the picture he took on his cell phone
was the one that was published in The Oregonian or
Mercury or something like that, so I think they were
in contact with - - he was in contact with the family
because of that - -
Q. Okay.
A. -- I guess.
Q. Have you had any conversations with him
about either your memory or his memory since the
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22 A. No.
23 Q. -- is that right?
24 A. Except for the one that came back later that
25 night.
Q. Correct.
Did you ever talk to any of the medics that
day?
A. NO.
Q. How did you learn that Mr. Chasse had died?
A. I - - I don't know if the next day if it was
maybe somebody at work that - -
Q. Okay.
A. - - might have said remember what happened
last night or something like that. I do remember
reading the story maybe a day or two later or that
next week's Mercury I think it was, but I feel like
I - - I knew before then. I think it was the next day.
Q. Okay. Do you regularly read The Oregonian?
A. I usually just read the - - you just do the
crossword puzzles. I just read that How We Live
section unless somethingrs,you know, interesting on
the front, but - -
Q. All right. And the Mercury, is that a
source of news for you?
A. Yes.
Q. And that's a weekly paper; is that right?
A. Yes.
Q. And is that what you gain news from?
A. Sometimes.
case. I mean, why are you even going here with this?
Q. (By Ms. Dunaway) You can answer the
question.
MR. STEENSON: You don't have to answer the
question if you choose not to. Let me just tell you
what can happen. If you think a question is personal
or invasive, if you think it's a question that
potentially involves some discussion of criminal
activity 'cause she's asking about illegal drugs, you
have a choice, as a witness, not to answer the
question, and if Miss Dunaway or someone wants to
raise the issue with the judge they can, perhaps by
phone today, perhaps at another point in time, and the
judge would make a decision whether or not you have to
answer that particular question.
I don't represent you. It's not something
I'm directing you to do or instructing you to do. But
my opinion is that it's an inappropriate inquiry in
this case. It's your decision what to do about the
question.
THE WITNESS: Okay. Well, I - -
Q. (By Ms. Dunaway) We are adverse in this
case, in case you didn't understand that.
I don't want to have to bring you back for
another -- for another deposition. What I am asking
A. No.
Q. - - is that right?
2 looks weird.
3 Q. And when - - when you say that he was
4 unconscious, were you able to see whether his eyes
5 were open at that period of time?
6 A. I don't think I could. I think I would
7 think they were closed, but I don't -- I don't know.
8 Q. But your feeling that he was unconscious is
9 based primarily on the fact that he stopped struggling
10 after he was subdued?
11 A. Yeah. He was just kind of laying like a rag
12 doll, no - - you know, no movement, no nothing, so I
13 just -- you know, it seemed unresponsive.
14 Q. Did you observe anybody to try and touch him
15 at that point in time?
16 A. I - - I don't recall anybody - - I mean, I
17 just remember the one person leaning over. I don't
18 know that - - if anybody else did or didn't. I don't
19 know.
20 Q. Did you hear anybody mock Mr. Chasse at any
21 point in time?
22 A. Any of the officers you mean or - -
23 Q. Any of the -- any of the officers or medical
24 people or whoever was down there attending to him or
25 around him.
A. Yes.
Q. The part that talks about you says Erin
Glanz said she was outside serving customers and then
it goes on. Up above that it says, referring to the
officer who's writing the report, on Sunday, September
17, 2006, at approximately 17:30 hours I contacted the
staff at the Blue Hour restaurant, and then it
discusses talking to the manager, Mr. Damico,
yourself, and Mr. Person. 17:30 is military time and
that would be 5 :30, if this is correct, in the
afternoon. Was it that early or was it later that
night when you were talked to?
A. It was later that night when I was talked
to. I - - 5:30, my memory is that that -- the incident
was still --
Q. Right.
A. - - kind of going on. And there was a while
between when people were kind of investigating the
scene, it got dark out, news crew came. I was, you
know, finished with my shift. I might have gotten cut
early, but it was dark out by the time that I was
talked to about anything.
Q. And so it's middle of September so it must
have been seven or eight o'clock at night then, it was
dark?
A. Yes.
Q. The report says John Gaddis is the one who
talked to you. Do you remember the name of the person
who talked to you?
A. I don't.
Q. Was he wearing a green uniform, a suit? Do
you recall that?
A. I don't remember.
Q. Did you hear any of the officers that night
while you were in and out of the restaurant say
anything like I found rock cocaine or I found rock,
anything like that?
A. I don't remember hearing anything like that.
Q. Do you know whether any of the people that
may have been speculating about the drug use may have
heard something like that?
A. It's possible.
Q. Did you hear any officer that night say
words to the effect that Mr. Chasse had 14 cocaine
convictions?
A. No.
Q. Do you know whether the people that were
speculating about Mr. Chasse's drug use may have heard
some officer say something about 14 cocaine
convictions?
3 COUNTY OF CLARK
4 I, Shannon K. Krska, a Certified Shorthand
5 Reporter for Oregon, do hereby certify that, pursuant
6 to stipulation of counsel for the respective parties
7 hereinbefore set forth, ERIN GLANZ personally appeared
8 before me at the time and place set forth in the
9 caption hereof; that at said time and place I reported
10 in Stenotype all testimony adduced and other oral
11 proceedings had in the foregoing matter; that
12 thereafter my notes were reduced to typewriting under
13 my direction; and that the foregoing transcript, pages
14 3 to 55, both inclusive, constitutes a full, true and