Man who died after confrontation with Salem police was homeless, had lifelong mental illness, family says

Rachel Coble saw her brother two weeks before he died in a confrontation with Salem police officers. After living in his car at Northgate Park for a year – and decades of struggling with addiction – Richard Meyers looked well. Meyers told Coble he’d been seeing a woman who he … Continue reading Man who died after confrontation with Salem police was homeless, had lifelong mental illness, family says