Portland, Oregon’s antifa is still engaging in its years-long insurrection against local, state, and the federal government. Most recently, antifa anarchists set fire to a federal courthouse and smashed out its windows, all with people still inside the building.
Dozens of violent anti-cop protesters clad in black descended upon an Oregon courthouse, where they set fires and damaged the building Thursday night as federal officers responded with tear gas and flash-bang grenades, according to video and reports.Footage from outside the Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse in downtown Portland late Thursday shows a small fire outside the building, which was tagged with graffiti in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the anti-police acronym “ACAB” – for “All cops are bastards.”
To no one’s surprise, Nancy Pelosi isn’t shrieking hysterically about Biden and his “stormtroopers” as she did when Trump was president.
Portland’s feckless mayor Ted Wheeler infamously oversaw the dismantling of the city’s Gun Violence Reduction Team in July, 2020 and went along with ridiculous anti-police demands of anti-American Marxists and anarchists, but apparently, whatever that ‘strategy’ was didn’t work. He is now seeking $2 million to address the rampant crime and gun violence that has long-gripped Portland.
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, announced Thursday he would seek $2 million in one-time funding for police, other agencies and outreach programs to try to stem rampant gun violence in the city.The move by Mayor Ted Wheeler represents an about-face after city leaders in June voted to cut nearly $16 million from the police budget, reductions that included the elimination of a gun violence reduction unit. The cuts came amid racial justice protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Oregon’s largest city has seen a spike in violence. So far this year, there have been 20 homicides, most the result of shootings. During the same period of 2020 — the deadliest year in the city in more than a quarter century — there was one.. . . . As of March 8, there have been 278 shootings in the Portland region, 58 people have been injured from shootings, and there have been 17 gun-related homicides, according to the mayor’s office. At the current pace, shootings and homicides are on track to surpass last year’s totals.Portland Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis said the rise in violence is not just a police problem, and it needs attention from the entire community.“Certainly the police bureau has a very specific role, but we need your help,” Davis said.
What the “entire community” can do to “help” stop the criminal violence taking place nightly in Portland is left unstated. Of course. It’s typically slippery progressive blather full of feelz and completely devoid of substance.
The takeaway is that nothing will change in Portland until leadership changes. That is something the “entire community” can certainly do to stop the violence and criminality, but will they?
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