Battle Portland:

[Hoodat]

Ice Cube  -  Freedom Got an AK

[mountaineer]

Biden won’t stop them, and neither will cops, until Portland is burned down
By Andy Ngo
January 21, 2021 | 6:28pm

The nation’s capital was hard to recognize on Inauguration Day this year. In response to the Capitol Hill siege on Jan. 6, thousands of police and National Guard troops were sent on the streets of Washington, DC, where they manned checkpoints and set up barriers.

The predicted right-wing violence by Trump supporters never materialized. Joe Biden’s inauguration went off without a hitch. But in the Pacific Northwest, Antifa had other plans.

In Portland, Black Lives Matter-Antifa made good on their pre-announced “J20” (January 20) riot. Around 150 Antifa dressed in black shut down traffic as they marched unimpeded to the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Oregon. They held a large banner showing a Kalashnikov and the text, “WE DON’T WANT BIDEN—WE WANT REVENGE!” ...

The planned political violence in Seattle and Portland on Wednesday should have generated front-page headlines. The state headquarters of a governing political party was severely vandalized in broad daylight — the second attack on a Democrat Party building in Portland since November. But because the attackers espoused the right politics from the left, they are conveniently ignored by mainstream media and politicians.

Some believe Antifa would fade away after Biden’s electoral win. They’re wrong. With the convenient excuse of resisting “Donald Trump’s fascist regime” no longer applicable, Antifa are just getting started.

Read entire article at NY Post

[BassWrangler]

As far as I'm concerned, antifa can burn Portland and Seattle to the ground. I'm in the suburbs east of Seattle, and if they come here they'll get a not-so-nice suprise. But my son doesn't live downtown anymore, so those left-wing fockers that voted for this crap can get what they deserve.

[sneakypete]

As far as I'm concerned, antifa can burn Portland and Seattle to the ground.

@BassWrangler

Me neither,as long as they are surrounded and unable to leave. They created the "paradise" they are now living in,so let them live there until they starve to death or die of diseases.

Don't really care what is done with them AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT FREED TO DO THIS AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[BassWrangler]

@BassWrangler

Me either,as long as they are surrounded and unable to leave. They created the "paradise" they are now living in,so let them live there until they starve to death or die of diseases.

Don't really care what is done with them AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT FREED TO DO THIS AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I wish. But you know as well as I that they love to move to a new location and screw things up there too. In fact, the problems in Seattle and Portland are in large part due to long term migration of people from the Land of Fruits and Nuts (California).

[sneakypete]

I wish. But you know as well as I that they love to move to a new location and screw things up there too. In fact, the problems in Seattle and Portland are in large part due to long term migration of people from the Land of Fruits and Nuts (California).

@BassWrangler

Now that people are aware of the root of the problem,they have no excuse for allowing it to happen again.

[BassWrangler]

@BassWrangler

Now that people are aware of the root of the problem,they have no excuse for allowing it to happen again.

@sneakypete
How do you stop it?

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete
How do you stop it?

@BassWrangler

Wasn't it a Boston Pol named Tim O'Neil that coined the expression,"All politics is local!"?

That is where political power begins,and ends. It is also the ONLY place the typical American has any chance at all of being heard or being effective.

And we had better start working locally HARD,because you can believe now that the left has seized total control of the top and the middle,they will be looking to change the laws to reduce the power of local politicians and local laws.

We either start working hard locally,or we arm up and prepare ourselves to fight a war the left WANTS us to start so they can blame Martial Law on US,and have have the feral government look to be as pure as the driven snow.

Work HARD on locals running for local office,as well as locals running for state office.

It might not be sexy or glamorous,but local level politics IS where the rubber meets the road.

Speak now or forever hold your piece to avoid getting arrested for doing so.

[mystery-ak]

Nearly half of Portland Antifa Inauguration Day riot arrestees were arrested at riots last year

Many of the suspects charged at the Inauguration Day Black Lives Matter-Antifa riots in Portland, Ore. on Wednesday were previously arrested and released at other riots throughout 2020.

more
https://thepostmillennial.com/nearly-half-of-portland-antifa-inauguration-day-riot-arrestees-were-arrested-at-riots-last-year

[sneakypete]

Ok,am I the only one tired of seeing the names and faces of these trust fund children published?

Let's get real about this,and name their parents and the cities they live in. You want to stop this,start embarrassing mom and dad,and maybe harming their business contracts.

And YES,the parents ARE responsible for the actions of their alleged adult children. After all,they finance them and bail them out when necessary.

I can see a serious case made for arresting them on interstate criminal conspiracy charges.

[catfish1957]

Ok,am I the only one tired of seeing the names and faces of these trust fund children published?

Let's get real about this,and name their parents and the cities they live in. You want to stop this,start embarrassing mom and dad,and maybe harming their business contracts.

And YES,the parents ARE responsible for the actions of their alleged adult children. After all,they finance them and bail them out when necessary.

I can see a serious case made for arresting them on interstate criminal conspiracy charges.

Also would love to see if there is any record of these being bailed out last summer by democratic legislators or Hollywood.

[sneakypete]

Also would love to see if there is any record of these being bailed out last summer by democratic legislators or Hollywood.

@catfish1957

There has to be public records of the names of the law firms they hide behind bailing them out,anyhow. Find that and then make the connections.

[mystery-ak]

Biden’s feds rush in with big guns to quell Portland’s anti-ICE riots, Dems & media all good with that now
January 24, 2021 | Vivek Saxena

After months and months and months of doing virtually nothing to stop left-wing extremists — or insurrections, if you will — as they rioted in Portland and Seattle, the left has suddenly decided that NOW is the time to enact tough justice.

And so when the Biden administration deployed federal agents to use tear gas against the extremists as they rioted in Portland on Inauguration Day, nobody batted an eye.

Nor did anyone on the left, from congressional Democrats to mainstream media figures, cry foul when officers with the Federal Protective Service rushed in Saturday evening to protect the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center.

more w/videos
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/24/bidens-feds-rush-in-with-big-guns-to-quell-portlands-anti-ice-riots-dems-media-all-good-with-that-now-1020573/

[Hoodat]

If not for double-standards, Democrats would have no standards at all.

[mystery-ak]

Portland mayor pepper sprays man after confrontation at restaurant

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535784-portland-mayor-pepper-sprays-man-after-confrontation-at-restaurant

[mountaineer]

Portland teacher indicted over violence at summer 2020 Antifa riot
In Portland’s first known instance, a case has been reinstated against an accused rioter who originally had her charges dropped last summer following an arrest at a violent Antifa protest.
Andy Ngo and Mia Cathell
Jan. 24, 2021

In Portland’s first known instance, a case has been reinstated against an accused rioter who originally had her charges dropped last summer following an arrest at a violent Antifa protest.

Malia Lynne Trammell, 29, of Portland, was a high school teacher who has been indicted on one count each of felony riot, felony identity theft, second-degree criminal mischief, interfering with a peace officer and third-degree escape.

Trammell was an occasional substitute science teacher and assistant volleyball coach at Gladstone High School in Gladstone, Ore.

According to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, Trammel was part of a group of rioters who used caltrops, or metal spike devices, to puncture a Portland Police vehicle’s tire during a riot outside a police station in southeast Portland on Aug. 6, 2020. ...

Full story at the Post Millennial

[mountaineer]

Portland mayor pepper sprays man after confrontation at restaurant

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535784-portland-mayor-pepper-sprays-man-after-confrontation-at-restaurant

Individual Pepper Sprayed by Portland Mayor Identified – A Local Attorney and Partner of a Legal Firm
By Joe Hoft
Published January 27, 2021 at 9:43am

...  Police believe an attorney with local law firm Brownstein Rask LLP and heir to the Alpenrose Dairy is the man who was pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Sunday night, according to an updated police report.

The report identified Cary R. Cadonau, an attorney, as the person who was pepper-sprayed by the mayor. McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House’s general manager Scott Mitchell told police that Cadonau came into the restaurant Monday and asked for surveillance video of the incident as well as a copy of the ticket from the mayor’s order. Staff at McMenamins said Cadonau was a somewhat regular customer.  ...

    According to the police report, the mayor had been leaving McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House in Southwest Portland with former Mayor Sam Adams around 8 p.m. Sunday when a person confronted him and accused him of sitting in a restaurant without wearing a mask, according to the report. Wheeler and Adams had been dining in an outdoor tent at the restaurant just prior to the encounter.

    The man, who the mayor described in the report as middle-aged and white, followed Wheeler to his car while videotaping the interaction. The mayor said he warned the man he was carrying pepper spray and told the man to “back off,” but the man refused. As the mayor attempted to get into his car, the mayor pepper-sprayed the stranger in the eyes. ... Gateway Pundit
 

[GtHawk]

Individual Pepper Sprayed by Portland Mayor Identified – A Local Attorney and Partner of a Legal Firm
By Joe Hoft
Published January 27, 2021 at 9:43am

...  Police believe an attorney with local law firm Brownstein Rask LLP and heir to the Alpenrose Dairy is the man who was pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Sunday night, according to an updated police report.

The report identified Cary R. Cadonau, an attorney, as the person who was pepper-sprayed by the mayor. McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House’s general manager Scott Mitchell told police that Cadonau came into the restaurant Monday and asked for surveillance video of the incident as well as a copy of the ticket from the mayor’s order. Staff at McMenamins said Cadonau was a somewhat regular customer.  ...

    According to the police report, the mayor had been leaving McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House in Southwest Portland with former Mayor Sam Adams around 8 p.m. Sunday when a person confronted him and accused him of sitting in a restaurant without wearing a mask, according to the report. Wheeler and Adams had been dining in an outdoor tent at the restaurant just prior to the encounter.

    The man, who the mayor described in the report as middle-aged and white, followed Wheeler to his car while videotaping the interaction. The mayor said he warned the man he was carrying pepper spray and told the man to “back off,” but the man refused. As the mayor attempted to get into his car, the mayor pepper-sprayed the stranger in the eyes. ... Gateway Pundit
 

heir to the Alpenrose Dairy

Sounds like someone may have stepped into one big cow patty

[BassWrangler]

heir to the Alpenrose Dairy

Sounds like someone may have stepped into one big cow patty

I've got mixed feeling here. Part of me would love to see Wheeler prosecuted for battery. On the other hand, I really despise these people who get up in your face with their phone cameras, and I think maybe this guy got what he deserved.

[PeteS in CA]

...
Sounds like someone may have stepped into one big cow patty

It'd be Prog-on-Prog, so      !

[mountaineer]

Antifa rioter gets stabbed to death.

Victim of fatal Portland stabbing was facing charges of assaulting officer during downtown protest
Updated 9:57 AM; Today 8:55 AM
By Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive

A 19-year-old man, accused of tossing an explosive through a broken window of the downtown Portland federal courthouse in July and injuring a deputy U.S. marshal, was killed Sunday in Portland, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

Isaiah Jason Maza Jr. was fatally stabbed in the 100 block of Northeast 120th Avenue, according to the source, who confirmed Maza’s identity but is not authorized to speak on behalf of the Portland Police Bureau. ...

In August, Maza appeared in the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on allegations of assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and depredation of federal government property. ...

Assistant Federal Public Defender Susan Russell at the time said Maza was working on credits to complete his high school diploma after having previously attended Rosemary Anderson High School. He was living with his mother, had a 2-year-old child and worked at Home Depot. She told the court he was undergoing counseling for post traumatic stress and anxiety. ...

Oregonian


 

[sneakypete]

Antifa rioter gets stabbed to death. Oregonian


 

@mountaineer

My thoughts exactly. Looks like he is getting ready to burst into tears in that photo. That must be why he was naturally attracted to the loser protest crowd.

Kooks of a feather,and all dat.

[mikezpen]

no loss

[Smokin Joe]

Hoist 'pon his own petard!

[Slide Rule]

Someone in Portland has had enough.

I like happy endings and Darwin Award Winner Isaiah Jason Maza Jr.

[mountaineer]

Andy Ngô    @MrAndyNgo
6h
Yesterday, antifa black bloc tried to break down the door of the @PortlandPolice union building in the middle of the day. Police made no arrests. This is the same building #antifa set fire to multiple times at riots last year.
6:50 AM · Feb 11, 2021

Published 19 hours ago
Rioters try breaking down door of Portland Police Association
Police added that those trying to break in were subject to arrest.
By Sam Dorman | Fox News

Rioters are attempting to break down the door of the Portland Police Association, law enforcement said on Wednesday evening.

"A protest has developed near North Lombard Street and North Campbell Avenue, where participants have tried to break down the door the Portland Police Association," the Portland police tweeted. "We are monitoring the situation."

Police added that those trying to break in were subject to arrest. ...

FOX News

[mystery-ak]

‘No arrests’: Portland protesters pelt officers with ice, break windows of businesses as police RETREAT and post pictures (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/usa/515504-portland-police-protesters-precinct/

[GtHawk]

‘No arrests’: Portland protesters pelt officers with ice, break windows of businesses as police RETREAT and post pictures (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/usa/515504-portland-police-protesters-precinct/

Well that'l larn em not to do that again.

[PeteS in CA]

One Night With the Man Who Puts Plywood on Portland’s Smashed Windows

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/02/17/one-night-with-the-man-who-puts-plywood-on-portlands-smashed-windows/

On Feb. 12, Portland protesters held a snowball fight. About 75 people—some dressed in black bloc, others wearing '80s-style ski suits—gathered in Director Park for what was cheekily billed as "Antifa Snow Day." ... Around 10 pm, a smaller group set out for the Portland Police Bureau's Central Precinct. Not long after, somebody started shattering windows: at a ZoomCare clinic, then a Starbucks.

That's when Starbucks received help.

John, 42, drove in from his home in Oregon City in a used Toyota 4X4. He bought that rig for $11,000 this summer. He paid cash, from overtime in one of the few businesses that got better over the past year.

He's in the plywood installation business.

Starting May 29, the night Portlanders protesting the death of George Floyd shattered windows, John worked 76 consecutive days, at least 15 hours a day.

"Our calls went through the roof," John says, navigating the ice-slick streets. "We had the whole Target. That was a shitshow. We had one call come in for 45 windows right there on Yamhill. Just one call."

Some facts you won't find in this story: John's last name, the name of his company, or who the company contracts with. Those were the conditions John established for getting a firsthand view of his work. John says his company's office has been "doxxed" several times this summer. Internet bullying isn't an idle threat: Some city contractors saw their windows shattered in 2020 for working with the police or on homeless sweeps.

John describes himself as conservative, a churchgoing man among the socialists, with no love for window-breakers.

"The most jacked-up part of this is seeing families sobbing," he says. "It's hard to be there for them emotionally when they've lost everything. First because of COVID, then all their inventory's been taken. They're crying, sobbing. It's heartbreaking, dude. That's where I got turned off toward some of these groups that are doing this in the name of justice."

Yeah, yeah, Starbucks "can afford it" ... well maybe. Maybe Starbucks will decide the store with smashed windows isn't worth the trouble and PRESTO! Dozens of jobs got smashed. Others the guy does work for are ordinary family people looking at a smashed, looted, and vandalized business, wondering whether their lives were also smashed.

[mountaineer]

Heartbreaking. Will people ever fight back? 

[Smokin Joe]

Heartbreaking. Will people ever fight back? 

Here's the catch-22 in that. One shot fired in self defense and the Democrats trundle out their wet dream gun laws, to the adulation of the MSM and even "bipartisan" support.

Short of throwing rocks back and hefting their own Molotov cocktails, (and even then) the resistance to the rioters will never be given a fair shake, the rioters will be portrayed as victims, and likely will have kids in the mix to use as human shields. Only well aimed fire would be adequate in defending against those who needed to be defended against without harming people who can claim they were just there to see or just passing by.

Remember, every incident BLM is based on is surrounded by a fog of lies, on which is painted an untrue version of events leading to the death of someone engaged in criminal acts, and if there is no truth in their raison d' etre, there will be no truth in reporting actions taken against them.

[mystery-ak]

JUST IN: Antifa destroyed numerous businesses during a riot in Portland last night, including this Chipotlepic.twitter.com/Wy6gluKcWe

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 28, 2021

[Smokin Joe]

"ACAB" seen in the video has a couple of street meanings "All Cops Are Bastards" and "All Capitalists Are Bastards".

I wonder which they meant or whether they meant both?

[mountaineer]

Andy Ngô  @MrAndyNgo

Portland was rattled again by another riot over the weekend where BLM-antifa smashed up businesses & vehicles. Police responded late, being stretched too thin because of multiple shootings across city. Antifa are not going away under a Biden administration

Antifa’s preplanned Saturday night protest in Portland quickly turned into a violent riot as they marched in Portland’s wealthy Pearl District, where they vandalized businesses and mobbed the few responding police officers.

[sneakypete]

They are obviously dangerous right-wing radical Trump supporters because the news always tell me they are the dangerous ones,and we all know that our teebees would never lie to us.

[mountaineer]

Feds quietly dismiss dozens of Portland protest cases
KGW found 31 of 90 protest cases have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Justice, despite warnings there would be “consequences for acts of violence."
Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW)
Published: 1:49 PM PST March 2, 2021
Updated: 1:49 PM PST March 2, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal prosecutors have dismissed more than one-third of cases stemming from last summer’s violent protests in downtown Portland, when protesters clashed with federal agents. KGW reviewed federal court records and found 31 of the 90 protest cases have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Justice, including a mix of misdemeanor and felony charges.

Some of the most serious charges dropped include four defendants charged with assaulting a federal officer, which is a felony. More than half of the dropped charges were "dismissed with prejudice," which several former federal prosecutors described as extremely rare. “Dismissed with prejudice” means the case can’t be brought back to court.

The dismissal of protest cases runs counter to the tough talk coming from the U.S. Department of Justice last summer. Billy Williams, then-U.S. Attorney for Oregon, vowed there would be consequences for the nightly graffiti, fires and vandalism outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse.

“Make no mistake: those who commit violence in the name of protest, will be investigated, arrested, prosecuted, and face prison time,” said Williams in a Sept. 25, 2020 press release. ...

KGW

[mountaineer]

Andy Ngô  @MrAndyNgo·
3m
BREAKING: Sources have informed me that Portland city councilwoman @JoAnnPDX allegedly rear-ended a driver & then fled the scene. Jo Ann Hardesty is a BLM activist who blamed the Portland #antifa riots on white nationalists, & calls for defunding police.

2:58 PM · Mar 4, 2021·

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1367565145828900869

Story at the Post-Millennial:

Portland city councilwoman and outspoken Black Lives Matter activist Jo Ann Hardesty allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident on Wednesday.

Sources not authorized to speak on record tell The Post Millennial that on March 3, Hardesty rear-ended another driver in southeast Portland and then left the scene. The victim, Evelyn Ellis, a 56-year-old teacher in the Portland Public Schools district, allegedly recognized the driver who hit her as the city councilwoman. Ellis reported the hit and run incident to Portland Police, who took a report. She allegedly saw the driver using a phone before being hit. ...

Since becoming a city commissioner in 2019, Hardesty has been widely celebrated for her anti-police views. But she has also been embroiled in controversies. During the beginning of the BLM-Antifa riots in May 2020, Hardesty spread a baseless conspiracy theory in a press conference that the violence was being committed by white nationalists. Less than two months later, she told Marie Claire magazine that police were behind a criminal conspiracy to set a property on fire at protests. ...

[sneakypete]

Andy Ngô  @MrAndyNgo·
3m
BREAKING: Sources have informed me that Portland city councilwoman @JoAnnPDX allegedly rear-ended a driver & then fled the scene. Jo Ann Hardesty is a BLM activist who blamed the Portland #antifa riots on white nationalists, & calls for defunding police.

2:58 PM · Mar 4, 2021·

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1367565145828900869

Story at the Post-Millennial:

@mountaineer

I would almost swear I see her stumbling though scenes on each season of "The Walking Dead"!

[mountaineer]

She's pretty darn scary.

[Hoodat]

Portland city councilwoman and outspoken Black Lives Matter activist Jo Ann Hardesty allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident on Wednesday.

Sources not authorized to speak on record tell The Post Millennial that on March 3, Hardesty rear-ended another driver in southeast Portland and then left the scene. The victim, Evelyn Ellis, a 56-year-old teacher in the Portland Public Schools district, allegedly recognized the driver who hit her as the city councilwoman. Ellis reported the hit and run incident to Portland Police, who took a report. She allegedly saw the driver using a phone before being hit. ...

That's a felony when Republicans do it.  Not sure if it illegal at all with Democrats though.

[LMAO]

How is it that Portland has not been officially declared a failed city? Portland, along with many other cities and states like California, are perfect exhibits of progressivism’s failure

[Smokin Joe]

How is it that Portland has not been officially declared a failed city? Portland, along with many other cities and states like California, are perfect exhibits of progressivism’s failure

Because it depends on what you consider success.

For the Left, Mayhem, the destruction of the Rule of Law, theft and destruction, people living in fear, are all positives in the battle for frightened people who are easier to control with "whatever means are necessary", regardless of the Constitution and Civil Rights.  Even tyranny is more acceptable than violent anarchy for many, simply because there is order.

[mikezpen]

This is national news if  Republican's behind the wheel.

In this case, Portland police deny it was her.

[mountaineer]

Suspected Explosive Device Damages RV in Argay Terrace Neighborhood
March 06, 2021 13:36

 
Portland Police Arson Unit is investigating a possible explosive device detonation that caused damage to a recreational vehicle in the Argay Terrace Neighborhood.

On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:41a.m. Portland Police were dispatched to assist Portland Fire and Rescue on a report of a trailer on fire in the 3800 block of Northeast 141st Drive. When they arrived they found smoke coming from a RV parked there (photo). Firefighters found smoke but no fire, and determined that no one had been injured.

An initial investigation indicated that an explosion had happened outside the RV, and that it was suspicious in nature. It was believed to be an explosive device. It's unknown if the RV was occupied at the time.  ...


Portland Police

[mystery-ak]

Portland Can Relax. The 'Enhanced Community Safety Team' Is On The Job
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/03/07/portland-can-relax-the-enhanced-community-safety-team-is-on-the-job-n1430580

[BassWrangler]

Suspected Explosive Device Damages RV in Argay Terrace Neighborhood
March 06, 2021 13:36

 
Portland Police Arson Unit is investigating a possible explosive device detonation that caused damage to a recreational vehicle in the Argay Terrace Neighborhood.

On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:41a.m. Portland Police were dispatched to assist Portland Fire and Rescue on a report of a trailer on fire in the 3800 block of Northeast 141st Drive. When they arrived they found smoke coming from a RV parked there (photo). Firefighters found smoke but no fire, and determined that no one had been injured.

An initial investigation indicated that an explosion had happened outside the RV, and that it was suspicious in nature. It was believed to be an explosive device. It's unknown if the RV was occupied at the time.  ...


Portland Police

Probably just one of those "commercial grade fireworks" that Pantifa likes to throw at the police.

[mountaineer]

As violence surges, some question Portland axing police unit
By SARA CLINE yesterday
Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Elmer Yarborough got a terrifying call from his sister: She wept as she told him two of his nephews may have been shot in broad daylight as they left a bar in Portland, Oregon.

He drove there as fast as he could. An officer told him one of his nephews was heading to the hospital and the other, Tyrell Penney, hadn’t survived. ...

Responding to the calls for change in policing, the mayor and City Council cut several police programs from the budget, including one Yarborough believes could have saved his nephew. A specialized unit focused on curbing gun violence, which had long faced criticism for disproportionately targeting people of color, was disbanded a month before Penney, a 27-year-old Black man visiting from Sacramento, California, was killed on July 25.

Yarborough and some other families wonder if ending the unit is partly to blame for Portland’s dramatic spike in shootings, but officials and experts attribute increased gun violence in cities nationwide to the hardships of the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment, economic anxiety and stress on mental health.

“Without a doubt, I think it is a possibility that my nephew could still be alive if (the Gun Violence Reduction Team) was not dissolved,” said Yarborough, a crisis response volunteer for Portland police who responds to shootings to support victims’ families.  ...

The push was led by Jo Ann Hardesty, the first Black woman elected to the City Council. She cited a 2018 audit showing nearly 60% of people stopped by the gun violence team were Black — though they make up less than 6% of the city’s population.

Nearly half of the 55 total homicide victims in 2020 were people of color, many of them from Portland’s historically Black neighborhoods, according to city statistics.

So far this year, there have been 17 homicides — a concerning number considering there had only been one homicide in the same period in 2020.  ...

Full story at AP

[sneakypete]

Hit all bees de white debbils falts!

[Hoodat]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Elmer Yarborough got a terrifying call from his sister: She wept as she told him two of his nephews may have been shot in broad daylight as they left a bar in Portland, Oregon.

He drove there as fast as he could. An officer told him one of his nephews was heading to the hospital and the other, Tyrell Penney, hadn’t survived. ...

Responding to the calls for change in policing, the mayor and City Council cut several police programs from the budget, including one Yarborough believes could have saved his nephew. A specialized unit focused on curbing gun violence, which had long faced criticism for disproportionately targeting people of color, was disbanded a month before Penney, a 27-year-old Black man visiting from Sacramento, California, was killed on July 25.

Elections have consequences.  But don't expect empathy from the Left.  They aren't capable of it.

[BassWrangler]

Elections have consequences.  But don't expect empathy from the Left.  They aren't capable of it.

You are so right. I think it's also a generational thing - the outcome of the Woke education these little turds are getting.