When LE stopped responding to an armed encampment in Portland

[LittleLebowski]

Very liberal website/paper that this was published on, take note.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/12/23/a-neighbor-describes-what-happened-when-law-enforcement-stopped-responding-to-an-armed-encampment-in-north-portland/


It was just a huge, huge, raging party occupation: giant bonfires on the hill, bonfires everywhere in the street. They built the barricades. They had weapons behind it. They had bottles and rocks and Molotov cocktails and all that stuff.

They had sentries, essentially, that are posted up there. They had an individual with an assault rifle positioned right next to our driveway. They have people regularly back at their station, but they also patrol around the block with weapons and tactical gear and bulletproof vests. They watch us, you know, and they're regularly standing around as we move in and out of our backyard.

[Zincwarrior]

Sounds like portland is in need of new management.

[Nephrology]

Yeah the Willy Week is not exactly known for its sympathies for law enforcement.

Sad to see this happen to a city I used to really love. It was always pretty crust-punk-y, but it seemed like it was mostly a cute side show until the last 5 years or so.

[Horseman]

You either have the rule of law, or you don't. Sometimes enforcing the rules looks "mean" and "not equitable".

Portland chose unwisely and now they are seeing the results. Has learning occurred among enough responsible individuals (and people like the person interviewed in this article) to correct the downward spiral there?

We'll see. It would be a crying shame to see all the productive people penalized or driven from a place they call home.

[Borderland]

That was also CHOP in Seattle except I don't think there were many fires. My guess is the Chopians realized if they set their compound on fire the fire dept would come and put it out and the po po would put them out if they tried to stop the fire dept. That happened in the Watts riots when the rioters started shooting at fire responders. Cops started shooting back.

[Cookie Monster]

Sounds like you either move your family to safety and start shooting from an elevated position or you just walk away from your home and everything you built/have. Maybe that happens in both scenarios.

[Baldanders]

This came up in my feed as well.


Quite a few "raising the alarm bells" articles on the same site on the "red house defense."

I have a feeling much tolerance for this shit will have faded by this time next year, if not sooner.

Folks who flip out about armed cops aren't going to suddenly lose their fear of guns when it's SJWs holding them.

[Clusterfrack]

Our friends own a brewpub, and a homeless encampment has developed right next to them. They allow the campers to run extension cords to their tents, and don’t complain about the bonfires and growing amount of crap. Why do they put up with this? They’re scared. They don’t want their business vandalized or burnt down.

[Wise_A]

65170

Ya'll know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch these 'anarcho-communists' for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad bunch. Not like going down to the university and pepper sprayin' undergrads. This rabble, they'll swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin, and down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your Amazons and your Starbucks back on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find them for three, but I'll catch 'em, and kill 'em, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, then you'll be payin' welfare and "Chaz taxes" all winter.

I don't want no mates, there's just too many summertime commandos in this city. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that, you get the the the beanie, the guitar, the whole damn hippie.

[feudist]

When I was in the Army my first class I had to teach was Sentry Removal.

Knife, bayonet(slightly different techniques), garrote, E-tool and improvised with helmet and loaded socks.

Very detailed syllabus.

An Art form, really.

[rdtompki]

And the (dis-)honorable Kate Brown just extended Oregon's state of emergency to March 3. OTOH, judging by the article the SoE perhaps should be permanent. What a dump Portland has become. You can escape to Eastern Oregon, but you can't hide from the tyranny of the Left.

[MistWolf]

What's more telling are the comments. It seems the owners took out a loan to pay for legal defense of one of their children who committed a felony. I think it was hit & run. The owners hadn't paid on the loan for about a year and a half and it looks like no one even lived in the house.

[okie john]

That family owns outright and occupies another house a couple of miles away. They’re just refusing to pay a just and lawful debt.


Okie John

[cheby]

Sounds like portland is in need of new management.

I think it's not about the management. People of Portland elected them. Over 70% of them just voted to legalize the drug possession for example. They deserve everything that is coming. That includes the staff of that paper, Willamette Week, BTW..

[cheby]

Our friends own a brewpub, and a homeless encampment has developed right next to them. They allow the campers to run extension cords to their tents, and don’t complain about the bonfires and growing amount of crap. Why do they put up with this? They’re scared. They don’t want their business vandalized or burnt down.

I am just wondering how they voted for the last 15 years and who they should blame...

[Clusterfrack]

I am just wondering how they voted for the last 15 years and who they should blame...

Good question. I can guess, but want to stay friends with them. At least there is growing support for law enforcement and camp sweeps.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

It is a shame, having lived in there for a third of my life. My family in the area says all the cities, even the smaller ones, are starting to swarm with camps and wandering meth types. The cyclical nature of great countries is reaching out to take us now. The dysfunction in DC over a simple program to give financial aid to folks and businesses - a debate between multimillionaire ancients - sounds like the Roman Senate debating the bread menu at the circuses.

[LittleLebowski]

Sounds like portland is in need of new management.

Nah, Portland got what they wanted.

[cheby]

Sounds like portland is in need of new management.

BTW, what do you mean by "new management"? Republican mayor?? LOL. Democrats run this city for 40 years. This is what you get when the policies of the democratic party are implemented.

[Shoresy]

BTW, what do you mean by "new management"? Republican mayor?? LOL. Democrats run this city for 40 years. This is what you get when the policies of the democratic party are implemented.

Predictably so.

[cheby]

Predictably so.

It's impressive to see how efficient propaganda can be. The disconnect between the reality and CNN propaganda in the heads of my democratic friends is remarkable. We do live in the postmodernist world

[BehindBlueI's]

If you want to play R vs D, you'll need to do so in the politics sub-forum.