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    Quote Originally Posted by the Schwartz View Post
    One thing's for sure...

    Those living in Portland will receive the governance that they opt for...
    And the rest of Oregon will foot the bill.

    "Mayor Ted Wheeler, who serves as police commissioner...said the Oregon State Police will have its mobile response team on standby to assist Portland police if protests occur in the next few nights. The mayor also discussed backup support from the Oregon National Guard if necessary."

    City still gets coverage, if delayed and with less oversight, residents in the sticks cover the tab. Time to hold the governor's feet to the fire and ask why city mismanagement is a state project.

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    The state and surrounding areas should reply that additional resources are not available to help with mostly peaceful protests.

    Sucks for Portland, but at some point folks need to be held accountable for their actions. Portland voted for crazy. They need to deal with crazy. We keep “bailing out” things and organizations that make bad decisions only to discover that more things and orgs make bad decisions. Sometimes having a bright shining (burning in some cases) example of what not to do is a pretty good life lesson.

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    As an unwilling observer to just this kind of regional governmental malfeasance, I wish our Portland-area members good luck, and hope they are able to stay clear of the fray.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Borderland View Post
    I predict that Portland will have the first socialist mayor not unlike AOC or Rashida Harbi Tlaib, both devout socialists. It's more or less how they roll in that city.
    Burlington VT had Bernie pushing 40 years ago. It's not exactly a major city, but...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moylan View Post
    Burlington VT had Bernie pushing 40 years ago. It's not exactly a major city, but...
    Compared to the new breed of communists today, Bernie is actually quite moderate

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    Multnomah County Sheriff's Department opted out last summer. Not sure whether they've opted back in.


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    Quote Originally Posted by SCCY Marshal View Post
    And the rest of Oregon will foot the bill.

    "Mayor Ted Wheeler, who serves as police commissioner...said the Oregon State Police will have its mobile response team on standby to assist Portland police if protests occur in the next few nights. The mayor also discussed backup support from the Oregon National Guard if necessary."

    City still gets coverage, if delayed and with less oversight, residents in the sticks cover the tab. Time to hold the governor's feet to the fire and ask why city mismanagement is a state project.
    It would serve the City of Portland right if OSP and the NG told them to go pound sand. That is unlikely to occur, but damn it would be nice to see upstream agencies tell all these municipalities who prefer to let this sort of chaos run unchecked to go "get stuffed" because it is not up to them to put the bill for their willingness to permit this idiocy.
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    The event in question is shown near the start of the video in this news story, with all the caveats that go with relying on MSM. https://www.koin.com/news/protests/p...orce-incident/

    Does anyone know if the charges were due to the entire interaction, or because of the cross-check to the face while she was seated?

    And if this question is better in the LE section or Coterie, please move as needed.

  9. #19
    Maybe this does not belong here, but this fiasco unfolded in the PDX this weekend. It has elements of dark comedy that is truly too strange to be anything but true…

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    Lee called 911 to report several people were following him while multiple “disturbances” were taking place after the event, the Portland Police Bureau said. Authorities told Lee to walk to Central Precinct where he followed officers’ instructions and told them the rifle was not an actual firearm.

    Lee was released pending further investigation, police said. There were limited officers available at the time due to several incidents in the area including a homicide investigation and an armed robbery situation, the PPB said. The event in Tom McCall Waterfront Park reportedly ended before more police resources could be made available.


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    https://www.koin.com/news/crime/man-...g-in-portland/

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    Just showing up at a place like that with a rifle is pretty derpy.

    Showing up at a place like that with a fake rifle is beyond derpy.
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