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"Portland is where people in their twenties go to retire.
Arson attack destroys 117-year-old church in latest symbol of Portland mayhem
https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/117-year-old-church-burns-down-in-latest-portland-mayhem/
Arson attack destroys 117-year-old church in latest symbol of Portland mayhem
'It's a hollowed out shell': Portland business owners say they're fleeing crime-ridden Dem-led city en masse after it turned from the 'crown jewel of the West Coast' into criminal-run city
Business owners are fleeing Portland in droves amid a pronounced rise in crime and homelessness, officials in the Democratic stronghold have revealed.
Public data shows that since the pandemic, more than 2,600 downtown businesses have filed changes of address with the U.S. Postal Service to leave their downtown ZIP codes.
Several big-name employers, from Unitus Community Credit Union to Umpqua Bank, have been among the mass exodus, carried out by owners who have taken issue with the rising crime levels and homelessness - and the city's failure to address it.
Once hailed as the 'crown jewel of the West Coast' for its trendy art and food scenes, The City of Roses has been in peril since 2020, largely due to efforts to defund police and lax bail reform laws that leave little to no deterrent for increasingly brazen criminals.
Local leaders are now sharing their strategies for solving the crime and livability issues, as they threaten to spill over into bordering counties, where the court of public opinion is generally more conservative.
Portland Fred Meyer Store Fires Black Security Guard After Antifa Dubs Him White Supremacist Extremist
Yes, that is an official statement by the Kroger chain Fred Meyer saying it had fired one of its security guards over allegations of "discrimination."
The security guard was called a "white supremacist" by Antifa activists online because, even though he is black, he supports powerful white men and their evil white supremacist colonialist ways. One of these included organizing a rally in 2015 to show that the Confederate flag is not a racist symbol.
Power to the people, comrades!
Journalist Andy Ngo has the receipts on those complaining about the guard. Here's the lady from the second tweet above:
Portland, Ore. grocery store @fred_meyer/@kroger fired a black security guard named Andrew Duncomb after Antifa members made false accusations on social media that he is a "white supremacist." Duncomb was stabbed by one of their comrades in 2020 while live streaming their riot. That criminal case is still ongoing. The suspect in the stabbing is David Hampe, who has a prior conviction for possessing child sex abuse content. Fred Meyer, you owe Andrew & all Portlanders an apology for this appalling treatment of someone these extremists want dead.
Here's the convicted pedophile who allegedly stabbed the guard...
Why is anyone listening to that mentally ill woman?
the MAJORITY of society is "so what? This doesn't really effect me"..
I have found that the majority just do not believe it.
Popular outdoor recreation retailer REI is closing its store in Portland, Oregon, due to the city’s soaring crime rates.
The company announced on Monday that it is shuttering the Pearl District store located in downtown Portland due to increasing local crime.
REI also revealed that it has suffered retail loss from store sales at the location.
In an email sent to members, the company expressed its sadness over the decision but explained that the Portland location experienced its highest number of break-ins and thefts despite actions to provide extra security.
PORTLAND, Ore. — There’s a relentless rhythm on the streets of any sufficiently large city in Oregon that’s become increasingly routine for everyone, regardless of where they sleep. Homeless people set up camp, then the city posts it for removal. Most of the time, the homeless people move to another location and the cycle repeats.
A proposed Oregon bill aimed to reverse that routine and even allow homeless people to sue for $1,000 if they are harassed or told to move. The legislation, House Bill 3501, is called the “Right to Rest Act” and it’s been introduced in Oregon before.
A proposed Oregon bill aimed to reverse that routine and even allow homeless people to sue for $1,000 if they are harassed or told to move. The legislation, House Bill 3501, is called the “Right to Rest Act” and it’s been introduced in Oregon before.
So it has gradually dawned on the geniuses in charge that the city/state took some wrong turns back in 2020 and may need to dig itself out by actually changing things. Back in August, Gov. Tina Kotek of Oregon announced she was forming a task force designed to help revive the city of Portland by carefully studying the problem and making recommendations.
Gov. Tina Kotek announced Wednesday she is launching a task force focused on bolstering the economic future of Portland’s central city, which continues to reel from converging crises…
The move comes as Portland’s urban core remains among the nation’s slowest to recover in the aftermath of the pandemic amid blocks of empty offices and storefronts as well as pervasive homelessness, open drug use and public safety concerns.
Today, Gov. Kotek announced she’ll be acting on the list of recommendations she got from the task force, which include adding more police officers and outlawing public drug use.
Over half of Portland residents want to leave city after defunding police led to sprawling homelessness and spikes in crime - as business is forced to turn to ROBOT cop to patrol its property
Majority of Portland voters would consider leaving the city if given the opportunity, a poll found
The shocking results come after defunding the police led to increases in crime and homelessness
Canada was the only other place I experience the gas station attendant.
WookieMan says
Canada was the only other place I experience the gas station attendant.
New Joisey, although I think they recently abolished the practice. Last time I gassed up there, the fucking attendant used my credit card number to charge shit at Home Depot.
Once a hipster paradise that prompted cable satire Portlandia, which told of residents obsessing about barista-made coffee and bike share schemes, this liberal north east coast city now looks more like a nightmare dystopia.
That is because two years ago Portland decriminalised all drugs — including heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and Fentanyl, under what was known as Measure 110.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25197431/
I'm old enough to remember "conservatives"
of p.net arguing for ending any and all restrictions on hard drugs.
Now if he washed my windows, checked the oil (rental car so who gives a fuck) and did other basics I'd give a buck or two I suppose. I just don't get the practice. Jobs obviously, but it just raised the price of fuel which is still taxed. It's the definition of retardation.
I particularly liked around 8:00, when a crowd of left-wingers try to stop police from rescuing an escaped mental patient, calling them Nazis and threatening lawsuits.
www.youtube.com/embed/aSw79yRnDVs
Honestly the police should just go on strike.