Mayor Ted Wheeler asks public to help ‘unmask’ violent demonstrators, extends state of emergency

Very soon it will be a full year of almost continuous arson, vandalism and looting in Portland Oregon. Will the Portlandians ever grow tired of it?

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/20...lic-to-help-unmask-violent-demonstrators.html

Are these events in Portland representative of the Democrats, libs, BLM and Anitfa supporters, or is it an exception along with a few other cities such as what happened in Seattle?

Is it cultural appropriation for a city 1700 miles from Minneapolis with a fourth of the percentage of black residents to basically have almost a full year of arson, vandalism and looting when Minneapolis itself only experienced such events for a few weeks?


http://www.city-data.com/city/Portland-Oregon.html


http://www.city-data.com/city/Minneapolis-Minnesota.html



Is Ted Wheeler, the Mayor of Portlandia doing his job?


Is Kate Brown, the Governor of Oregon doing her job?

I say no, they are not doing their job. Are they waiting for Batman? Spiderman? The X-men? Pffffttt.

These are the faces of failed D leadership. An exceptional example that supports the assertions of many of our devout Rs and their incessant rants about mob rule and lib cities. Spoiled privileged mostly white kids burning stuff, breaking windows, tagging walls and the freaking Portland prosecutors have decided to play catch and release with the few that have been arrested.

 

I don't know what to make of it. Berkeley is socially conservative compared to this. The mayor and governor seem to have failed tremendously.

The rioters represent rioters. Cultural appropriation is just a tool and an excuse. Even if there live two rioters on every block in Portland, the rest of the residents are who represent the Democratic Party, though it would be the progressive wing, from what I understand. This is on the mayor, and ultimately the governor. She needs to take control. How, I don't know, but that's her job.

 

Interesting how this thread popped up right after I started googling to see how Portland was doing of late. Interesting how little story and concern there is for a situation in a city where destruction and chaos happens on a daily/nightly basis.

How do these chronic protesters make a living? It's not a cheap place to live....I'm curious.

 

Has anyone figured out what the protestors want?

 

I thought this story was enlightening.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland...s-and-observers-wonder-alike-in-portland.html

 

Oh man, I really don't think this crap going on in Portland is funny, but it sure does have its moments with articles that include statements like these.

Protesters who reached Northeast Grand Avenue hesitated and argued about where to go once they spotted a roadblock ahead of them.

 

People who start fires are generally ordered for clinical evaluation, right? Breaking glass would seem to fall along the same lines. What seems to be the problem with the justice system? How many charges are being dropped and how many sick people are being ignored to continue in their illness?

 

I think a large part of the problem might be the rather newly elected DA

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kg...talk/283-48abdb20-e8f4-4221-8b80-ebefe4c1f17c


"We put together a policy to focus on that small group of troublemakers... the people doing the harm and damage," he said.

That meant the vast majority of cases referred to his office by police were dismissed. Those low-level crimes included interfering with a police officer, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct. Some saw the DA's policy as giving the green light to extremists on the left and the right that they wouldn't be held accountable. Schmidt acknowledged the messaging may have been misunderstood."

 

"misunderstood" ROFL, that's a good one. Governing is a very active not a reactive job. And yes, even those in charge of enforcing the law are a part of said governance and therefore have to be active and not reactive. I do like however that they can't say it's "Trump's America" anymore.

 

The reason people said "Trump's America" is because Trump was saying it was Biden's America. That silly orange boy, Trump is.

 

Anarchy. They marched to protest Biden's inauguration and vandalized a DNC office building.

 

to break ****. that is all.

 

It's Ted Wheeler's Portland. He doesn't want the feds ... not Don's and not Biden's ... sticking their noses where they don't belong. Ted's probably out shopping for another new apartment, someplace quiet, and on the far outskirts of his town. Ted was too big a coward to confront ANTIFA himself, refused assistance from the feds, and now wants the people trapped and living in fear to do what he doesn't have the courage to do? Ted should ask Andy Ngo what happens to people who doxx ANTIFA ... but I think maybe Ted ... wherever he lives, already knows.

 

IIRC, Ted rallied with the rioters last year, even got pepper sprayed as he was hanging out with them as they tried to breach the fence. I wonder what causes that relationship to sour.

 

LOL ... there was no relationship to sour. Wheeler kept hamstringing Portland police, and caving to ANTIFA's demands 'cause he thought at some point it would all go away. Did you see how bewildered he looked when his virtue signalling backfired? That was priceless.

 

Portland has nothing to do with politics ... have you seen the mugshot pics coming out of Portland? ... bunch of pube faced, pink haired pukes and skinny ugly chicks with cat eye glasses ... it must be the water ...

 

They should have brought in the OR National Guard some time ago.

 

I think Portland likes its anarchist culture and don't want to fix things. They simply would like it under their control...which won't happen... the people voted in to office are as bad as the protesters

 

Portland mayor urges residents to ‘unmask’ rioters after weeks of violence
By Paulina Villegas

 

How much of a 'crackdown' will they really pursue:

 

He coddled these folks and now they want to kill him.

Antifa Doxes, Threatens to KILL Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.

 

Ray Charles could have seen this coming. The mayor is literally living in hiding.

ETA: And no one is going to "unmask" the Antifa rioters there. You should watch the livestreams of their riots. It's very coordinated. The livestreamers know to keep their cameras pointed at the ground when they approach any of the Antifa rioters (to protect their identities). If they don't, Antifa will beat them (literally) into submission. It's an entire town being held hostage by a mob. Some of them have developed Stockholm Syndrome.

ETA2: it's an especially nice touch that they hacked the registered voter database to find his address. It dispels the myths that Antifa is "just an idea" and that their were no issues with electoral security at the same time.

 

It is a terrible parable for the entire country. We had a much more realistic view of the threat they posed than the "progressives" who claimed our accurate view was "hateful and unjust." So, we could gloat, but, Portland is a city with a lot of Americans currently living in fear because the civil authorities misread the threat, hamstrung the local police and federal forces that tried to intervene to secure their safety and property. These civil authorities went so far as joining the rioters and voicing support through bullhorns, against the police forces attempting to justly respond to the very real threat.

Some of these folks have stood for election since then and been re-elected, so, this is a very difficult situation for outsiders to intervene in.

It seems to me that US prosecutors could bring RICO cases against these folks for coordinating to break the law and violate the rights of others, but, there is no sign that they are doing so, though, they are quite eager to serve warrants and bring prosecutions against Republicans who don't loudly and instantly declare loyalty to the various federal agencies in DC.

The next time the GOP regains control of Congress we need to refocus US Prosecutors on securing the rights of Americans rather than acting as the prosecuting force for the DC Agencies, politically connected and the Left.

 

I hope the authorities are investigating: