Portland, deadly violence is increasing at a faster rate than nearly all major cities

[Lennie]

'A dangerous time': Portland, Oregon, sees record homicides

Portland, Oregon, has had 67 homicides so far this year and the city has surpassed its previous full-year record of 66 in 1987.

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[gryghin]

Wow, these numbers are staggering...

"Portland police have struggled to quell the violence with a force 128 officers below its authorized strength. Since August 2020, about 200 officers have left the department. Many, in their exit interviews, cited low morale, lack of support from city officials and burnout from months of racial justice protests, which often ended in plumes of tear gas before largely dying down since summer.

"We are running on fumes. There's no way we can investigate thoroughly, and correctly, all these shootings," said Daryl Turner, executive director of Portland's police union.

Turner says the city needs to hire 840 officers over the next five years to implement proper community policing and keep Portland safe."

Long term solutions are a few years of voting away... This is reality for the next 5-10 years because of the Portland voters.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Thats one way to achieve "defunding the police" with the predictable results that City officials seem willfully ignorant of

 

[BBQ Guy]

This is what the voters wanted.
Soon enough the good men of the city will start stacking criminal bodies like cord wood.

 

[therealhitman]

Soon enough the good men of the city will start stacking criminal bodies like cord wood.

The criminals on the streets or the ones in the legislature and administration?
Asking for a friend.

 

[shooter777]

Those dang Amish again, ruining it for everyone

 

[Bam]

This is their goal.

Let things get so bad so people will get desperate enough for a resolution that they can push through whatever gun control measures they want.

 

[arakboss]

I haven't been able to think of one good reason why I would want to live in Portland. These shootings just reinforce my disdain for the City.