Posted on 08/03/2020 7:26:36 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Portland Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler announced in June that he was authorizing radical changes to how policing was done in his city, including disbanding the city’s gun violence reduction team. Now the city is grappling with a surge in violent crime.
“Portland police are scrambling to respond to 15 homicides in the city so far in July. That’s the most killings in one month in more than three decades,” The Oregonian reported. “So far this year, 24 people have died in homicides in Portland.”
While the city has been in the national spotlight for violent riots that have occurred for over two months, the newspaper noted that overall person-to-person and property crimes were down compared to past years, but added that “homicides, assaults, burglaries and vandalism are up.”
The Oregonian added that the city had seen a total of 63 shootings in July compared to 28 the year before. Police Chief Chuck Lovell noted late last week that “the bureau was forced to cut its Gun Violence Reduction Team at the direction of the City Council.”
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Dead Democrat salute!
Numerous campaign ads should be cut and aired nationwide highlighting this violence and destruction in cities nationwide, the Democrat / Leftist policies that created it, with the final message (showing images of Biden, Pelosi, Schumer) being “And now Biden and the nation’s Leftists want to do for America what they’ve done for our cities. America can’t afford that risk.”
In Economic theory, you tax actions you want to discourage and you incentivize actions you want to encourage. Income taxes are meant to discourage earning reportable income, while sales taxes are meant to discourage purchases.
Removing the main mechanism to discourage murder will increase murders.
Yes, but they are MOSTLY PEACEFUL HOMICIDES, don’t you know??
That’s what I was thinking.
Everyone who ever had a kill fantasy (uh, the entire planet) will now head to P-town to shoot up the place!
Should be a real party.
For the Oh So Sensitive Libs of Portland, the carnage should be shocking and terrifying!
But of course, they won’t do anything about it.
High Plains Drifter comes to mind...
I dont think the blue cesspools will turn red but watch for new law & order democrats running for office.
and we are supposed to feel sorry for these fools. Eff em
Aw, that's just a weird coincidence. /s
Who could of seen that coming? /s
And were all Trumps fault.
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