Post by Portiaami on Jun 18, 2020 22:54:25 GMT
Is Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Finally Waking up on Dangers of Left-Wing Extremism?
www.redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2020/06/18/is-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-finally-waking-up-on-dangers-of-left-wing-extremism/
Portland, Oregon has long been a hotbed for violent protests that are more often than not instigated and carried out by far left groups like Antifa. Entire city blocks have been taken over by these groups at times, and it’s not uncommon for people who get in their way to get harassed and/or assaulted.
Because of the failed leadership of Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler, who has tied the hands of the Portland PD, these groups are allowed free reign. As recently as yesterday, they let the PD know it in an embarrassing incident in which police officers were trapped in the central precinct while a left-wing mob that included members of Antifa wreaked havoc outside.
Today, the Portland PD decided enough was enough and took action to dismantle the autonomous zone that protesters were apparently setting up around Wheeler’s uptown condo. Wheeler, too, was out there to help with the clean-up, as my colleague Nick Arama reported earlier.
Wheeler took questions from local media outlets while helping clean-up efforts, but one answer in particular he gave caught my attention and made me wonder if a light bulb has finally gone off. He talked about how he was not in favor of an autonomous zone, and said he was “not impressed’ by what he had seen out of Seattle. In fact, his comments about the Seattle AZ were like a 180 from what feckless Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and national media outlets have been gaslighting saying about how it’s supposedly so “peaceful” and “festive.”
www.redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2020/06/18/is-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-finally-waking-up-on-dangers-of-left-wing-extremism/
Portland, Oregon has long been a hotbed for violent protests that are more often than not instigated and carried out by far left groups like Antifa. Entire city blocks have been taken over by these groups at times, and it’s not uncommon for people who get in their way to get harassed and/or assaulted.
Because of the failed leadership of Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler, who has tied the hands of the Portland PD, these groups are allowed free reign. As recently as yesterday, they let the PD know it in an embarrassing incident in which police officers were trapped in the central precinct while a left-wing mob that included members of Antifa wreaked havoc outside.
Today, the Portland PD decided enough was enough and took action to dismantle the autonomous zone that protesters were apparently setting up around Wheeler’s uptown condo. Wheeler, too, was out there to help with the clean-up, as my colleague Nick Arama reported earlier.
Wheeler took questions from local media outlets while helping clean-up efforts, but one answer in particular he gave caught my attention and made me wonder if a light bulb has finally gone off. He talked about how he was not in favor of an autonomous zone, and said he was “not impressed’ by what he had seen out of Seattle. In fact, his comments about the Seattle AZ were like a 180 from what feckless Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and national media outlets have been gaslighting saying about how it’s supposedly so “peaceful” and “festive.”
