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Over 60 Portland 911 calls go unheeded overnight as police respond to riot

Calls about theft, vandalism, suspicious activity, hit and runs, and burglary were put on hold



By Danielle Wallace | Fox News



More than 60 emergency calls to police went unheeded overnight in Portland as officers were preoccupied with hundreds of demonstrators downtown and were pelted by rocks.

On the 80th consecutive night of protests, the Portland Police Bureau declared a riot around midnight Sunday after a crowd of hundreds had blocked traffic for three hours by the Penumbra Kelly Building in the 4700 block of East Burnside Street, trespassed on the closed property and engaged in “violent, tumultuous conduct.”

The targeted building is owned by the city and is used by city and county employees, including the Police Bureau.

From midnight to about 2:45 a.m., protesters ignored warnings from police to disperse and began arguing amongst themselves.

Some threw objects at police cars in the parking lot of the building and spray-painted over security cameras. Others shined green lasers at officers’ eyes and pelted police with softball-sized “river rocks” and glass bottles.

COSTS FROM WEEKS OF PROTESTS TAKE FINANCIAL TOLL ON CASH-STRAPPED CITIES ACROSS US

Two officers went to the hospital. A photo shared by the police bureau showed a 9.5-pound rock that was thrown by a person posing as "press" as the officer "prepared to ride away on a truck.” Several arrests were made.
Portland police are seen in riot gear during a standoff with protesters in Portland, Oregon on August 16, 2020. Protests have continued for the 80th consecutive night in Portland since the killing of George Floyd. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Portland police are seen in riot gear during a standoff with protesters in Portland, Oregon on August 16, 2020. Protests have continued for the 80th consecutive night in Portland since the killing of George Floyd. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

“At the time of this release over 60 calls for police service were holding around the city," the Police Bureau said in a statement. "Some had been holding for the length of the events described here. Call types ranged from theft, vandalism, suspicious activity, hazards, hit and run, burglary, violation of restraining order, alarms, stolen cars, harassment and many others.”

Officers attempted to push the crowd back to Laurelhurst Park. Demonstrators swept through residential streets while people looked on from windows and porches at their homes, The Oregonian reported.

Meanwhile, a more than 17-hour crisis negotiation continued early Sunday in Forest Park, where an armed suspect has resisted police efforts to take him into custody for a mental health evaluation.

The man allegedly tried to break into an occupied home before 7 a.m. Saturday and made threats with knives before fleeing on foot. He barricaded himself in the park and claims to have a gun.

The Police Bureau’s Crisis Negotiation Team has unsuccessfully tried to draw the man out by offering water, food, and clothing, and sending messages from friends and family. Officers also deployed tear gas, pepper balls, and impact munitions and sent in a K-9 unit, but the suspect, wearing body armor, tried to stab the dog, the bureau said.


PORTLAND TO ALLOW COPS TO INTERACT WITH SOME FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

As unrest continues in Oregon’s largest city, a group of about 30 alt-right demonstrators held a Patriot Prayer rally in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center Saturday afternoon, which quickly devolved in chaos as they traded paintballs and pepper spray with counter-protesters, KOIN-TV reported.

Counter-protesters reportedly chased rally attendees into a parking garage and what sounded like two gunshots were heard over the KOIN live broadcast.

Police spokesman Lt. Greg Pashley told The Oregonian that they are aware of the allegation that shots were fired and will investigate. No injuries were reported.
Protesters are seen during a standoff at a Portland police precinct in Portland, Oregon on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images )

Protesters are seen during a standoff at a Portland police precinct in Portland, Oregon on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images )

Last week, Oregon State Police announced they are leaving the city following a two-week assignment to help protect a federal courthouse that’s been a target of protesters.



While the protests for racial justice and against police brutality are generally peaceful during the day, drawing a wide swath of citizens, they have often turned violent at night.

Nights of unrest that increasingly targeted the federal courthouse prompted President Trump to dispatch U.S. agents to guard the building in July, which reinvigorated Black Lives Matter demonstrations and often ended in violent clashes.

Newly elected Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt decided not to prosecute people arrested for non-violent misdemeanors. Since the protests began, over 500 people have been arrested. So far, fewer than 50 are being prosecuted, according to The Associated Press.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-riots-911-calls

That probably saved a black life or two.

99.999% of the protestors are peaceful and just want their voice heard.

I don't use purple.

You don't use a lot of things.

common sense..

That helps explain a lot.

Conservatives still whining about the TVs that cost 25 bucks to build in a country they despised, which is also insured anyway. Those stores are getting their money back.

People who are killed by cops unjustly are not getting their lives back.

Liberals constantly focusing on the police while ignoring how man criminals kill innocent people in their own communities.

The murdered victims will never get their lives back no matter how many people turn a blind eye towards their murderers.

There are local, city, county and state police departments as well as an entire criminal justice system devoted to addressing criminals in our society. Not to mention the FBI and criminal bureaus in every state. Paid for by society, which includes those "liberals" you keep harping about help pay the bill for that. Far from being "ignored" no matter how much you try and claim otherwise. Sadly, there are also laws and guidelines in place to shield the police for much of the same accountability the rest of us are held to.

When they devote even on tenth of the resources to protecting people from the police that they do in addressing crimes you keep carrying on about, get back to me. As of now you're making noise without making a point.

There are a lot of businesses that don't insure against everything (there are lots of types of insurance to consider) and a lot of innocent business owners are going to lose everything. Insurance gets expensive and when there is a lot of crime, the cost of some insurance just goes up.

I know that you didn't mean it like this, but you are coming close to using insurance as a rationalization for crime. Just be mindful of this. It's a slippery slope because homes and lives can be insured as well. Doesn't make it okay to burn down someones home or, as you pointed out, murder someone.

Seems some cops and white supremacists have been getting away with just that for a couple centuries now.

Neither are babies murdered by their own mothers, but people just want to ignore that like it doesn't happen.

j/c:



The video of the suicide is out there but it is graphic. Just a caution.

Bro I’ve been on record saying I don’t really like the riots and looting.

But I most certainly understand where the anger is coming from, because I feel that same anger right now.

And the point about my comments on business is that so many conservatives show more outrage over the response than they do the situation that led up to it. Damn near every single time.

And then the typical response is “well unarmed white people get shot more than blacks”, without realizing how dumb that sounds.

yes, white people get shot more. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT. THATS HORRIBLE.

It’s like damn y’all best defense is to claim you don’t care about each other that much, so no one else matters either?

Yikes.

It is constantly flying over conservatives heads that the reforms we want and the protest we engage in BENEFITS WHITE PEOPLE TOO.

But y’all constantly in favor of policies that lead to your own demise. It’s like damn, maybe y’all DO like authoritarianism. Maybe you DO like totalitarian regimes. Maybe you DO like law enforcement beating up on local population in the name of “law and order”.

Jesus Christ. The same people who LOVE talking about limited government can’t even stand up to the lowest levels of governments law enforcement.

003, I dunno your politics, but conservatives look like this to me right now:



All about law and order when it’s people who don’t look like them. Then it’s storming government buildings when they tell you to wear a mask, because ya know, that’s tyranny.

j/c:

FBI shifts resources to ongoing unrest in Portland, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The FBI chief in Portland, Oregon, is dedicating more resources to crimes committed during nightly protests that often end in vandalism and clashes with police. Special Agent in Charge Renn Cannon said Wednesday he is pulling agents from fraud and organized crime teams to focus on acts of violence and federal crimes committed during nearly three months of unrest. Cannon says the FBI respects the free speech rights of non-violent protesters. Police made 23 arrests early Wednesday as protesters smashed windows at City Hall. Portland has been gripped by protests since the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

https://wbng.com/2020/08/26/portland-police-declare-unlawful-assembly-outside-city-hall/

Long overdue and shame on them for not recognizing this need earlier.

Democrat leadership on display!




Portland Mayor Says Let Violence ‘Burn Itself Out’ as Police Detail Nightly Destruction


Penny Starr

27 Aug 2020


Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler responded almost nonchalantly to NPR when asked about the nightly violent riots in his city that have injured countless police officers, destroyed property, and shuttered businesses.

“[The protest] will ultimately burn itself out,” Wheeler told the local public radio station last week.

The Free Beacon reported on Wheeler’s stance, which did not condemn the violence:

Wheeler told OPR [Oregon Public Radio] reporter Rebecca Ellis last week that he expects daily protests in the city—which began in May following the death of George Floyd—to last for some time. He said he expects nightly violence that followed the protests “will ultimately burn itself out.”

The mayor, who is in charge of Portland’s police force, told OPR the department will adjust to the situation on its own.

“They’ve tried everything from not showing up to preemptively dispersing crowds, and some of those strategies, in my opinion, have worked well,” Wheeler said. “Others have not worked well.”

“Wheeler previously proposed to top aides a ‘high-risk’ policing approach in which police would be ordered to stand down and not respond to rioters,” the Beacon reported. “He never put those measures into effect, leaving local police without clear directives in dealing with crowds, whether they are rioting, looting businesses, or setting fire to government buildings.”

In a Thursday press release about the ongoing mayhem and arrests that continue to take place on a nightly basis, including attacking federal property, Portland police said:

After a couple hundred individuals blocked traffic outside of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building, a couple people in the group vandalized and disabled security cameras affixed to the building. Federal Protection Officers emerged from the building and were struck by projectiles, including a rock which injured one of the officers, prompting an unlawful assembly and several arrests. Many in the crowd carried shields, wore helmets, gas masks, and body armor.

As Federal Protection Officers stood outside of the ICE building, people were seen flashing lasers at their eyes. Others in the crowd were seen throwing projectiles such as eggs, bottles, and rocks at the Federal Protection Officers. One of the Federal Protection Officers was hit with a rock, striking their leg, and injuring them. Due to the seriousness of the crowd’s criminal behavior, the incident commander determined that the event was an unlawful assembly.

After targeted arrests were made, to reduce the intensity of the situation, PPB officers disengaged. As PPB officers disengaged, people in the group continued to throw rocks at officers.

The police named the 11 people who were arrested:

Those arrested were booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on the listed charges:

*Baxter, Robert, 26, of Reno, Nevada, Interfering with a Peace Officer

*Oram, Sara, 42, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Abrams, Rebecca, 28, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Canizal Almanza, Ivan, 21, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II, Carrying a Concealed Weapon

*Atkin, Austin, 25, of Reno, Nevada, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Wilkes, Noah, 21, of Corbett, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Wade, Greyson, 20, of Happy Valley, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Traficano, Daniel, 33, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Molina, Tracy, 47, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Churchwell, Brenden D., 31, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II

*Phomma, Kevin, 26, of Portland, Oregon, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II, Harassment, Unlawful use of Mace/Pepper Spray

“My expectation is the police bureau will evolve, and as they see a need for change, they’ll change,” Wheeler said


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/...m_medium=social

I understand this will only be met w/ridicule, but here goes:



Final comment: I have been preaching that we should try to come together for many years. Very few people agree w/that sentiment. It is what it is. I am ready to defend my family.

Abortion is legal. But yeah continue banging your head against a wall.

wow...

trump’s law and order. trump’s America.

Ok,, then who's doing all the damage? I mean, they've already found White Supremicists and Neo Nazis and KKK in the mix of trouble makers....Who do you think they support?

I'm convinced that there is an element of the army of the right that is causing most of this...

Apparently you agree...

He's been Sheriff there since 2002.

Just as I mentioned in a thread with Swish. These people keep getting voted in.

Honestly, I think it's because most people don't research anything, and just check off the name they recognize when voting, and/or the one with the best social media blitz/propaganda campaign.

Guarantee you that there are posters that agree with the sheriff's speech.

j/c:

Very good speech, thanks for sharing.

Damn, that was a powerful, moving, truth-telling, and inspirational speech.

So, the sheriff statements were in 2018, under trump’s law and order, under trump’s America. It’s these racist values that trump and his supporters hold dear and why they vote for him. Pffft with trump’s law and order....black lives don’t matter.

Kenosha, WI is 67.3% white.

Then you believe the majority of people are racist? Because either that is true and they specifically voted him in on that concept or as I said above...
"Honestly, I think it's because most people don't research anything, and just check off the name they recognize when voting, and/or the one with the best social media blitz/propaganda campaign."

All the things people complain about politicians, yet we have people in congress who have been there for 30+ years and haven't done a damn thing for the average citizen, and I think it goes back to the uneducated (not in the insulting manner, but in the literal) voter.

30 years ago there wasn’t the internet for everyone to log on to. There wasn’t social media, and there wasn’t camera phones.

A lot less people get to credibly feign ignorance now. You know what the president said. You know what he said about Obama and Harris birth certificate. You know what he said in Charlottesville. You know what he said about African countries and wanting more people from Norway. You know what he said about 4 women of color in Congress.

You know he got sued by the government TWICE for racial discrimination. You know he got ticked off when he saw black people handling money in his casinos. You know what he said about the Brooklyn 5.

The people don’t have any excuses. If you know all of those things and still support the guy, guess what you’re gonna get called by people who look like me....

A lot of people vote based on catch phrases and campaign gimmicks. They often times do not actually look at the evidence of a candidates past or dive deeper into the things they say.

While I don't know it to be a fact, it would seem logical to me that the negative things he says have been pointed out by his opponents during campaigns. But as we can see on this very board, some look for excuses to claim everything is racist while others look for excuses to excuse many things that are racist.

What people hear when others talk is more about them in many cases than what it actually being said. The message is usually catered to who it is you wish to appeal to.

Not following what your getting at in reference to my post.

Not sure what that has to do with the Sheriff getting elected , and then re-elected 4 more times.

Your broad comment about uneducated voters and politicians for 30+ years

Thought that was pretty clear.

Makes more sense with that understanding, but I think you're confusing my position here, since we were discussing a local sheriff.

Presidential elections have much more information thrown in your face, even though most of it is BS and/or propaganda designed to belittle their opponent. But more local level politics, most people o not follow, so when presented with the choices in the box, they just pick the name they recognize. Most will never research the sheriff or his opponent, or the school board, or city council.

THAT is the uneducated part that I was referring to.

I'd go as far to say a large portion of voters are in the same boat when it comes to state reps and so forth.

Presidential and State governor races are about the only ones I think most people really put much thought into who they will vote for.

I’ll agree with that point.

People forget that some of the most important election are the local elections. As they have the biggest impact on ones day to day living.

Got people who can name AOC and Ohmar but can’t name their own state rep or city council.

Rand Paul got protested and felt like he would be killed without police... Well Rand, that's how blacks feel about the police everyday. If somebody doesn't help them they will be killed by out of control cops randomly at any time.