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    Portland 'has become a cesspool'

    The president of the Portland Police Association in Oregon issued a scathing rebuke of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s response to the city’s homelessness crisis, saying the city has become a feces-covered “cesspool” under the Democrat’s watch.
    “Our City has become a cesspool,” PPA President Daryl Turner wrote in a statement posted on Facebook Monday. “Livability that once made Portland a unique and vibrant city is now replaced with human feces in businesses doorways, in our parks, and on our streets.
    “Aggressive panhandlers block the sidewalks, storefronts, and landmarks like Pioneer Square, discouraging people from enjoying our City,” he said. “Garbage-filled RVs and vehicles are strewn throughout our neighborhoods. Used needles, drug paraphernalia, and trash are common sights lining the streets and sidewalks of the downtown core area, under our bridges, and freeway overpasses. That’s not what our families, business owners, and tourists deserve.”
    His comments came after the mayor told The Oregonian that he wanted an investigation into the city’s arrest data after an analysis by the newspaper found 52 percent of arrests made last year involved a homeless person, while the homeless represent only roughly 3 percent of the city’s population.
    “The real question here is, ‘Is there some sort of profiling or implicit bias?’” Mr. Wheeler said last week. “From my perspective, that’s the crux of the situation. The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that’s sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.”

    More at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...rs-homelessne/


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    I've been homeless in Portland.

    Best to be indoors before winter.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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    Police target easy victims,, and low hanging fruit.

    The tax tick is not required to have an opinion.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

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    “Aggressive panhandlers block the sidewalks, storefronts, and landmarks like Pioneer Square, discouraging people from enjoying our City,” he said. “Garbage-filled RVs and vehicles are strewn throughout our neighborhoods. Used needles, drug paraphernalia, and trash are common sights lining the streets and sidewalks of the downtown core area, under our bridges, and freeway overpasses. That’s not what our families, business owners, and tourists deserve.”
    You could apply that same sentence to Seattle and it would be a 100% accurate description, right down to Pioneer Square.
    "The Patriarch"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    You could apply that same sentence to Seattle and it would be a 100% accurate description, right down to Pioneer Square.
    Any City,, every city.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    Any City,, every city.
    I was recently in quite a few of them, went from here to Cape Canaveral and back, that is a fairly accurate statement though some are worse than others.
    "The Patriarch"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    I was recently in quite a few of them, went from here to Cape Canaveral and back, that is a fairly accurate statement though some are worse than others.
    Been homeless in several. Traveling.

    Kidnapped my wife from Portland when I was traveling through there.

    Back in the Northwest and Homeless again.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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    They just need more public bathrooms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    They just need more public bathrooms.
    That would not hurt..

    Been in small towns that had public facilities. an overall benefit to the community.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    That would not hurt..

    Been in small towns that had public facilities. an overall benefit to the community.
    I did a job in Belltown, just outside of downtown Seattle. They didn't have a toilet set up yet, i was lucky enough to find a outhouse on a construction site nearby. Came pretty close to crapping my pants.

    These days I turn down jobs there.
    "The Patriarch"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    I did a job in Belltown, just outside of downtown Seattle. They didn't have a toilet set up yet, i was lucky enough to find a outhouse on a construction site nearby. Came pretty close to crapping my pants.
    I found myself in a small town in a small county,, with a very nice city park,, and heated bathrooms.

    just a short walk from my camp behind City Hall.
    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

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    Have relatives in Portland & they love it.

    And when I've visited & been out & about on the streets, I haven't experienced any of what this po-po is talking about.
    There is no spoon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    They just need more public bathrooms.

    Why? Starbucks has already declared themselves a public space. You can go in and use their facilities for free, but wait for it! just don't shoot up in their bathrooms
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