Posted on 10/14/2018 9:43:31 AM PDT by rktman
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler came under fire over a viral video showing Antifa protesters blocking traffic and harassing drivers, but he says he supports the decision by police to watch from a distance without getting involved.
“I was appalled by what I saw in the video, but I support the Portland Police Bureau’s decision not to intervene,” he said at a Friday press conference. “This whole incident will be investigated.”
The video posted by journalist Andy C. Ngo showed protesters, including members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, blocking an intersection and attempting to direct traffic at while officers on motorcycle watched from a block away.
At one point, the activists chased down 74-year-old Kent Houser after he made a right turn against their wishes, pounding on his silver Lexus and breaking a window. The car sustained thousands of dollars in damage, he told the Oregonian.
Even so, Mr. Wheeler insisted that “motorists should feel completely safe coming into downtown Portland.”
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Why doesn’t the brave mayor go down and direct traffic himself?
Why the Hell should people pay local taxes then.
Can this idiot be sued?
Couldn’t the city now be sued if these anti-fa damaged any vehicle or person?
I feel bad for those living there.
Attacked, suffered thousands in damages, plus the assault, and no charges and people should feel safe to go to Portland?! Antifa terrorists were safe because their victims were unarmed, the police were safe because the stood back out of the way, the mayor, probably at home a sleep. I am embarrassed to say that I once owned a home and lived in Portland. Got smart and left. Feel very sorry for the folks that live there and accept it.
“We gave them space to destroy”
Baltimore.
Now Portland. Twice.
“Can this idiot be sued? “
Sued? They are going to re-elect the prick!
So the nitwit LIB mayor shirks his responsibility for Citizen safety? What a ball-less loser cuck. I guess this is what the majority of the LIB-loser residents want. Let them stew in their uncivil LIB community.
Only because it publicly revealed Wheeler for what he is -- a supporter of violent leftwing mobs.
This seems to be an Antifa tactic. As far as I know, the real facts of Charlottesville are still unclear, but mobs that attack cars deserve to be rundown. But I guess the mob likes that because then they can claim that a brutal Trump supporter got aggressive.
Because like the usual bigots, Antifa will be assumed to only attack bad people (people who disagree with them) so it’s okay.
So this is what the Portland Police are doing now? Swearing to PROTECT & DEFEND FROM A DISTANCE?! WTH!
Hey Portland. Maybe you should layoff the weed for the week leading up to elections. Put it away until AFTER you vote. Wheeler is a moron.
Portland is a white Baltimore.
Why don’t the brave citizens,who are anti-antifa, block the mayor’s car?...you know as a “protest”
Actually Portland is a great town. Great restaurants, nice attractions. But first inviting the homeless (mentally ill and drug addicts) and now antifa. I live across the river in Vancouver, WA and now rarely go to Portland. And I am not alone. Well done mayor and city counsel.
False imprisonment is a criminal act...”False imprisonment occurs when a person is restricted in their personal movement within any area without justification or consent”
They should sue he mayor as criminal activity is not protected
Let the leftists do the damage then “investigate” the attacks.
Then let the Antifa mob burn Portland to the ground.
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