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Portland Mayor Says Let Violence ‘Burn Itself Out’ as Police Detail Nightly Destruction
Breitbart ^ | August 27, 2020U | PENNY STARR

Posted on 08/27/2020 3:34:56 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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.”

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KEYWORDS: civilunrest; oregon; portland; riots; tedwheeler
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"Portland Mayor Says Let Violence ‘Burn Itself Out’ as Police Detail Nightly Destruction" Until there is nothing left to burn...!😎
21 posted on 08/27/2020 4:04:29 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: RummyChick

Who cares about MLB, NBA or NFL?
I could care less.


22 posted on 08/27/2020 4:05:37 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: tennmountainman
I could care less.

I couldn't care less.

23 posted on 08/27/2020 4:06:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tennmountainman

I care. It’s cutting into my yearly income


24 posted on 08/27/2020 4:07:04 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: Hojczyk

They voted for this damn fool. They are living in what they want to live in. Let it burn


25 posted on 08/27/2020 4:07:50 PM PDT by deanking
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To: PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; bray; 1malumprohibitum; ...

OREGON PING

If you’d like to be on the Oregon ping list, please freep mail me.


26 posted on 08/27/2020 4:10:09 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: RummyChick

Learn to code.


27 posted on 08/27/2020 4:11:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: RummyChick

MLB canceling games tonight.

***************

Former fans are canceling too. We no longer care what they do.


28 posted on 08/27/2020 4:12:31 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: JustaCowgirl

No I deeply care about sports. Not so much basketball the the other major leagues. All I ask is a little escape and the excitement of rooting for my teams. Goddamn cant we have anything anymore without politics


29 posted on 08/27/2020 4:13:04 PM PDT by deanking
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To: Hojczyk

Commie-La says keep it going.


30 posted on 08/27/2020 4:17:05 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins)
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To: deanking

Russian soccer. Korean baseball.

European soccer has brought in politics but I doubt they cancel any games.


31 posted on 08/27/2020 4:17:21 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: tennmountainman

I dont work outside of the home. I dont need to learn to code.


32 posted on 08/27/2020 4:18:33 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: Hojczyk

It’s amazing this Mayor can be this stupid or is money from someone that good


33 posted on 08/27/2020 4:23:02 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Hojczyk

Leftist violence doesn’t “burn itself out,” it feeds upon itself and morphs into more sophisticated, wide-reaching forms.


34 posted on 08/27/2020 4:23:06 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: Hojczyk

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler brags that he plans to continue to give aid and comfort to the enemy.


35 posted on 08/27/2020 4:24:00 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Hojczyk

This is what they need to be concerned about . . those who have been affected by Hurricane Laura

https://samaritanspurse.org/article/pray-for-those-in-hurricane-lauras-path-samaritans-purse-readies-response/


36 posted on 08/27/2020 4:24:54 PM PDT by Maudeen (Get Ready! (https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Matt.24))
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Reporter: “How will you know when the riots have burned out?”

Mayor Wheeler: “Well, duh, when all the buildings are burned out!”


37 posted on 08/27/2020 4:25:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wear Your Mask-Stay In Your Home-Do What You're Told-Vote Democrat)
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To: deanking

There’s an opportunity here for a wealthy investor to start a no politics league.


38 posted on 08/27/2020 4:25:14 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: Hojczyk

Another believer in “space to destroy”? I hope Baltimore got a copyright in time!


39 posted on 08/27/2020 4:25:57 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Hojczyk

I bet like the mayor of Chicago he has the police surrounding his home!


40 posted on 08/27/2020 4:28:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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