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Former Kmart in Portland that became a homeless squat burns down in huge fire
The Post Millennial ^ | 7/23/23 | Katie Daviscourt

Posted on 07/24/2023 4:47:20 AM PDT by CFW

An abandoned Kmart store that homeless vagrants have been using as their temporary home in Portland, Oregon was riddled by a massive fire on Wednesday, authorities say.

Portland Fire Bureau spokesperson Rick Graves told The Oregonian that it was only a matter of time before the site was set ablaze.

"We know this structure," Graves asserted. "We've known this has been vacant for some time … [with] people gaining occupancy and using it as their home."

Several complaints from nearby residents have recently been made towards the city over the building's accessibility and draw for homeless individuals, trash, and debris. The most recent complaint, filed on July 6, prompted a city inspection, which is currently ongoing.

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Well, I guess at least they can save some time and give up on that "ongoing investigation" into the complaints about the building and its trash and debris.

So the homeless had a roof (stolen as it were) over their heads and plenty of room for many. They burned it down. So tell me again why I should care about their plight.

1 posted on 07/24/2023 4:47:20 AM PDT by CFW
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Takes “Attention K-Mart shoppers” to a new level.


2 posted on 07/24/2023 4:51:22 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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Bidenville


3 posted on 07/24/2023 4:51:43 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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Bidenville


4 posted on 07/24/2023 4:51:43 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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So tell me again why I should care about their plight.

Good question bro. 😆

5 posted on 07/24/2023 4:52:25 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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I never saw that coming 🤔


6 posted on 07/24/2023 4:56:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Send insurance check to KMart HQ ASAP.


7 posted on 07/24/2023 5:01:46 AM PDT by cnsmom
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Similar to person killing parents and requesting sympathy for being an orphan; next u the squatters complain they have no place to go and demand government furnish housing.


8 posted on 07/24/2023 5:05:16 AM PDT by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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Similar to person killing parents and requesting sympathy for being an orphan; next u the squatters complain they have no place to go and demand government furnish housing.


9 posted on 07/24/2023 5:06:38 AM PDT by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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Politicians shut down mental institutions, leaving the mentally ill to fend for themselves.

Even when they find a place, such as this abandoned KMart, their "asylum" is a potential deathtrap without proper oversight.

10 posted on 07/24/2023 5:09:03 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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“give up on that “ongoing investigation”

You are no fun at all. There are lengthy reports that need to be produced by outside consultants as part of a contract given to the brother in law of some public official....


11 posted on 07/24/2023 5:09:36 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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Aren’t you worried about the fella who ran across the Korean DMZ?
Rep. McCaul(Tx.) is. I don’t know why. Whatever punishment he was facing here he can serve his time in N. Korea. Upon his return a dishonorable discharge. That way we don’t have to feed him in the army brig.


12 posted on 07/24/2023 5:11:44 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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Well he did show us they did not shoot on sight! That said leave him there.


13 posted on 07/24/2023 5:20:11 AM PDT by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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Looks like a nice apartment complex where they shot the film at. Guess what, they might be able to start walking around the block again...maybe.


14 posted on 07/24/2023 5:27:53 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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A little bit of petro and a lit match will clear the cockroaches. This should happen to ALL of Portland. There are so many cockroaches. /spit


15 posted on 07/24/2023 5:28:11 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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You are correct, this incident highlights why you cant help most of the homeless. because they DGAF about anything but themselves and the next high or drunk.

the mental ones should be locked up but that ship sailed with the liberal courts of the 70's when the aclu sued and called institutionalization " jail without bail" and won.

My solution?

youre dealing with people who have too much freedom and not enough consequences. STOP FEEDING AND CLOTHING THEM!

16 posted on 07/24/2023 5:30:01 AM PDT by Ikeon (I'm a mirror , what you see in me is actually a refection of yourself. )
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CLEANUP ON AISLES ONE THRU TWENTY-TWO!


17 posted on 07/24/2023 5:37:24 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Steven Tyler

B-Mart?


18 posted on 07/24/2023 5:38:48 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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19 posted on 07/24/2023 5:45:41 AM PDT by Twotone
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Garbage voters elect garbage governments. Garbage governments attract garbage people.


20 posted on 07/24/2023 5:48:11 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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