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

Breitbart ^ | August 27, 2020U | PENNY STARR

[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.”

[RummyChick]

MLB canceling games tonight. Some have been playing. not sure what happens with the double headers

NHL games cancelled for two days

[SaxxonWoods]

Better call Kamala. She’s says it’s not ending and it sounds like she’s ready to hit the front lines herself.

[moehoward]

How much “in support of “ or concern over BLM morons interrupting the games?

[JustaCowgirl]

Amazingly, nobody cares. Did they think Americans would be crying over it?

[ealgeone]

fine...start with her house. then I bet she’ll feel different.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

"I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech. It's a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy, space to do that as well. And we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate."

- Mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 2015

It's the playbook. Give them "the space to destroy."

[Steely Tom]

"... we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well..."

— ex-Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

[metmom]

When?

It’s been going on for four years now.

[RummyChick]

afraid of backlash

NHL was getting it for not cancelling games

this is so ridiculous

[Truth29]

With political leadership like that, why would any police officer risk anything at all? Just walk away and see if Portland residents have any point where they find this intolerable. If not, let it all burn and if people get in trouble, oh well. No one in their right mind should be in any riot area at this point.

[Amendment10]

"Portland Mayor Says Let Violence ‘Burn Itself Out’ [??? emphasis added] as Police Detail Nightly Destruction"

Let violence “burn itself out,” coming from a government “leader,” can be roughly translated to let’s “lead from the rear” imo.

Send "Orange Man Bad" federal and state government desperate Democrats home in November!

Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress and state government leaders that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping SARS-CoV-2 will effectively give fast-working Trump a "third term" in office imo.

[EBH]

Arrest the Mayor for incitement. And then go out and do the job you were hired to do. Protect citizens.

[Ex gun maker.]

As has been touched upon before, it may be time for the elderly with “One foot in the grave” and “Nothing to loose” to put a stop to this insanity.
Beyond disgusting that such thoughts even come to mind, but this garbage cannot be allowed to continue and grow.

[dirtboy]

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

[pnut22]

I’ve watched live streams of Portland most days and it has turned into a game. Rioters get in the cops faces, cops run them off. Rinse and repeat. One of the chants the rioters/protesters often use is about doing this every night. As time goes on the noise and squalor moves into residential areas and I am sure converts Slow Joe lovers to law and order man, Trump.

It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.

[dp0622]

Yeah that worked well with the nazis.

What these people want and how powerful the forces behind them are, are being misread by so many.

[joe fonebone]

I agree.... The west coast needs it’s own Detroit..

[shelterguy]

“””which began in May following the death of George Floyd””

So this idiot mayor is letting Portland burn to the ground in honor of a career criminal who died of a drug overdose.

[null and void]

I am sure [it] converts Slow Joe lovers to law and order man, Trump

Don't be.