Agree. I’ve been disgusted since the Dem mayor in Portland, Oregon in May, 2020 told the cops to stand down. This was to refrain from interfering in clashes between Antifa and onlookers.
They leaned against a store building with their arms folded as they watched a white haired citizen get tripped and then kicked and punched by black clad antifa thugs for arguing against the BLM side in public.
100 nights of rioting. In June, 2020 Portland partially defunded the police but due to criticism it did not fully “defund” them. Their budget was redirected to parks and other areas. The “school resource officers” and “transit police” were fully defunded.
No budget year since 2020 has had a full police force due to not enough recruits applying.
Incredibly, “In May 2025, the Portland City Council again approved redirecting funds from the police to the Parks and Recreation Bureau, which the police chief stated would hinder recruitment efforts.”
—Oregon Public Broadcasting and Wikipedia.
One of the most beautiful cities in the country is reduced to ruin. Buildings destroyed, public art destroyed, graffiti and filth everywhere, open drug use, crime and mayhem, tent cities all over. Citizens pleas for help restoring order have gone unanswered for years. Property values crashing. No buyers for homes.
Antifa and their ilk just want to destroy. They are incapable of building anything whether art, architecture or a civilization.
Who wants to live like that? Why? Why do people keep voting for this?