Posted on 09/01/2020 3:01:20 AM PDT by karpov
Aaron “Jay” Danielson was shot and killed Saturday in downtown Portland, Ore., where he was participating in a vehicle caravan to show support for President Trump. No one has been charged, but the Oregonian newspaper reports police are investigating 48-year-old Michael Forest Reinoehl, who described himself on Facebook as “100% Antifa.” Not long after Danielson was killed, a video was posted to the internet of a woman in Portland shouting into a bullhorn: “Our community can hold its own without the police. . . . I am not sorry a f— fascist died tonight!” That elicited cheers and applause from the crowd of dozens.
As a third-generation Oregonian and former Portland resident, I’ve been bombarded with questions over the past few months about why one of America’s whitest cities has descended into civic madness following the police killing of George Floyd. Violent radicalism had been flourishing in the city for years before the rest of the country paid attention, and Mayor Ted Wheeler’s feckless leadership is no anomaly. The situation in Portland has been enabled by 50 years of political leadership that has been as corrupt and depraved as it has been “progressive.”
Danielson’s killing was a culmination of more than 90 days of unruly protests in Portland. It occurred the day after Mr. Wheeler sent President Trump a letter belligerently rejecting federal help to restore order. “When you sent the Feds to Portland” in July, Mr. Wheeler wrote, “you made the situation far worse.”
In truth, the increased federal police presence around the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse was justified. The city had stood by when rioters burned the Multnomah County Justice Center jail and the Portland Police Bureau headquarters a few blocks away.
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Well, that’s what happens when dipshitz vote.
All of those people deserve two year vacations in Laos or North Korea.
Portland is a city of hate.
These commies take prime choice real estate and phuc it up.
want to know why there are no arrests???
the shooter (murderer) AND HIS DAUGHTER
met with the Mayor the night before.
this murder was planned the night before
BY THE MAYOR. THAT is confirmed because
there have been NO arrest(s).
pics are on the internet.
Absolutely the best place I have ever lived.
Of course, I was also earning the most money I have ever earned in my life, which can modify your perspective.
It makes me sad to think that such a lovely town could change so radically in two decades.
For a half-century the majority of Portland voters have betrayed America by electing these ruinous politicians.
In Texas, over the years, Austin has had a similar kakistocratic city government, elected by a majority of voters, like the driver of a truck I saw yesterday with both Bernie and Beto bumperstickers.
Yeah, Portland has always been a blight on civilization. A depressing place.
Daughter, father and mayor need to be arrested by Feds for insurrection and sedition against the nation plus murder and conspiracy to murder.
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We were in NW Portland ... glory days...had to move in 1995...what a sad state Portland is in now
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