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Do More Police Officers Mean Less Gun Violence? Portland anti-Police City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty struggles to respond
Willamette Week ^ | October 1, 2022 | Sophie Peel

Posted on 10/02/2022 12:34:50 PM PDT by nwrep

Far-left Portland city council member @JoAnnPDX, who blames Portland's violent decline on white supremacy, was asked by Portland's left wing newspaper "Willamette Week" about the city's surging gun violence. She struggled to answer. She is polling double digits behind challenger Rene Gonzalez


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; election; oregon; police; portland
"Even as city officials scramble to recruit and train police officers, Portland ranks 48th of 50 major American cities in cops per capita. Meanwhile, the city has experienced a historic surge in homicides and car thefts.

Are those two phenomena connected? We asked City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and her opponent in the Nov. 8 election, small-business owner and lawyer Rene Gonzalez.

We heard two very different answers."

1 posted on 10/02/2022 12:34:50 PM PDT by nwrep
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2 posted on 10/02/2022 12:36:48 PM PDT by nwrep
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Far-left Portland city council member @JoAnnPDX, who blames Portland’s violent decline on white supremacy,

Based on that sentence, Portland’s violent crime decrease is due to white supremacy, so white supremacists are helping decrease Portland’s violent crime which is a good thing.


3 posted on 10/02/2022 12:57:35 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Better than more cops — DA’s who are actually want to control crime and are funded enough to do it.


4 posted on 10/02/2022 1:21:17 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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Do More Police Officers Mean Less Gun Violence?

Not in Uvalde.

5 posted on 10/02/2022 1:28:35 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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There is only one neighborhood in Portland where it is really dangerous. And you will shocked, SHOCKED, to know the main Blvd is MLK Blvd. And for extra diversity Portland threw in Caesar Chavez blvd. In fact, the multnomah county jail stopped publishing mug shots because nearly ALL violent crime was by “people of color.”


6 posted on 10/02/2022 1:34:19 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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End of mug shots has to be opposed.

They allow people to match someone they saw to crimes while on the loose and this saves lives and property. What if it’s the search for someone’s child or grandchild? “Look for a young man in a hoodie and athletic shoes. Some facial hair.”

No one is falsely accused by having their genuine mug shot seen; it merely speeds the progress of the full investigation. If they are innocent this time it will be shown. If not, a perp is stopped.


7 posted on 10/02/2022 2:15:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Hardesty: “I make up things as I go along Now you want me to back it up with facts? Over my head for sure.”


8 posted on 10/02/2022 2:16:54 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Well, we know for certain that LESS police officers means more gun violence, so I would say that question would be easy to answer for anyone with two brain cells to rub together.


9 posted on 10/02/2022 2:25:31 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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Please explain to me how this woman can possibly complain about white supremacy while wearing an Eddie Bauer vest?

Oh, wait, I know. The Bellevue-based company bought her off. “No white privilege here!”


10 posted on 10/02/2022 3:03:06 PM PDT by nicollo ("I said no!")
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11 posted on 10/04/2022 5:42:50 AM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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Please explain to me how this woman can possibly complain about white supremacy while wearing an Eddie Bauer vest?

That may be a veiled statement against the Boyle family and Columbia Sportswear.

12 posted on 10/04/2022 6:43:02 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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