Hardesty: Barrels to calm Portland high-speed shootings

Pamplin media ^ | 10-4-21 | Zane Sparling

[dynachrome]

Portland officials are rolling out a novel strategy to curb gun violence: traffic barrels.

City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has ordered the Portland Bureau of Transportation to install the traffic-calming devices across a six-block area in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood that has been plagued by shootings — some of which have been linked to high-speed drivers.

In a statement, Hardesty admitted there is "no simple solution" to the shooting spike recorded here and nationwide. Gun violence is going up even as other types of crime are decreasing. Hardesty said that officials must bring an "all-hands-on-deck" creative mindset to combat the problem.

"I'm directing PBOT to be more active and engaged in holistic solutions to community safety that can supplement police and other bureaus' roles in this effort," the transportation commissioner said on Oct. 1.

[SkyDancer]

It’d be the first item prosecutors would bargain with like they’ll drop the gun charge if the perp pleads.

[Old Yeller]

Polka, Polka, Polka!

Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run
Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer
Now's the time to roll the barrel, for the gang's all here

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or
It's a big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples they form a ring
For miles around you'll hear them sing

Zing do da do ding do da-do-do-day

Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel
Dump-dump-da da-da da-dat en da-da-da-da-da
Sing a song of good cheer
'Cause the whole gang is here
Roll it out, roll it out
Let's do the beer barrel polka

[from occupied ga]

I was going to say light ‘em up, buts that’s probably a lot more illegal than killing someone in a drive by.

[TauntedTiger]

How about one speed bump after another. Bumps every ten feet will show those renegades LE still cares about the safety of neighborhoods. /s

[JustaTech]

The orange light on top will make a challenging target for the typical gang shooter.

[Chode]

that’ll do it...

[Recompennation]

Lightemup will suffice to discourage the shootnscoot.
Georgia will be okay when the cancer is excised

[tet68]

Maybe if the traffic barrels were command detonated...?

[dynachrome]

She looks like a somali crackhead:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Jo+Ann+Hardesty%2C+the+Portland+City+Commissioner&atb=v210-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fc%2Fcb%2FJoAnn_Hardesty.jpg%2F330px-JoAnn_Hardesty.jpg

[gundog]

I was thinkin’ about going there....

”Ideas like this are why people think I smoke crack.”

[Twotone]

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