Free Republic

At least a dozen major U.S. cities have set grim new records for homicides in 2021 — and the year is not over yet. Portland turned over its streets to Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioters last year and allowed the far-left to dictate public policy. Elected officials in the 'City of Roses' condemned the police, defunded law enforcement and coddled violent criminals in the name of 'anti-fascism' and 'anti-racism.' Now it's dealing with yet another year of surging murders, shootings, riots, homeless encampments, mass looting and violent criminality. In early December, the Portland Police Bureau announced that it would only be...