There is something new but please don’t jump to the bottom of this Blog Posting to find out what it is. Wade through my words to get to there. You will enjoy the wade...Or will u?
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Following the Kyle Rittenhouse Not-Guilty Verdict there were scattered protests across the Fruited Plain and a riot was declared in Portland, Oregon.
Maybe you think I am Picking on Portland. Maybe you think I am making this up because I like to Pick on Portland. Well, Mr. Smarty Pants Wrong Thinker, here is a link to a 44 second USA Today Video Article that shows I am speaking the truth...again.
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In 1945 four years after I was born a movie entitled A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was a sensation. Today A Riot Was Declared in Portland is not a movie and we don’t see much about Portland’s riots on the Nightly News because the Talking Heads don’t want to look like they are Picking on Portland.
Here is a link to a Washington Examiner News Article that tells us all about these Ongoing Riots...
(If you don’t want to click on the link, just read the last paragraph excerpt below the link below and you will get a good feel about what’s going on over there.)
The last paragraph says it all, “Portland has chosen to be the home of rioters for years now. The city will also likely set its new modern high for homicides, as it is well on pace to pass its 1987 record. Portland leaders and Oregon legislators have stood idly by as lawlessness has been encouraged by activists and agitators. The outcome has been predictable, and the same mindset can’t be allowed to consume other cities or states throughout the country.”
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Portland’s Mayor Wheeler
Ø George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020.
Ø Nationwide protests and rioting started on May 25, 2020.
Ø Portland was especially hit with riots happening almost every night since May 25, 2020.
Ø Mayor Wheeler instructed the Portland Police to Stand Down.
Ø It was called a Strategy.
Ø The Anarchists saw the police standing around and took that as Portland’s “permission” to continue to Riot.
Ø The Anarchists continued to Riot.
Ø Portland’s City Elections were held on November 3, 2020.
Ø November 3, 2020 is more than 5 months after the rioting in Portland started.
Ø The police have been standing and watching what was happening all this time because Mayor Wheeler told them to do “enforce” his Stand and Watch Strategy.
Mayor Ted Wheeler Was Relected On November 3, 2020!
Wheeler had support from
United for Portland, a group that formed in October and included the Services
Employees International Union, the Portland Business Alliance, the Oregon
Restaurant & Lodging Association, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters,
and the Portland NAACP.
Hiz Honor got 46.0% of the vote.
The second place candidate got 40.8% of the Vote.
Charlie Brown is visiting with me today. Charlie just said, “Aaugh!”
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Is it possible I still have not convinced you that there is A Lot of Rioting in Portland? WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU? Did I just hear you say it is an exaggeration to say Portland Rioted Almost Every Night? Ok, Mr. Hard to Convince, here is what happened during the 72 nights following May 29, 2020...
Protesters threw projectiles during 58 of the 72 nights of demonstrations.
They started fires on 42 of the nights.
Riots were declared on 17 of the nights, though it isn’t reported how often police classified the Chaos not as Riots but as “Unlawful Assemblies”.
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Portland Mayor Admits Hands-Off Approach to Riots Was
Wrong
I know some of you will not read this Mea Culpa Article about Hiz Honor saying it was hiz fault so I will leave you with these 4 bullet point excerpts from the article the some of you did not read...
Ø Even after the rest of the nation started to settle down, Portland had riots continue nightly for months.
Ø This was especially problematic because the Portland Police Department didn’t really do anything because the city mandated a hands-off approach to the rioters.
Ø Now, the mayor believes that might have been a mistake.
Ø Let’s file this under, “No s***, Sherlock.” (Fella did the highlighting.)
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe: Now I know what you are about to be thinking in a moment. You are going to think, “How dare Fella add a Lagniappe to this already too long Blog Posting!”
The Headline to that last link above was (that might have been a mistake) ...
Portland mayor now
says police ‘hands off’ riot response was ‘not the right strategy’
Fella comment to Hiz Honor the Mayor... Doing nothing in the face of massive and ongoing destruction of lives and property in your city Is Not A Strategy!
