PORTLAND, OR – Folks, the anti-police movement is not only getting sillier in certain respects, it’s also getting fortified by the way of alleged rioters getting released from jail so that they can continue pursuing their dogma of abolishing police.
On August 25th, Portland experienced (gasp) another riot. During said riot, there were 23 people arrested, one of which was 29-year-old Olivia Morgan. She was arrested for second-degree disorderly conduct, interfering with a peace officer, resisting arrest, attempted escape and riot.
One of the people who chained herself inside @tedwheeler’s condo lobby is Olivia Morgan. She was arrested just two days ago at an #antifa riot, charged with felony rioting, attempting escape, resisting arrest & more. She was quickly released & now she’s at Wheeler’s home. pic.twitter.com/ILlIhcuFBz
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 29, 2020
And wouldn’t you know it – she’s not in jail anymore (shocker) and is back up to creating disturbances.
In her latest efforts, which was captured on video, Morgan decided to be among those who went to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo and staged some kind of a sit in making demands.
Lmao protestors have chained themselves together inside Ted Wheeler’s condo building and are refusing to leavepic.twitter.com/HyZ2tR4tmt
— Brittany (@Brittany3l) August 29, 2020
In the video, Morgan enters the condo building’s entrance with her band of misfits and despite being told they needed to leave as they were trespassing, her and two others linked arms with some bizarre looking tubes that said “black lives matter”.
Oh, and the list of demands is pretty outrageous too. This group of miscreants are demanding that the police budget be slashed by 50% in 2021 and then completely abolished (as in, no more cops at all) by 2022:
“Specifically, we demand that you and your fellow city leaders immediately develop a task force to plan for a 50% reduction to the Portland Police Bureau budget by 2021 and a complete abolition of the Portland Police Bureau by 2022. With no private or technological replacement.”
Their demands 🤣🤣pic.twitter.com/eI1NAw5hzw
— Brittany (@Brittany3l) August 29, 2020
If those demands weren’t crazy enough, they’re asking Mayor Wheeler to get all of the aforementioned in motion and also resign.
Oh, but these folks making demands feel as though they’re extending an olive branch to officials by affording a “timeline” to get rid of all police in Portland:
“This timeline gives existing police officers ample time to find and train for meaningful work that benefits the community.”
After calling for the police to be completely defunded, saying that all the money saved from the police force go toward “black, indigenous, and brown communities” and capping it off with telling the mayor to then resign – this group of give or take less-than 10 people said the demands are from “the people of Portland”
8/28/20 Portland | Protesters are in Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo lobby occupying the space and waiting for him. Watch full video here: https://t.co/jR5Dfwrq5S pic.twitter.com/NDX3QzEenk
— Liz Jones (@LizJone26271417) August 29, 2020
These lunatics staging this form of a “protest” were refusing to leave, and eventual many more of their cohorts gathered out front of the building as well.
Some people outside were even shining lights into the building of the condo’s upper floors to gain the mayor’s attention.
Peaceful protesters … lol
— mary jane (@mjane1000) August 29, 2020
Ironically, there are reports that the mayor wasn’t even home at the time of this protest/trespassing incident.
David Kahn, former president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves and friend of Mayor Wheeler, was said to have told the group that the mayor wasn’t home, but that he’d be happy to set up a meeting:
“I’m certain that if he was here tonight we probably could have arranged for something, but he’s not. But I know for a fact that is a standing policy for him.”
When is the mayor going to learn that these people need to be handled – specifically with the assistance of federal officers that President Trump constantly offers?
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has been jumping back and forth on positions regarding the nightly riots that have taken over the city, and even those positions he’s been swaying left and right from aren’t even that well solidified either.
It’s incredible that @PortlandPolice officers have to tolerate this total lack of leadership.
Portland Mayor Says Let Violence ‘Burn Itself Out’ as Police Detail Nightly Destruction https://t.co/IWv7Xf1ikJ
— Betsy Brantner Smith (@sgtbetsysmith) August 27, 2020
For instance, Mayor Wheeler recently said that it’s time to stop the rioters:
“We have allowed our proud tradition of progressive protest to be stolen by a few dozen individuals engaged in violence and criminal destruction.
They’re intent on creating mayhem and attacking and harming people, not just property. Enough is enough. It’s time to rise up and to take immediate steps to repair and beautify our city.”
Then, within the same week, Mayor Wheeler said that he expects protests to get violent, but if left unchecked then it “will ultimately burn itself out.”
The mayor explained recently during a radio show appearance that the Portland Police Bureau have “tried everything”, and that some things have worked well while others have not:
“[The police have] tried everything from not showing up to preemptively dispersing crowds, and some of those strategies, in my opinion, have worked well. Others have not worked well. My expectation is the police bureau will evolve, and as they see a need for change, they’ll change.”
Perhaps one of the biggest follies from the mayor in all this, since he essentially is one of the most prominent proverbial blowhorns in the city, is that he’s taken months to actually suggest that maybe the protests are getting out of hand.
THREE MONTHS TOO LATE: Portland Mayor denounces nightly riots, promises business leaders he will do something to improve downtown https://t.co/cX7UmIFcPx
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) August 28, 2020
During the August 26th comments where Mayor Wheeler acknowledged that it’s time to end the rioting, he finally managed to point out a high-profile incident that was caught on camera that painted the rioters in a negative light.
Namely, he referenced the brutal beating of a man who was pulled out from his truck and mercilessly attacked by rioters:
“Rising up to decry structural racism is a noble cause; pulling people from their vehicles and beating them in the street is a horrific, violent crime.”
Mayor Wheeler later suggested that police and protesters need to “virtually lock arms” in order to end the violence and destruction in the city. I think that was already tried in Portland on June 2nd, when Portland Police Chief Frank Clark and Portland City Manager Jon Jennings took a knee to show their ‘solidarity’ with protesters.
Portland police chief, city manager take a knee with protesters in latest demonstration – Portland Press Herald https://t.co/UwnpeleUG2
— educated derelict (@deviousfranklin) June 3, 2020
Yet here we are nearly three months after that display and obviously that didn’t accomplish anything.
So, it’s with little surprise that local in the community are not at all convinced of Mayor Wheeler’s words on addressing the riots and making things all better.
Stacey Gibson, the owner of a Subway franchise in located downtown Portland, stated the following about Mayor Wheeler’s recent comments:
“There’s no consequence for the crimes that are being committed here and that’s not OK…Honestly, for me, it’s just a bunch of words.
He’s been saying a lot of different things and to me actions are the only thing that matters. I am so frustrated with the way the city is handling everything. We’ve got three months of rioting going on here, its absolutely ridiculous.”
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