Portland Mayor Wants Residents To 'Take The City Back'

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Portland Mayor Urges Residents to Help 'Unmask' Rioters and 'Take the City Back'

April 25, 2021


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If Portland residents are serious about taking their city back, getting rid of this communist is the first step
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Portland's mayor struck a new tone on Friday as he called for residents to help  "unmask" people behind the continued violence in Oregon's largest city. In his most urgent appeal yet, Mayor Ted Wheeler encouraged whoever  has information about the self-described anarchists who are committing  crimes in late-night riots to contact the police. The rabble rousers often show up to their so-called direct action  events in cars. If anyone spots a license plate on one of the vehicle,  they can give that information to the authorities, he added. "Our job is to unmask them, arrest them, and prosecute them. I want  to personally thank neighbors, family, friends, and others ... People know who these criminals are. They  know what they're up to," Wheeler said during a virtual briefing. The mayor also made clear that he was not asking people to become violent. "If you see somebody engaged in criminal activity, and you can safely  film it or take a photograph, please do so. To be clear, we're asking  people to be engaged in a way that is nonconfrontational, that is  nonviolent,"

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Wasn't  this the man who didn't want the National Guard in? Now he wants us to  do his job. Recall this guy. You shoot a rioter you'll go to prison with  a Dem jury like that poor policeman
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"I'm asking them to come forward, if they know  something, or they know somebody who is engaged in this kind of criminal  distraction. I'm not asking people to physically defend themselves or  defend their property. That is the purview of the police."  Wheeler said that Black Lives Matter leaders have already denounced the anarchists. Don't Shoot Portland, which describes itself as a black-ed human  rights nonprofit, alleged that Wheeler "made a dangerous call to action  to turn community members into vigilantes to defend property and 'take  back our city.'" The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon calls  Wheeler's comments "inappropriate, irresponsible, and dangerous."... District Attorney Mike Schmidt,  decline to pursue the charges, resulting in them not facing punishment for what they allegedly did.

On one recent night, a crowd dressed in the "black bloc" clothing favored by Antifa members smashed windows at a number of establishments, including a Boys and Girls Club, a nonprofit that serves youth. The  following evening, video footage showed a man punching a police sergeant  in the face. "We're seeing a lot of the same people at these events night after night after night and several people have been arrested now more than once for crimes ranging all the way from disorderly conduct to arson and  even attempted murder," ... Schmidt in a recent video statement called the rioting that stretches back nearly 11 months "unacceptable,"...  The rioters do not want things to get better in Portland, according to Wheeler. About 75 people, who  obscured themselves with all-block clothing, including face coverings,  started smashing windows and forced their way into a tavern, police  said.

Portland Mayor Urges Residents to Help 'Unmask' Rioters and 'Take the City Back'
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