Weatherman2020
Diamond Member
The new Detroit. It’s called IOTTMCO – “Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer”. I mean seriously, what did they THINK was going to happen? Orwell foretold it. Build that fence, build that fence around these corrupted Democrat cities as they self destruct themselves.
Contemplating the 266 shootings and 25 homicides in just the first three months of this year, Antoinette Edwards was struggling to understand how Portland city commissioners could oppose the mayor’s proposal to restart a Portland Police gun-violence team.
What more do commissioners need to know to understand the trauma neighbors feel about repeated shootings on their street, Edwards, who headed the city’s office of violence prevention for 10 years, asked at a Thursday press conference. What daily data report can bring the reality of the threat home to commissioners? How many more loved ones need to die before commissioners match the urgency of this crisis with courageous action of their own?
Contemplating the 266 shootings and 25 homicides in just the first three months of this year, Antoinette Edwards was struggling to understand how Portland city commissioners could oppose the mayor’s proposal to restart a Portland Police gun-violence team.
What more do commissioners need to know to understand the trauma neighbors feel about repeated shootings on their street, Edwards, who headed the city’s office of violence prevention for 10 years, asked at a Thursday press conference. What daily data report can bring the reality of the threat home to commissioners? How many more loved ones need to die before commissioners match the urgency of this crisis with courageous action of their own?
Editorial: Portland’s gun violence surge needs dedicated police team
With 25 homicides already in just the first three months of the year, Portland city leaders should heed the call of community members, violence prevention activists and others to support reconvening a gun violence reduction team that operates under close community scrutiny, the editorial board...
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