Yes, Chief Day should resign. If he doesn’t, it wouldn’t be surprising if he ends up being the fall guy for a Mayor and City Council who hid behind Portland and Oregon’s ridiculous “sanctuary law” to appease Portland’s phony progressives.
Had Portland police kept the peace on the city streets outside ICE, Trump would have had no reason to send in federal troops. As you point out, “if it’s such a small area of no consequence, why hasn’t the PPB been able to police it?”
Because they have falsely claimed that it’s an “immigration” issue, and they can’t get involved in immigration issues. Keeping the peace and enforcing the Noise Ordinance are not immigration issues.
Ultimately, the Mayor and City Council will probably blame Day for not giving them better advice. He was in a position to stick his neck and do the right thing — he has a very generous pension and a side gig giving inspirational speeches.
He could have easily afforded to tell his bosses the truth and risk being fired. It would have been the honorable thing to do.
Portland is an example of a city where the left wing political leadership has aligned the armed might of the police force with Antifa.
So many of these cities run by left wing extremists are effectively in a state of open rebellion against the elected federal government. It's no different than what the Democrats did in the South in 1861, and their insurrection needs to be put down using the full force of the federal government.
In a country where law and order is expected, the left in Portland and Seattle just plain ignore the law, and ignore the pain and suffering caused to the men and women of ICE along with those who report the truth. The worst is that they get away with it and as they succeed in that, our beloved country slides further into lawlessness. Are we already in a communist country?
Agree except for the reality that most countries -especially Communist countries- never put up with such ridiculous lawlessness. It's only when communists/left wing folks are trying to destabilize the country that such behavior is not only considered acceptable, it's viewed as justified and noble. Violence is a favorite tactic. Anyone complaining is hounded and discredited. Half the population nods and pretends to admire the emperor's new clothes. An even more bizarre response: folks on last week Bloomberg TV business channel were blabbing in defense of Antifa... of course they asserted Antifa was not a terrorist group.
Of course they did. How do you think the left took control to begin with?
Whether we're talking about the Bolsheviks or the Nazis, rampant crime and toleration of it were part of their rise to power. The Nazis ran a giant street army, the SA, which was much like Antifa (Antifa finding its origins in the communist's opposing street army). The Bolsheviks funded themselves by robbing banks.
In both cases, weak governments riddled with sympathisers did little to stop them, especially as the punishments weren't harsh enough e.g. exile from which it was easy to escape. From around 1917 the Russian institutions started splitting along ideological lines.
Unfortunately, comparing against historical examples, we see that left-controlled cities in the USA are already very far along the road to outright totalitarian control. Where the Tsars did try to prosecute and punish political violence and crime, they just weren't harsh enough to suppress it. In places like Portland prosecutions and punishments have evaporated entirely. Antifa could evolve into something more structured like the Red Army at any time and they wouldn't be stopped.
What a detailed report and after reading it PPD is complicit in the ongoing cluster fuck that is the city of Portland. The Mayor, Governor and all elected officials should be immediately removed and Marshall Law declared. You can’t make this shit up. It is a National disgrace.
This is all so infuriating, but what really puts the icing on this garbage cake is this:
"He’s drawing double pay from a generous pension and a police chief's salary."
HIs 'generous pension' is partially funded by the taxpayers, as is his police chief's salary. I collect a paltry $247 from a private sector union, and am required to report to them if I go back to work at a paying job, at which point my $247 monthly direct deposit will be suspended. How is it that our unionized public employees - you know, those we continually refer to as 'heroes' are allowed to collect their pensions AND a salary at the same time? One is either retired or one is not. It might be forgivable if the pensioner/'hero' were actually doing the job that he is being paid to do, which is protect the public from vermin like Antifa.
Of all the problems Portland has, it is misguided to say that Chief Day is one of them. He has an incredibly hard job and is one of the few actual good leaders we have.
Wowzer. I thought Seattle was a shithole with incompetent leadership! Portland though, comes from the back for the win!
Yep.
The whole thing is one tragedy after relentless, exhausting, theatrical, pointless, dangerous, murderous stupid Leftist tragedy!
That sums up my thoughts exactly.
Yes, Chief Day should resign. If he doesn’t, it wouldn’t be surprising if he ends up being the fall guy for a Mayor and City Council who hid behind Portland and Oregon’s ridiculous “sanctuary law” to appease Portland’s phony progressives.
Had Portland police kept the peace on the city streets outside ICE, Trump would have had no reason to send in federal troops. As you point out, “if it’s such a small area of no consequence, why hasn’t the PPB been able to police it?”
Because they have falsely claimed that it’s an “immigration” issue, and they can’t get involved in immigration issues. Keeping the peace and enforcing the Noise Ordinance are not immigration issues.
Ultimately, the Mayor and City Council will probably blame Day for not giving them better advice. He was in a position to stick his neck and do the right thing — he has a very generous pension and a side gig giving inspirational speeches.
He could have easily afforded to tell his bosses the truth and risk being fired. It would have been the honorable thing to do.
Great analysis.
Portland is an example of a city where the left wing political leadership has aligned the armed might of the police force with Antifa.
So many of these cities run by left wing extremists are effectively in a state of open rebellion against the elected federal government. It's no different than what the Democrats did in the South in 1861, and their insurrection needs to be put down using the full force of the federal government.
It’s hard to believe the lawlessness has gone for THIS long.
Yes. I’ve become numb.
Unfortunately, we all have. And that is how Marxism wins (at least until they kill everyone and the movement collapses).
Must we continue to relive this history over and over again because of this?
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In a country where law and order is expected, the left in Portland and Seattle just plain ignore the law, and ignore the pain and suffering caused to the men and women of ICE along with those who report the truth. The worst is that they get away with it and as they succeed in that, our beloved country slides further into lawlessness. Are we already in a communist country?
Agree except for the reality that most countries -especially Communist countries- never put up with such ridiculous lawlessness. It's only when communists/left wing folks are trying to destabilize the country that such behavior is not only considered acceptable, it's viewed as justified and noble. Violence is a favorite tactic. Anyone complaining is hounded and discredited. Half the population nods and pretends to admire the emperor's new clothes. An even more bizarre response: folks on last week Bloomberg TV business channel were blabbing in defense of Antifa... of course they asserted Antifa was not a terrorist group.
Of course they did. How do you think the left took control to begin with?
Whether we're talking about the Bolsheviks or the Nazis, rampant crime and toleration of it were part of their rise to power. The Nazis ran a giant street army, the SA, which was much like Antifa (Antifa finding its origins in the communist's opposing street army). The Bolsheviks funded themselves by robbing banks.
In both cases, weak governments riddled with sympathisers did little to stop them, especially as the punishments weren't harsh enough e.g. exile from which it was easy to escape. From around 1917 the Russian institutions started splitting along ideological lines.
Unfortunately, comparing against historical examples, we see that left-controlled cities in the USA are already very far along the road to outright totalitarian control. Where the Tsars did try to prosecute and punish political violence and crime, they just weren't harsh enough to suppress it. In places like Portland prosecutions and punishments have evaporated entirely. Antifa could evolve into something more structured like the Red Army at any time and they wouldn't be stopped.
I appreciate that perspective and thank you for it.
What a detailed report and after reading it PPD is complicit in the ongoing cluster fuck that is the city of Portland. The Mayor, Governor and all elected officials should be immediately removed and Marshall Law declared. You can’t make this shit up. It is a National disgrace.
I've connected the personal, domestic violence of TQ world with the mass shooters and anarchists here:
https://uteheggen.substack.com/p/violent-crimes-by-opposite-sex-persona
This is all so infuriating, but what really puts the icing on this garbage cake is this:
"He’s drawing double pay from a generous pension and a police chief's salary."
HIs 'generous pension' is partially funded by the taxpayers, as is his police chief's salary. I collect a paltry $247 from a private sector union, and am required to report to them if I go back to work at a paying job, at which point my $247 monthly direct deposit will be suspended. How is it that our unionized public employees - you know, those we continually refer to as 'heroes' are allowed to collect their pensions AND a salary at the same time? One is either retired or one is not. It might be forgivable if the pensioner/'hero' were actually doing the job that he is being paid to do, which is protect the public from vermin like Antifa.
Portland used to be a beautiful city (late 80’s). Who even lives there anymore. So sad.
Of all the problems Portland has, it is misguided to say that Chief Day is one of them. He has an incredibly hard job and is one of the few actual good leaders we have.