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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I've been getting a lot of detail from my sister and mother in Portland about what is going on there, and it sounds not to dissimilar to your comments on Minneapolis not long ago. There is a very dysfunctional and hostile police force, that has escalated a situation, but there also is a situation with some of the downtown rioting that needs to be handled. The Mayor has not been helpful and the City Council is looking to take control of the Police.
So the feds are basically bringing a gas truck to a bonfire.
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The feds are now gassing a bunch of middle-aged moms, some of whom I actually know.
It's not actually the City Council gunning for control of the police, but one council member who is a long-time reform advocate. Portland has a weird system of government. Mayor is really just another council member; more legislator than executive. His one special power is the power to assign city bureaus to council members. Mayors have usually assigned the police to themselves.
