Portland, Ore. Citing a supposed "disproportionate" stops of people of color, Portland's Gun Violence Reduction Team was eliminated last year by Portland politicians as part of a $15 million dollar defunding effort. At the time, the head of the Portland Police Union, Daryl Turner, said he believed
Shootings in Democrat-Controlled Portland up over 116 Percent
29 Dec 2020
Shootings in Democrat-controlled Portland, Oregon, are up over 116 percent as compared to shootings in the city during 2019.
Fox News reports “at least 850 shootings…as of Christmas Eve” 2020, compared to 393 shootings for all of 2019.
Moreover, December 2020 alone has witnessed 59 shootings, a significant increase over the 33 shootings in December 2019.
On December 26, 2020, KGW8 noted Portland saw “more than 50 homicides” January 1, 2020, to December 24, 2020, marking the highest number of homicides in the city in almost 30 years.
Portland has been a hotbed for anti-police/defund the police demonstrations in 2020.