The change allows police to book people into jail for misdemeanor crimes instead of issuing a citation.
Credit: Portland Police Bureau
A small fire in the street outside the Justice Center in downtown Portland on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 5:51 PM PDT April 26, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese sent out a special order to deputies allowing people arrested for misdemeanor crimes, including reckless burning and criminal mischief, to be booked into jail.
Previously, police officers issued a citation for the misdemeanor crimes and ordered the person to appear at a future court date. The change in booking criteria took effect on April 23, according to a memo signed by Sheriff Reese.
Apr 26, 2021
So who is he going to blame for the ongoing violence and destruction by liberals now that Trump is gone.
Last year, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler blamed the city’s violence on Trump.
Well, Trump is going and the violence continues.
Last week, a group of around 80 left-wing thugs gathered in Northeast Portland and smashed windows that the Blazers Boys & Girls Club, causing nearly $20,000 in damages to the club.
Mayor Wheeler says: “they want to burn. They want to bash, like they did to the nonprofit Boys and Girls Club in Northeast. Really they want to intimidate. They want to assault.”
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Black Bloc Marches Into Bar District After Portland Mayor Pledges Crackdown Along Northwest 21st Avenue, tipsy bar patrons at outdoor tables watched merrily, with one woman raising her fist. A protester shows off his new tattoo to reporters on April 23, 2021. (Justin Yau) Updated 5:28 PM After a day in which the family of a man killed by Portland police called for an independent prosecutor, and the mayor promised a crackdown on police-abolition activists who smash windows during protest marches, a few dozen black bloc marchers entered the upscale Alphabet District as bars were nearing last call.
Portland Mayor Urges Residents to Help ‘Unmask’ Rioters and ‘Take the City Back’
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.
Editorial: Drawing the line between chaos and community
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The Blazers Boys and Girls Club was among the targets of property destruction earlier this month. April 20, 2021 Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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The verdict declaring former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s murder won’t singlehandedly restore many Americans’ faith in the criminal justice system, nor does it disentangle our policing practices from the discriminatory beliefs often embedded in them.
But it is affirmation that our institutions, as flawed as they may be, can evolve and that those who betray our faith can be held accountable. It’s evidence that progress can come from challenging our institutions to be better, not by abolishing or breaking them. And at this critical moment in which Portlanders are struggling to climb out of a year of pandemic and unrest, it offers a message of hope and encouragement that we can build on this moment.