Neighboring Sheriffs to Portland - "Nope."
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The sheriffs of Clackamas and Washington County say they will not send staff to help with protests in Portland after Oregon Governor Kate Brown unveiled a plan to address the violence at protests.
The plan called on several local law enforcement agencies to help, including the sheriff's offices of Washington and Clackamas counties.
Clackamas Co. Sheriff Craig Roberts said the governor didn’t approach his office before rolling out the plan, intended to address the violence and arson while also protecting free speech.
“Increasing law enforcement resources in Portland will not solve the nightly violence and now, murder,” the sheriff said. “The only way to make Portland safe again, is to support a policy that holds offenders accountable for their destruction and violence.”
Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett cited several risks that led to the decision, including "the lack of political support for public safety, the uncertain legal landscape, the current volatility combined with intense scrutiny on use of force."
Gov. Brown's plan also said Gresham Police would help with the protest response. KATU reached out to Gresham PD, and they said they are "currently in discussion" on whether or not they will assist the Portland Police Bureau.
The Oregon Association Chiefs of Police also spoke out just before 5 p.m. Monday, saying it too "cannot dedicate our limited resources away from the communities we serve."
KATU News reached out to Governor Brown's office for a response after the initial statement from Sheriff Roberts was released. They said the plan "is meant to allow for this kind of flexibility in supporting each other as we all collectively deal with the difficult situation in Portland."
CCSO officials said they will help Oregon State Police with their emergency calls while troopers are being called into Portland.
Washington County Sheriff Garrett also said Monday that he didn't plan on sending in deputies to assist, however, they would offer support in "indirect ways."
The Sheriffs' statements are at the link.
Among them: "However, the lack of political support for public safety, the uncertain legal landscape, the current volatility combined with intense scrutiny on use of force presents an unacceptable risk if deputies were deployed directly."
" Increasing law enforcement resources in Portland will not solve the nightly violence and now, murder. The only way to make Portland safe again, is to support a policy that holds offenders accountable for their destruction and violence. That will require the DA to charge offenders appropriately and a decision by the Multnomah County Presiding Judge not to allow offenders released on their own recognizance, and instead require bail with conditions."
"We would propose the following as steps to bring an end to the criminal acts and violence in Portland beginning with a strong statement by elected leadership at all levels that criminal acts are not legitimate protest and that those who commit crimes will be held accountable. There must be support for Law Enforcement actions, through preventative detention and prosecution, when criminal violators are arrested. Finally, there must be publicly voiced support for Law Enforcement and its efforts to protect lawful protesters and hold criminal violators accountable in a very difficult environment."
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When the broader culture begins to feel personal damage from the virtuous progressives who enable the rioting mobs, the broader culture is going to mow down the virtuous progressives like tissue paper. Like a mower that operates on tissue paper rather than grass. Particularly soft and flimsy tissue paper. These people have been given a very long leash and they have giddily wielded their social shaming weapons from within their protective social bubbles, but let's not lose sight of the fact that they are fucking pussies.
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The interesting thing that has not been mentioned to my knowledge is this is Portland's problem and has been badly handled from day one. Why would these areas wish to draw the protestors' ire to their locations? So Portland would then come help them out? Not likely.
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What an easy call for the Sheriffs.
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
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What an easy call for the Sheriffs.
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
@xenon said in Neighboring Sheriffs to Portland - "Nope.":
What an easy call for the Sheriffs.
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
Kind of like the HUD video women who said they had no idea it would used by the RNC even though they acknowledged emails to that effect?
Interesting watching two parallel threads and how the posters react to each.
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What an easy call for the Sheriffs.
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
@xenon said in Neighboring Sheriffs to Portland - "Nope.":
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
- Probably their constituents will be unhappy if forces are diverted from their own community.
- Preservation of law and private property should be enough political pressure.
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What an easy call for the Sheriffs.
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
@xenon said in Neighboring Sheriffs to Portland - "Nope.":
Curious how much (and what sort of) political pressures the Sheriffs face.
Like most states, Sheriffs in Oregon are elected
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States
The pressure is to remain employed.
The pressure is applied by the voters. -
What really worries me is that someday at one of these riots, hundreds of rioters might be killed in some huge, unfortunate incident. If that ever happens, the social pressure on all of us to pretend to care will be enormous. I'm not sure if I'll be able to bear it.
