Left-wing anarchy has gotten so BAD in Portland that the sheriff won’t let his deputies respond to calls inside the city
By J. D. Heyes
In the mid-1800s, hundreds of thousands of Americans began migrating west along the Oregon Trail to take advantage of federal legislation guaranteeing a plot of land to anyone who settled the region.
“The trail was arduous and snaked through Missouri and present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and finally into Oregon,” the History Channel notes. Thousands died of diseases and what are, today, easily treatable conditions like dysentery.
Over the next century or so, Oregon flourished and became home to scores of patriotic Americans who worked hard, built lives, and made something out of an obscure frontier.
But then something happened to destroy the frontier, can-do mentality of Oregonians: Democrats and their Left-wing supporters took over and now the state is hostage to anti-establishment, anti-patriotic lunacy.
In the age of POTUS Donald Trump, Portland has become ground zero for Leftist ‘protests’ and violence. The lawlessness has become so pronounced, in fact, that the local sheriff has now instructed his deputies to stay out of the city because it’s become too dangerous and they are getting no assistance from city police.
As Law Enforcement Today reported:
Portland just lost a huge chunk of its police presence.
On Friday, Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts wrote an email to his deputies, stating his concern for their safety.
“I will not place you at unnecessary personal and professional risk,” the email read.
Portland is mostly patrolled by the Portland Police Bureau, which has come under scrutiny and criticism in recent years for doing too little to intervene against lawless Leftists and Antifa anarchists who regularly take over city streets using violence and mayhem.
The PPB gets assistance from neighboring counties including the Clackamas Sheriff’s Department. However, with Roberts’ decision, that means PPB officers will be under even more pressure from a lack of staffing, even as new protests are being staged and scheduled.
On May Day, Portland underwent another Left-wing protest — for ‘immigrant’ and ‘workers rights’ set for the downtown area.