A Multnomah County, Ore., grand jury on Thursday found that a Portland police officer’s Dec. 6 fatal shooting of a man suspected in a string of armed carjackings was not criminal.
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[You can read all of the Mercury’s “Top Stories of 2021” here.—eds] After a year of sustained protests against police violence, Portland’s police force entered 2021 on shaky ground. This year saw police penalized for their actions during 2020’s protests, an alarming number of people killed at the hands of officers, and a reluctant acceptance that the city’s police force still requires a babysitter in the form of the federal government. Portland Police Union President.
At least a dozen major U.S. cities have set grim new records for homicides in 2021 and the year is not over yet. The city that may be the worst among them is Portland where I'm from. Portland turned over its streets to Black Lives.
Portland turned over its streets to Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioters last year and allowed the far-left to dictate public policy. Now it s dealing with yet another year of surging murders.