{"id":1628642,"date":"2022-08-31T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628642"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:05:38","slug":"portland-hoodlums-use-flamethrower-during-street-takeover-amidst-police-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-hoodlums-use-flamethrower-during-street-takeover-amidst-police-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Hoodlums Use Flamethrower During Street Takeover Amidst Police Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fportland-hoodlums-use-flamethrower-during-street-takeover-amidst-police-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Portland, Oregon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police force<\/a> has been anemic since the 2020 racial unrest that led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/riots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riots<\/a>, which partly explains why hoodlums are now running amok \u2014 even deploying a flamethrower \u2014 as they takeover entire streets in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/portland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The City of Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of individuals took over a Portland intersection at Northeast 72nd and Sandy on Sunday evening for 90 minutes. At least one individual had a flamethrower, and three people were shot, with one person killed.<\/p>\n<p>One neighbor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/portland\/portland-street-takeover-squealing-tires-gunshots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> KOIN 6 News that she witnessed as many as 500 people in the street as mayhem erupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were cars parked on the median,\u201d the eye-witnessed recalled. \u201cThe entire intersection was completely taken over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A video of the chaos can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thugs in Portland took over busy intersections in Portland, screeching tires, burning rubber, and even involving a flamethrower. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJs4Equ35C\">pic.twitter.com\/BJs4Equ35C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1564976301554864128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group of 100 individuals also held a candlelight vigil for Cameron Tyler, who was shot and killed during the street takeover by an unknown assailant.<\/p>\n<p>According to Portland\u2019s Police Bureau, authorities are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/police\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigating<\/a> the homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Another neighbor explained that the area is home to many young and old people, thus making the incident even more concerning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m particularly concerned because there\u2019s lots of children in the neighborhood, lots of elders in the neighborhood. Because there\u2019s a median, folks are walking around,\u201d one witness said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, that same neighbor doesn\u2019t want to see these individuals thrown into the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want these kids arrested,\u201d the unidentified individual told KOIN 6. \u201cI want there to be alternatives that seem better than doing donuts in the middle of the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if Portland police wanted to arrest the thugs involved, the department was simply stretched thin on Sunday due to several emergencies throughout the city, according to the local CBS affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gun-violence-covid-health-police-2b1f9d8dce1fe3acbb1c5e3910d39e09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that since 2020, Portland\u2019s police force has lost 237 sworn officers. The city defunded the department in 2020 at the request of Black Lives Matter only to refund the police force after crime rates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2021-11-17\/portland-among-us-cities-looking-to-refund-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skyrocketed<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell expressed concern for the city\u2019s future, given the inability to attract new officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I wonder, what the profession is going to be 20 years from now if we\u2019re having these challenges on a nationwide scale,\u201d Lovell told the press. \u201cAre we going to be able to recruit enough people to serve our cities?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would appear Portland doesn\u2019t even have enough people to serve its city now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/families-are-fleeing-portland-because-its-a-hellhole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Families Are Fleeing Portland Because It\u2019s A\u00a0Hellhole<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland, Oregon\u2019s police force has been anemic since the 2020 racial unrest that led to riots, which partly explains why hoodlums are now running amok \u2014 even deploying a flamethrower \u2014 as they takeover entire streets in The City of Roses. 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