{"id":1989999,"date":"2023-08-03T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-doctor-bloodied-by-metal-bottle-in-unprovoked-attack-slams-city-for-defunding-the-police\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:41:01","slug":"portland-doctor-bloodied-by-metal-bottle-in-unprovoked-attack-slams-city-for-defunding-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-doctor-bloodied-by-metal-bottle-in-unprovoked-attack-slams-city-for-defunding-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland doctor attacked with metal bottle criticizes city for defunding police."},"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\">22<\/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-doctor-bloodied-by-metal-bottle-in-unprovoked-attack-slams-city-for-defunding-the-police%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=1989999&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--><h2>A Portland Doctor&#8217;s Unprovoked \u200dAttack\u2064 Highlights\u2063 City&#8217;s Police Defunding<\/h2>\n<p>A Portland doctor who was bloodied \u2064and\u2064 struck unconscious by a metal bottle in an unprovoked \u200battack \u200bon \u200dFriday \u200dis holding \u2063the\u2064 city responsible, calling out the city\u2019s leftist leaders for \u201cdefunding the \u200dpolice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary Costantino, an interventional radiologist, left a bar\u200c downtown around 10:30 \u200bpm with a friend when an\u2062 attacker\u200b walked towards the\u200b two and chucked an aluminum bottle at her, striking her face and knocking her\u200d unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>She was left with a \u2062black eye and a bloodied face, including a cut \u200bon her nose\u2062 and \u200ba busted \u200clip, according to\u200d photos taken shortly after the attack,\u200c which show\u2064 the \u2064doctor looking dazed as she sits on the\u200b sidewalk\u2064 next to a pool of blood.<\/p>\n<p>The attack\u200b was captured on surveillance footage, which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/03\/portland-doctor-mary-costantino-struck-in-face-during-unprovoked-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a> a\u2062 hooded white man with a backpack \u200cand the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-doctor-bloodied-by-metal-bottle-in-unprovoked-attack-slams-city-for-defunding-the-police\/\" title=\"Portland doctor attacked with metal bottle criticizes city for defunding police.\">aluminum water bottle \u200ccrossing<\/a> the \u2062street to chuck the bottle at Costantino, who crumples to\u200c the \u200cground when she is \u200bhit. Her male companion stumbles\u2064 when the bottle\u2062 is thrown and \u200bstarts to\u200c walk toward the attacker,\u200b who runs away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PORTLAND, Oregon \u2013 Police are asking for the public\u2019s\u2062 help after an\u200c unknown\u200c suspect \u2062knocked a woman unconscious with a\u200d metal bottle in NW Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows Dr. Mary Costantino walking\u200b near a MAX train station \u200dwhen she was\u2064 hit by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-12-worst-endocrine-disruptors-and-how-to-avoid-them\/\" title=\"The 12 Worst Endocrine Disruptors and How to Avoid Them\">metal water bottle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got\u2063 hit and I fell\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bRT43gX5NK\">pic.twitter.com\/bRT43gX5NK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Denn Dunham (@DennD68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DennD68\/status\/1687093203449630722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Costantino said her friend \u200bsaved her from being \u2063attacked again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe \u2062said that the perpetrator \u200d\u2026 \u200dwas still coming towards me,\u201d she\u2062 said. \u201cAnd he turned\u2063 around \u200band really\u200b aggressively yelled at him\u2064 and the guy ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Costantino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-woman-knocked-attacker-blames-city-slow-police-response-ourselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> she believed she was going to die \u2062as \u200bshe bled on the\u200c sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we were\u200d still being sort of attacked some way and so \u200dI managed to call 911. I was very calm, but \u2064I was also very sure \u2064I was\u200d going to die,\u201d she told Fox News. \u2064\u201cIn my head, I \u2062was\u200c like \u2018I\u2019m gonna try \u2063and just \u200bverbalize a report of what was happening so \u200dthere\u2019s some record of \u2064how I died.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened\u2064 in downtown Portland near\u2062 Southwest 17th Avenue \u2063and Southwest Yamhill Street.<\/p>\n<p>Costantino\u2064 said\u2064 she had to \u200dwait more than 20 minutes for police to \u2064arrive, but she emphasized \u200cthat the police were not to blame for the delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not hold the police accountable for this\u2062 at all\u200b \u2014 I hold our city\u200d accountable for defunding the police,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have \u200cenough police force\u200b to protect our citizens, and we did this \u2064to\u200d ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t have police officers to\u2063 come to the side\u200d of\u200b somebody who is under attack, then we\u2019re all on our own,\u201d Costantino said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she has \u201c100%\u201d changed how she votes after seeing \u2062Portland become less and less safe.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 amid \u200cviolent \u200bprotests against police,\u200b Portland\u2019s city council\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/article\/portland-police-budget-15-million-defund-cannabis-council-vote\/#:~:text=UPDATE%20(2%3A16%20p.m.%20PT,advocates%20had%20been%20pushing%20for.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> to\u200d slash \u2064the \u2064police department\u2019s\u200c budget by\u200d $15 million. The city\u2063 has gradually attempted\u200d to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/city\/2023\/05\/04\/portland-mayors-proposed-budget-includes-more-cops\/\">reinstate<\/a> funding but with\u200d little results.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Portland\u2019s police \u200bdepartment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/crime\/2021\/04\/overworked-overwhelmed-and-burned-out-why-portland-cops-say-theyre-leaving-in-droves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a> hemorrhaging officers.\u200c The city has hired more police since September when the\u2062 city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portlanders-taking-precautions-avoid-attacked-response-rising-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was\u200c short<\/a> 100 cops, but the police department is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-woman-knocked-attacker-blames-city-slow-police-response-ourselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still down<\/a> \u2063 about 80 officers.<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Police Bureau \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-woman-knocked-attacker-blames-city-slow-police-response-ourselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> \u2063 the violent incident, with\u2062 a spokesman \u200bsaying the attack appears to\u200c be \u201cunprovoked \u2063and brutal\u201d according \u200dto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attackers-throw-molotov-cocktails-at-jewish-home-in-israel\/\" title=\"Attackers Throw Molotov Cocktails at Jewish Home in Israel\">security camera footage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman\u200b said officers were dispatched at 10:55 \u2064pm,\u2062 about \u200d20 minutes after Costantino says the attack happened, and they arrived on \u2063the scene eight minutes later, but by \u2062then, Costantino had already given up and started going home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is always to \u2064help as much as we can, as quickly as we can. But with our \u200cstaffing being at historic lows, this\u200d has become a challenge for us,\u201d Lieutenant Nathan \u200bSheppard \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-woman-knocked-attacker-blames-city-slow-police-response-ourselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox\u200d News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers joined the Police Bureau to help\u200c people, and\u2064 when they are unable, \u2063it \u200btakes a toll,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to hire, so there\u2019s\u200d definitely\u200b hope, and things WILL get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheppard also\u200b said \u2062that \u200bat the time of Costantino\u2019s call, there were zero officers free to respond.\u2063 Police were actively working on 26 other calls\u2064 across Portland, and 52 calls were holding, he \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Portland doctor blames the city&#8217;s leftist leaders for &#8220;defunding the police&#8221; after being brutally attacked with a metal bottle. Mary Costantino, an interventional radiologist, was leaving a downtown bar with a friend when an unprovoked assailant approached, leaving her bloodied and unconscious. 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