{"id":1990130,"date":"2023-08-03T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-the-police\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:23:12","slug":"we-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Regretful victim of &#8216;brutal&#8217; Portland attack blames &#8216;Defund the Police&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fwe-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-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=1990130&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--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"gettyimages.jpg\" alt=\"Getty Images\"><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A Portland Woman&#8217;s Terrifying Encounter<\/h2>\n<p>A Portland woman&#8217;s\u2063 life was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">forever changed<\/a> when she became the victim of a brutal attack last month. Mary Costantino, a doctor, \u200dbelieves that the city&#8217;s &#8220;defund the police&#8221; efforts played \u2064a significant role in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On the\u200c night\u2063 of July\u2062 28, Costantino found herself waiting for over 20 minutes \u200cfor a\u200d police \u2062response after \u200ba homeless man struck her with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-doctor-who-was-brutally-attacked-holds-city-accountable\/\" title=\"Portland doctor attacked, seeks justice\">aluminum water bottle<\/a>. The attack left\u200d her\u2063 unconscious and bleeding on the sidewalk. This horrifying incident occurred while she was walking in\u200b what she described as a &#8220;nice neighborhood&#8221; with\u200b a friend, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-woman-knocked-attacker-blames-city-slow-police-response-ourselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Costantino firmly\u200c believes \u2062that Portland \u2062lacks an \u2064adequate police force to ensure \u2063the \u200csafety of its\u2063 citizens.\u200c She acknowledges that the city&#8217;s decision to defund the police has\u2063 had dire consequences, stating, &#8220;we did this to ourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2062 a police spokesperson, surveillance footage \u200ccaptured the unprovoked and brutal\u200c nature of the attack. This incident\u2062 serves as a stark reminder of the challenges\u200c faced by Portland due to the reduction\u200c in police personnel and resources.<\/p>\n<h3>A City in\u2064 Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>Portland&#8217;s approach to crime and homelessness has \u200cresulted in serious issues\u200d plaguing the \u2064city. Mayor Ted Wheeler (D.) has proposed \u200dallocating nearly \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/in-crime-ridden-portland-weed-industry-gets-twice-as-much-funding-as-new-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice as\u2064 much\u2063 funding<\/a> \u2063 to the marijuana industry as he has requested for\u200d new police officers. Additionally, \u200cthe city council \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/portland-rolls-back-sidewalk-camping-ban-it-didnt-enforce-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weakened<\/a> its \u2063ordinance banning camping on public property.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences of these decisions have been\u200d severe,\u200b with crime \u200drates soaring and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-did-this-to-ourselves-victim-of-brutal-portland-attack-regrets-defund-the-police\/\" title=\"Regretful victim of 'brutal' Portland attack blames 'Defund the Police'\">homelessness reaching alarming levels<\/a>. Many residents have been forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/portland-residents-flee-city-citing-crime-and-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave<\/a> the city in search\u200c of safety.<\/p>\n<p>Costantino credits her friend, a towering 6&#8217;7&#8243; man, for saving \u200bher\u200b from\u200c an even worse fate. She recalls, &#8220;The guy who attacked me was still coming towards me, or us. Had\u2063 it not been\u200c for this person \u200cbeing with\u2062 me, it would&#8217;ve, I think, been a lot worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bat. She believes that the reduced police presence due to the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement in Portland contributed to the severity of the attack. Mary Costantino, a doctor, endured a 20-minute wait for police assistance on July 28 when a homeless man assaulted her with an aluminum bat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2112,"featured_media":1990131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}