{"id":215409,"date":"2021-03-12T12:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=215409"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:14:59","slug":"portland-mayor-seeks-funding-for-police-after-police-budget-slashed-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-seeks-funding-for-police-after-police-budget-slashed-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland mayor seeks funding for police after police budget slashed last year"},"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\">24<\/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-mayor-seeks-funding-for-police-after-police-budget-slashed-last-year%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=215409&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 id=\"attachment_2386286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2386286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler poses for a photo outside City Hall in Portland, Ore. Wheeler announced Thursday, March 11, 2021, he would seek $2 million in one-time funding from a reserve contingency account to invest in the Portland Police Bureau as well as other agencies and programs in hopes of slowing the city\u2019s rampant gun violence. (AP Photo\/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:01 AM PT \u2013 Friday, March 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Portland, Oregon Mayor Ted Wheeler said he\u2019s seeking $2 million in police funding to address rising gun violence in the city. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/crime\/2021\/03\/mayor-ted-wheeler-seeks-2-million-to-bring-back-uniformed-police-team-to-address-spike-in-shootings.html\">reports<\/a> Thursday, there have been 20 homicides in the city so far this year compared to only one the same time last year.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Wheeler came after Portland leaders voted to cut around $16 million from the police budget last year. The cut included the elimination of a gun violence reduction unit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2021\/03\/city-budget-office-recommends-funding-for-portland-police-bureau-to-hire-30-officers-to-start-filling-more-than-90-vacancies.html\">Reports<\/a> earlier this week noted budget analysts recommended adding police funding in order recruit 30 new officers. The current budget cut 84 full-time positions from the police bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at least one person has been arrested after Anitfa protesters attacked a federal courthouse in Portland. On Thursday, the group attempted to force their way into the building while smashing a window and setting a trash can on fire. This occurred less than one week after officials removed a physical barrier that was put in place in response to last summer\u2019s riots.<\/p>\n<p>When police arrived, the far-left activists taunted them and threatened to burn the building down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Antifa has been pushed back across the street<br \/>Things are pretty tense right now to say the least <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuLbuWqGR3\">pic.twitter.com\/zuLbuWqGR3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc3aFVCK \u00a9\ufe0fommies\ud83d\udc3a (@fvckcommies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fvckcommies\/status\/1370149035948994560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This attack came days after Oregon Democrat Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley refused to go on record condemning Antifa and Black Lives Matter riots in the city.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/whistleblower-details-n-y-gov-cuomos-cover-up-of-covid-19-cases\/\">Whistleblower details N.Y. Gov. Cuomo\u2019s cover-up of COVID-19 cases<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler poses for a photo outside City Hall in Portland, Ore. 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