{"id":514368,"date":"2021-05-16T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=514368"},"modified":"2021-05-16T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T16:21:00","slug":"portland-residents-wont-visit-riot-ravaged-trashed-and-sad-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-residents-wont-visit-riot-ravaged-trashed-and-sad-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Residents Won\u2019t Visit Riot-Ravaged, \u2018Trashed\u2019 And \u2018Sad\u2019 Downtown"},"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\">18<\/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-residents-wont-visit-riot-ravaged-trashed-and-sad-downtown%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=514368&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3030.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Portland, Oregon, residents are increasingly wary of the city\u2019s downtown area, following a sharp spike in violence, a nearly year-long campaign of rioting, and a growing homelessness problem, according t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2021\/05\/downtown-in-distress-portlands-core-is-unsafe-and-uninviting-residents-say-in-new-poll-threatening-citys-recovery.html\">o a poll taken by The Oregonian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Portland\u2019s downtown and, in some cases, its residential areas, have been home to ongoing, often violent demonstrations for nearly a year, since George Floyd died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. What began as an anti-police brutality and anti-racism protest, however, has since grown into a multi-faceted, destructive force that is driving residents away from the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents in the metro area surrounding Portland, Oregon, say the city\u2019s downtown is dirty, unsafe, and uninviting, and they don\u2019t expect to visit as often,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/15\/portland-residents-scared-to-visit-downtown-amid-riots-poll\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">The New York Post reported Sunday<\/a>, citing The Oregonian\u2019s poll.\u00a0 \u201cResidents described the city\u2019s core as \u2018destroyed,\u2019 \u2018trashed,\u2019 and \u2018sad,\u2019 and frequently referred to \u2018riots\u2019 in discussing the city\u2019s economic and cultural hub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the poll, 85 percent said downtown was important, or very important, to the city\u2019s economy. More than 100,000 people worked there prior to the pandemic, about 1 in every 20 jobs in the state,\u201d the outlet added. \u201cWhile 63 percent of respondents said they see downtown as less safe, 86 percent said they feel safe in their own neighborhoods. The main issues they cited were cleanliness and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The riots in Portland have been going on since last May. When the new presidential administration failed to abate the violence, however, Portland city officials finally began cracking down on the ongoing unrest. The move may have come too late; as recently as last week, suspected anarchist groups in Portland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-appears-to-show-armed-anarchists-in-portland-holding-up-man-at-gunpoint-assaulting-him-when-he-tries-to-defend-himself\">were threatening a major wave of destruction<\/a> unless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/portland-police-fbi-investigating-alleged-antifa-video-calling-for-more-destruction-retribution-unless-mayor-resigns\">the city\u2019s mayor, Ted Wheeler, resigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is also reportedly involved because gun violence in the city has \u201cgone beyond a public safety crisis,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/crime\/portland-police-chief-to-discuss-imminent-gun-violence-threats\/\">according to local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith news of an \u2018imminent\u2019 threat of gun violence in Portland, Police Chief Chuck Lovell, and an FBI official spoke about violence reduction efforts during a media briefing on Saturday,\u201d KOIN reported. \u201cThe Portland City Council announced police and the FBI will be on the streets of the city for the next few days, citing intelligence that there are \u2018imminent\u2019 efforts from outside groups to \u2018engage and advance gun violence\u2019 this weekend. PPB Chief Lovell joined Oregon FBI Special Agent in Charge Keiran Ramsey on Saturday to discuss what authorities are doing to mitigate the violence permeating the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A majority of those who answered The Oregonian\u2019s poll \u2014 55% \u2014 said that fewer protests would make the city \u201cmore appealing,\u201d per the Post. The results also seemed to indicate that residents would return to downtown if the city got a handle on homelessness, which has expanded in public areas since the beginning of the pandemic because \u201ccity officials did not clear campsites or move homeless people to shelters for fear of exposing them to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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