{"id":571747,"date":"2021-06-23T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571747"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:07:33","slug":"cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN, MSNBC Perplexed Why Portland Police Are Quitting En Masse"},"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%2Fcnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse%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=571747&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\/06\/GettyImages-1228368759.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>CNN and MSNBC have reported on the mass exodus of law enforcement officers from the ranks of the police force in Portland, Oregon, yet neither connected the dots between the mass resignations and the city\u2019s progressive, anti-police policies.<\/p>\n<p>A brief segment on Saturday\u2019s \u201cCNN Newsroom\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/19\/cnr.02.html\">noted<\/a> the fact that every member of Portland\u2019s Rapid Response Team resigned after authorities charged one of its members with unlawful force during months of continuous riots. The district attorney who charged Corey Budworth with inappropriately using his baton last August was \u201cemphasizing the need for consequences\u201d as left-wing activists were \u201cprotesting against police misconduct,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>CNN only mentioned Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) to note that he released a statement \u201csympathizing with the resigning officers\u201d and to reassure viewers that \u201cthe mayor says he has the resources and personnel in place to deal with any community safety situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC ran a more extended report on Tuesday\u2019s edition of \u201cStephanie Ruhle Reports,\u201d highlighting Portland law enforcement officers\u2019 plunging morale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, police departments nationwide are struggling with burnout, with retirements up 45% and resignations up 18% across the country,\u201d said Ruhle, introducing the package. \u201cSo many cops are out the door that it\u2019s getting harder and harder to replace them as violent crime continues to spike \u2013 that violence even coming against police officers, with the number dying on duty soaring as compared to last year.\u201d So far this calendar year, 46 police have been murdered on the job, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odmp.org\/search\/year\/2021\">according<\/a> to the Officer Down Memorial Page database.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorale I think is at an all-time low now,\u201d Portland Police Officer Krute Aroonsuck told NBC News\u2019 Gabe Gutierrez. \u201cIt all boils down to these three main concepts of being underfunded, understaffed, and undersupported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Portland police union executive director, Daryl Turner, said his officers are \u201cdealing with rioting at a level and a sustained violence that we\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither network reported on Ted Wheeler\u2019s decision to starve police of needed equipment and coddle nightly \u201cprotests\u201d that broke out into violence.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation of cops in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/portland-police-officers-fleeing-in-unprecedented-numbers-a-win-for-defund-the-police-movement\">unprecedented<\/a>\u201d numbers overlapped with the city\u2019s ongoing, often violent riots, where left-wing radicals pelted police with fireworks, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/portland-police-officers-wounded-in-mortar-attack-16-arrested-during-violent-antifa-riot\">mortar<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/extremists-in-portland-attack-police-officers-vandalize-businesses-set-fires\">metal spikes<\/a>, and frozen water bottles.\u00a0Wheeler responded to what The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2021\/04\/24\/ted-wheeler-portland-protests\/\">called<\/a> \u201canti-police demonstrations\u201d by offering to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2020\/06\/defund-portland-police-units-to-reinvest-in-communities-of-color-among-citys-reform-plans-mayor-says.html\">cut $12 million<\/a> from the police budget. He also dismantled the city\u2019s gun violence reduction team, a move some have blamed for the fact that homicides in the city have reached a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-mayor-realizes-defunding-police-was-a-mistake-cop-union-leader\">30-year high<\/a>. Wheeler blamed the violence on National Guardsmen sent by President Donald Trump to protect federal buildings. It later emerged that the mayor considered telling Portland police to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-considered-telling-police-to-stand-down-as-riots-ravaged-downtown\">stand down<\/a> in the face of the rioters, who regularly tried to burn down police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Ruhle followed up the segment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-police-chief-corrects-msnbc-host-live-on-air-after-she-says-defunding-the-police-wont-hurt-law-enforcement\">claiming<\/a>, \u201cThe idea behind Defund the Police is not to take money away from the police force, but to redeploy money in better, smarter ways to keep law enforcement safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did lament the fact that Portland police officers feel \u201cunderfunded, understaffed, and undersupported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Wheeler\u2019s tenure as mayor, Ruhle could begin by looking at her own show. On Monday former Obama administration appointee Brittany Packnett Cunningham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-obama-task-force-member-says-rise-in-crime-is-fault-of-the-police\">said<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThis rising crime \u2026 is actually the fault of the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2950819672131\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defund the Police activist &#038; MSNBC contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsPackyetti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MsPackyetti<\/a>: Rising crime in NYC isn\u2019t the fault of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundThePolie?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundThePolie<\/a> movement; &#8220;it\u2019s actually the fault of the police&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ki9EX1Q1R\">pic.twitter.com\/3ki9EX1Q1R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1406987725899800578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ruhle did not respond, interrupt, or push back in any way on Cunningham\u2019s unsupported sentiment \u2014 and certainly not because the MSNBC host is averse to confrontation; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SqA6MuZe8m8\">literally screamed<\/a> at West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) for signing a bill requiring biological males to compete exclusively against other biological males in sports.<\/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<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN and MSNBC have reported on the mass exodus of law enforcement officers from the ranks of the police force in Portland, Oregon, yet neither connected the dots between the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281107,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228368759.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN, MSNBC Perplexed Why Portland Police Are Quitting En Masse","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1228368759.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN, MSNBC Perplexed Why Portland Police Are Quitting En Masse","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571747","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}