{"id":571844,"date":"2021-06-23T14:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571844"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:22:09","slug":"leftist-portland-mayor-implies-police-are-racist-blacks-unfairly-targeted-no-more-pursuing-low-level-traffic-infractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-portland-mayor-implies-police-are-racist-blacks-unfairly-targeted-no-more-pursuing-low-level-traffic-infractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Portland Mayor Implies Police Are Racist, Blacks Unfairly Targeted. No More Pursuing Low-Level Traffic Infractions"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fleftist-portland-mayor-implies-police-are-racist-blacks-unfairly-targeted-no-more-pursuing-low-level-traffic-infractions%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=571844&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\/Ted-Wheeler-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>According to Portland, Oregon\u2019s leftist mayor Ted Wheeler, blacks have been unfairly targeted for low-level traffic infractions, and that is a chief reason he is recommending that police stop pursuing people who commit them.<\/p>\n<p>Unless there is an immediate safety threat, Wheeler said, the practice of pursuing such traffic infractions must end. He stated that 6% of Portland residents are black, but they comprise 18% of traffic stops in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Another change to be implemented by police: if they stop a driver they must obtain permission from the driver before searching the vehicle and allow the driver to refuse permission, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/portland-police-halt-minor-traffic-stops-51a110c90d50c0ebc406e0b7e366645c?utm_source=Twitter&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=AP\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler said, \u201cThe goal of these two changes is to make our safety safer and more equitable,\u201d acknowledging, \u201cOur staffing on the streets is inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently the police bureau, which is struggling to find its grounding in the liberal city, is at its lowest staffing in decades \u2014 the department is around 150 officers short of \u2018authorized strength,\u201d AP noted, adding, \u201cIn the past nine months, the department has experienced a rapid turnover with more than 120 officers having left \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler\u2019s soft approach to enforcing the law has been demonstrated in other ways; in late August 2020, The Daily Wire cited a report from Oregon Public Broadcasting that Wheeler was considering ordering Portland police to \u201cstand down\u201d in the face of unrest and riots damaging the city\u2019s downtown:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16.614184397163\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2020\/08\/24\/portlands-protests-three-months-in-no-end-in-sight\/\">OPB reports that<\/a>, in \u201clate July,\u201d as the protests were entering their second month and suspected anarchists were ramping up attacks on the city\u2019s federal courthouse, Wheeler texted a top aide and suggested that Portland officials instruct the police to turn a blind eye to the demonstrations, thinking it would de-escalate the violence. \u201cIn late July, Mayor Ted Wheeler had an idea he hoped would end the nightly clashes between protesters and police in Portland. He texted Sonia Schmanski, a top aide, that he had a plan that was \u2018high risk,\u2019 but he added that the city had \u2018nothing to lose,&#8217;\u201d according to OPB. \u201cHis idea: Tell his police force to stand down from the demonstrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also in August 2020, Wheeler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/protests\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-press-conference-protests-riot-city-hall-08262020\/\">admitted<\/a> at a virtual press conference that he had been lax toward violent individuals in the city, saying, \u201cWe\u2014and I put myself at the top of that list as the city\u2019s mayor\u2014we have allowed our proud tradition of progressive protests to be stolen by a few dozen individuals engaged in violence and criminal destruction. Their intent on creating mayhem and attacking and harming people, not just property \u2014 that\u2019s a line that we can\u2019t allow our community to cross, not anymore. Enough is enough. It\u2019s time to rise up and take immediate steps to repair and beautify our city. But again, I need the help of the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAll violence\u2014including police violence\u2014is not the way to further the goals of our community.\u201d<\/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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Portland, Oregon\u2019s leftist mayor Ted Wheeler, blacks have been unfairly targeted for low-level traffic infractions, and that is a chief reason he is recommending that police stop pursuing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281120,"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\/Ted-Wheeler-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Leftist Portland Mayor Implies Police Are Racist, Blacks Unfairly Targeted. 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