The standoff has become a flashpoint of gentrification, racial inequity and radical activism in Portland. The occupiers initially arrived in the neighborhood in early September. But the occupation grew significantly in size and energy after Multnomah County sheriff's deputies and Portland police officers, following a court order, arrived in the early morning hours of Dec. 8 to evict the Kinneys.
Friday, January 01, 2021
A Neighbor Describes What Happened When Law Enforcement Stopped Responding to an Armed Encampment in North Portland
Few recent events in Portland have drawn as much national attention as the Red House Eviction Defense. The armed occupation of three blocks of North Mississippi Avenue interrupted the foreclosure seizure of the "Red House," the home of the Kinneys, a Black and Indigenous family facing eviction during winter amid the pandemic.
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From the article - "If you want the city to do things, you either have to get a bunch of guns and take over a neighborhood and threaten violence, or you go find Wheeler in real life or Commissioner Dan Ryan or whoever else and you surround their home and you scream at them and harass them until they give you what you want. Otherwise, they hide from you. It's incredibly disappointing and unfortunate that that's what the city's decision-making has come to."
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why things are the way they are. Grow a pair and handle it. If you don't know how, LEARN.....
That's what happens when kids are showered with Participation Trophies from age six. If they lived in the jungle they would have been dinner for some bad ass animal hunter a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteNo fucks given, you get what you vote for
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