Portland mayor to leave home targeted by protesters
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Via: texan1211 • 4 years ago • 22 commentsBy: Leslie Adler and Jonathan Oatis (MSN)
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Portland mayor to leave home targeted by protesters
By Andrew Hay
© Reuters/CAITLIN OCHS Protest against racial inequality in Portland
(Reuters) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he planned to move out of his apartment after repeated protests outside his building demanding he resign over his handling of months of anti-racism protests in the Oregon city, according to a report.
In a Tuesday email, Wheeler told residents of the building in downtown Portland it would be best for their safety if he found a new home, The Oregonian newspaper reported on its website.
"I want to express my sincere apologies for the damage to our home and the fear that you are experiencing due to my position," Wheeler wrote, according to a screenshot of the email sent to The Oregonian.
Wheeler's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Portland has seen over 90 days of protests calling for policing and social justice reforms since the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, by police in Minneapolis on May 25.
Demonstrators have gathered outside Wheeler's building calling for him to step down over police violence, including the use of tear gas against demonstrators.
Police declared a riot on Monday and arrested 19 people as some graffitied the walls of the building, smashed windows and threw burning material inside, Portland Police said.
President Donald Trump has seized on civil unrest in Portland and other cities to criticize Democratic leaders and call for "law and order" ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
"Mayor Wheeler just got harassed out of his own home in Portland by so-called "friendly protesters". The Anarchists, Agitators and Looters treat him HORRIBLY, even though he is so nice and respectful to them. Criminals only understand strength!," Trump tweeted on Wednesday.
Wheeler, who has blamed Trump for stoking clashes, on Tuesday asked the city to join him in "denouncing violence" after a Trump supporter was shot dead in Portland on Saturday.
(Reporting by Andrew Hay; Editing by Leslie Adler and Jonathan Oatis)
And the "PEACEFUL PROTESTS" continue!
Okay, cue the usual "outside agitators" nonsense!
Huh? I wonder how many residents of Portland, that don't feel it's safe to stay where they live, would like to relocate and aren't able to?
The mayor doesn’t care about them.
No doubt, but he sure wants to seen as caring about the safety of those neighbors in his immediate vicinity. Fuck everyone else, apparently.
I don’t think he really cares about them either. IMO, he is scared shitless and running away from what he helped create.
Those darn traveling white supremacists always tricking good liberals into criminal behavior.
Man, those dudes really get around, don't they?
tex what i chuckle about as everyone points fingers going they were from the right, or they were from the left , it could very well be some basement dweller not affiliated with either side that simply busts a nut causing chaos and violence for violences sake , that someone else will always be blamed for.
Well, sure. That happens ALL the time.
But the mayor isn't having to decide to move because of some lone nut job.
yeah but its those nut jobs that are inciting others.
I read today on my phone that some guy got caught in greenbay by the cops going into the city to incite mayhem , got caught with of all things a flipping flamethrower, the group he was with split , he sat down and started crying when the cops busted him.....
read that and was like someones cheese done fell off his cracker....
lol!
His antifa name is “commander red.” 😂😜
lol
I love it when they turn on their own 😂
He got a little taste of what the people who live there are dealing with daily and he can’t handle it.
It is a weak and sorry Mayor who lets troublemaker chase him out of his place of residence
But if there are not enough smart voters there to remove him from office, don't be surprised if the Democrats don't encourage him to make a run for the Senate seeing as how effective he is as mayor.
pain is the fastest education one can get.
these riots will not stop until it hurts the people rioting.
What an unbelievably spineless douchebag.
Any Company located in Portland that has the wherewithal to leave should find a new place to do business.
I would have taken my business elsewhere months ago.
The mayor should resign if he isn't confident enough in his police department to keep him safe.
It's a little ironic, isn't it?