WASHINGTON ARE GETTING 40 PERCENT LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE
PROMISED.
PROMISED.
PROMISED. >> IT'S BEEN A DEADLY YEAR IN
PORTLAND BY OUR COUNT.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN 52 HOMICIDES
SINCE JANUARY 1ST 52 THREE
OF THEM SINCE MONDAY.
LAST WEEKEND A 23 YEAR OLD UBER
DRIVER NAMED DULF FOR CAR MSEER
WAS SHOT WHEN SOMEONE FIRED
MORE THAN 60 ROUNDS NEAR
NORTHEAST STAFFORD AND 11TH
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. SIXTY ROUNDS HE WAS CRITICALLY
HURT AND DIED YESTERDAY FROM
HIS INJURIES.
HIS INJURIES. MSEER WAS AN IRAQI REFUGEE WHO
MOVED TO PORTLAND FIVE YEARS
AGO WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE
WASN'T EVEN THE TARGET.
HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
.
.
. HE'D
. HE'D ACTUALLY RECENTLY GOTTEN
MARRIED AS WELL.
THEN MONDAY SOMEBODYS STORMED
INTO THE CURED GREEN MARIJUANA
DISPENSARY ON NORTH SLUMBERED
WHERE MICHAEL ARTHUR WORKED AND
SHOT HIM WHILE ROBBING THE
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. MICHAEL WAS ONLY 44 YEARS OLD
AND ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY A
SELFLESS GUY WHO TALKED ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE LOVES JUST KIND
OF FEELING TO BE THERE AND TALK
WITH THE REGULARS JOKINGLY SAID
HE FELT LIKE A COMMUNITY
THERAPIST AT TIMES.
>> THAT WAS MICHAEL'S BROTHER
LAUREN DEALING WITH THIS
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. >> NOW THAT'S HOW NO BECOME
COMMON.
COMMON.
COMMON. IF YOU CAN SAY THAT FOR SO MANY
FAMILIES THIS YEAR I MEAN I SAY
COMMON BECAUSE LAST NIGHT IT
HAPPENED AGAIN.
HAPPENED AGAIN. THERE WAS A SHOOTING NEAR
LEGACY EMANUEL JUST BEFORE
SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
POLICE SHOWED UP.
THEY FOUND A PERSON THERE DEAD
.
.
. WE
. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME.
WE DO KNOW THEIR NUMBER.
NUMBER FIFTY TWO OF 20-20 IN
PORTLAND ISN'T EXACTLY KNOWN
FOR ITS GUN VIOLENCE, IS IT?
BUT WHO KNOWS MAYBE THIS YEAR
MIGHT CHANGE REPUTATION.
THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MORE
THAN 800 SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR WHEN
THERE WERE 400 AND AGAIN 52
HOMICIDES.
HOMICIDES. I'LL REPEAT THAT NUMBER AS MANY
TIMES AS I HAVE TO.
NOW I WANT TO BRING IN PAT
DOORIS RIGHT NOW.
PAT, YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO
THIS THIS VIOLENCE THREE WE'VE
BEEN WITNESSING.
BEEN WITNESSING. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> IT REALLY IS OUT OF CONTROL.
IT STARTED AROUND SUMMERTIME
AND IT'S JUST SHOT UP LIKE
CRAZY.
CRAZY.
CRAZY. IT
CRAZY. IT HAS EVERYTHING FROM
DETECTIVE SAYING THAT WHEN THEY
USED TO GO TO SHOOTING SCENES
THEY WOULD FIND 20 TO 30 BULLET
BULLET CASINGS.
BULLET CASINGS. NOW THEY'RE FINDING 50 AND 60
AND EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
SO IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE JUST A FEW
MINUTES AGO PUT OUT A THING
TONIGHT SAYING YES, WE
UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM.
WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT SOME
RESOURCES, MORE DETECTIVES ON
THESE CASES TO GET QUICKER
FOLLOW UP AND MORE IN-DEPTH
INVESTIGATION TO HELP THE
DETECTIVES WHO ARE ALREADY
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE
OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
THEY'RE GOING TO SWITCH SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE
DOING TO TRY AND HAVE MORE
IMPACT DOWN THAT A LITTLE
CURIOUS THOUGH THE OFFICE
OF VIOLNCE PREVENTION YOU'D
THINK THEY'D ALREADY BE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
THE MAYOR ALSO TELLING THE
POLICE BUREAU TO GIVE HIM SOME
BUDGET REQUESTS IN THE NEXT
WEEK THAT CAN FILL SOME
STOPGAPS.
STOPGAPS.
STOPGAPS. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT THIS IS
THE SAME CITY COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR SUPPORTED CUTTING THE
POLICE BUREAU'S BUDGET IN THE
SUMMER DURING THE RACIAL
RECKONING AND AS PART OF THAT
THEY TOOK AWAY WHAT WAS CALLED
THE GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. SOME ACTIVISTS HAD CALLED THAT
RACIST.
RACIST.
RACIST. THEY SAID THEY STOPPED A
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THE POLICE CHIEF WHO IS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAID THAT WAS
NOT THE CASE.
BUT STILL IT WAS DISBANDED AND
A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO IN
THE COMMUNITY THINK THAT THAT
HAS ALSO PLAYED A BIG ROLE
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THE SHOOTINGS NOW KNOW THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEM FROM THE
POLICE BUREAU ARE NOT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED.
IT'S NOT TARGETED.
THERE'S STILL POLICE IN THERE
STILL FOLLOW UP BUT NOT THIS
SPECIALIZED TEAM.
SPECIALIZED TEAM. SO THERE'S BEEN A REAL PUSH TO
GET THAT TEAM BACK AND WE'LL
SEE WHO'S INTERESTING IN THE
MAYOR'S PRESS RELEASE TODAY.
THEY SORT OF SAID WELL, LIKE A
LOT OF CITIES THAT, YOU KNOW,
COPE IT IS SORT OF A ALL THIS
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. IT DIDN'T MENTION THE GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT COMES BACK OR
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. >>
NOT. >> WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE
OF THIS PRESS RELEASE TODAY
BECAUSE THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING
THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS BEING A BIG DEAL SINCE
THOSE NUMBERS BEGAN TO SPIKE IN
JANUARY.
JANUARY.
JANUARY. ALMOST A YEAR AGO WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE
OF THIS NOW?
SHOULD I EXPECT THINGS TO
CHANGE WITH THESE THINGS BEING
SHUFFLED AROUND?
SHUFFLED AROUND? >> WELL, I DO BELIEVE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT INTENT
WHERE THEY WANT THINGS TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. BUT IT WOULD BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE
POLITICS OF ALL OF THIS PLAYS
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT
SKEPTICAL.
SKEPTICAL. MAYBE THAT'S JUST BECAUSE
THAT'S MY NATURE AND MAYBE
YOURS AS WELL.
BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOME REAL
IMPROVEMENT HERE.
IMPROVEMENT HERE. I THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
WILL TELL YOU FOR SURE THERE
ARE WAY TOO MANY BULLETS FLYING
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. WAY TOO MANY GUNS ON THE
STREETS AND WAY TOO MANY
SHOOTINGS IN PORTLAND,