USE
USE THAT
USE THAT HASHTAG HEY ON TWITTER OR EMAIL US AT THE STORY AT KGW
DOT COM NO >> TIME TO SPARE ITS
BIG STORY AND IT IS THE RETURN
OF THE RIOTS BY FAR MY LEAST
FAVORITE OF RETURNS WITH THE
TOP OF MY LIST BEING JIDI KING
AND MAC.
AND MAC.
AND MAC. BUT NEVERTHELESS WE ARE BACK TO
TALKING ABOUT MASSIVE GROUPS
OF PEOPLE VANDALIZING OUR CITY
AND ESSENTIALLY HOW TO MAKE IT
STOP.
STOP.
STOP. SALLY EMAILED US AND ASKED HEY
DAN, CAN YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON
WHY TED WHEELER, THE MAYOR
ISN'T DOING ANYTHING TO STOP
THE CONTINUAL DESTRUCTION
AND VIOLENCE IN PORTLAND?
WELL, FIRSTLY, I DON'T
NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT
PREMISE TO SAY THAT MAYOR
WHEELER, WHO IS ALSO THE POLICE
COMMISSIONER HASN'T DONE
ANYTHING TO STOP THE
DESTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE.
THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE OF HIS
ACTION WOULD BE OVER THE
WEEKEND THE MAYOR ENDORSED THAT
CONTROVERSIAL KETTLEING TACTIC
THAT POLICE USED ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. AND WHILE KETTLEING SOUNDS LIKE
THE WAY GENZE WOULD TRY TO
REBRAND HAVING T, IT'S ACTUALLY
A METHOD USED BY POLICE TO
CATALOG PEOPLE AT A RIOT.
SEE ON FRIDAY WHEN A GROUP
STARTED MARCHING AND BREAKING
WINDOWS DOWNTOWN INSTEAD
OF DISPERSING THE CROWD THEY
TRAP THEM.
TRAP THEM. NOBODY COULD LEAVE.
THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO BE
QUESTIONED BY POLICE TOOK
PICTURES OF EVERYONE WITHOUT
THEIR MASKS ON AND THEY GOT
THEIR NAMES.
THEIR NAMES. NOW YOU'RE WONDERING, WOW, IS
THAT IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?
CAN THEY DO THAT?
THE ANSWER IS YES.
WE COVERED THAT LAST NIGHT.
YOU CAN FIND THAT EPISODE >>
RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE MAYOR IS DOING STUFF.
YOU DON'T SEEM SATISFIED.
I DON'T BLAME IF >> YOU WATCH
THE NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE
CITY CALLED YESTERDAY TO TALK
ABOUT ALL OF THIS, WE ACTUALLY
DIDN'T HEAR ANY SPECIFIC
TACTICAL PLANS.
TACTICAL PLANS. INSTEAD WE KIND OF GOT THE
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE. WHAT I MEAN IS WE LEARNED THAT
THE MAYOR'S LAST PLAN THAT HAD
SOME SPECIFICS ANNOUNCED A FEW
MONTHS AGO HAS GONE NOWHERE.
HERE'S A QUESTION FROM OPSB
REPORTER
LEVINSON.
LEVINSON. >> YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING
TO CONVENE A MEETING WITH
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO YOU SAID DEVELOP
CLEAR PLANS TO ADDRESS
ANARCHIST VIOLENCE.
ANARCHIST VIOLENCE. YOU ALSO SAID YOU WANTED TO
INSTITUTE A TYPE OF RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE WHERE PEOPLE CONVICTED
OF VANDALIZING PROPERTY WE HAVE
TO MEET WITH THE OWNERS OF THAT
PROPERTY AND PERFORM COMMUNITY
SERVICE TO REPAIR DAMAGES.
DID EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS
HAPPEN AND DO YOU HAVE AN
UPDATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING >>?
NEITHER OF >> THOSE THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE
THERE FRANKLY AN INTEREST IN
THE PART OF THE LEGISLATURE TO
BRING THOSE ISSUES FORWARD.
THOSE WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AT
THE STATUTORY LEVEL.
I STILL REMAIN INTERESTED IN
BOTH.
BOTH.
BOTH. LOOK, WE ARRESTED SOMEBODY THE
OTHER NIGHT FOR A FAIRLY
EGREGIOUS ACT OF CRIMINAL
DESTRUCTION AND IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING HE'D BEEN
ARRESTED AT LEAST TWO TIMES
PREVIOUSLY AND LIKE THE PRIOR
SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND SO MY
VIEWPOINT IS IF YOU ARE A
REPEAT OFFENDER AND YOU GET
ARRESTED THE SECOND TIME YOU
GET ARRESTED IN CLOSEPROXIMITY
AND THE THIRD TIME YOU GET
ARRESTED AND CLOSEPROXIMITY
SECOND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE
CHARGE SHOULD INCREASE.
I OBVIOUSLY DON'T CONTROL ALL
ASPECTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. I
SYSTEM. I AM THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SO
I CONTROL THAT PIECE OF IT.
BUT I HAVE TO WORK WITH MY
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY OVER OTHER PARTS
OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IN ORDER TO GET THEIR AGREEMENT
INTERSTING >> I FOUND IT
INTERESTING I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE CAN AGREE WITH WHAT
THE MAYOR IS SAYING.
HE'S SAYING HE WANTS TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN.
THINGS HAPPEN. HE'S GOT PLANS BUT HE CAN'T
AND IT'S IT'S SALEM'S FAULT
SALEM SCLAING I >> DON'T REALLY
REMEMBER HEARING THAT BEFORE.
NOT NOT IN THAT WAY.
AND I WANTED SOME CONTEXT.
SO I TALKED TO ONE OF MY PEOPLE
IN SALEM, A POLITICAL EXPERT
WHO WE'VE HAD ON THE SHOW
SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
REBECCA TWEED >>.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THE
MAYOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE I SAW
HIS HIS COMMENTS AND I THOUGHT
IT WAS INTERESTING THAT, YOU
KNOW, KICKING THE CAN ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO SALEM TO SAY WE'RE
WAITING FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO
ACT ISN'T REALLY WHAT I WOULD
>> EXPECT FROM THE MAYOR WHO'S
COME OUT REPEATEDLY SAYING HE'S
CONCERNED >> ABOUT THESE ISSUES
BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE SEEING >>
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. WE'RE STILL SEEING RIOTS EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE'RE STILL SEEING PROTESTS
EVERY DAY THAT HAVE LED TO
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. >> I THINK THERE'S MORE WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
>> HE MADE HE MADE IT SEEM, AS
YOU SAID THAT IT'S IT WAS AS IF
THE LAWMAKERS IN SALEM HAD TO
BE THE ONES TO KIND OF PUSH
THAT CHANGE FORWARD.
IS THAT ACCURATE OR IS IT
SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF MORE
HEAVILY BURDENED BY THE MAYOR
AND OTHER KIND OF LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS IN THIS PORTLAND
AREA >>?
AREA >>?
AREA >>? IT REALLY SHOULD >> DEPEND ON
THE IT'S THE REALLY THE
RESPONSIBLE OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. RIGHT WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS
LIKE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND WE
LOOK AT THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY
SERVICE, THOSE ARE DECISIONS
THAT ARE MADE AFTER AN ARREST
AS HAPPENED AFTER ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE HAS COME IN ON WHETHER
A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
THOSE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN AT
A LOCAL LEVEL.
THERE ARE TWEAKS THAT CAN BE
MADE AT A STATUTORY LEVEL AS
FAR AS MINIMUM SENTENCING OR
WHEN TEAR GAS CAN BE USED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
.
.
. BUT
. BUT THOSE NEED TO BE
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION
AND THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO
COME FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL >>
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. OK, SO IT'S KIND OF IT'S KIND
OF WHAT I THOUGHT THERE.
I MEAN SALEM IS A PART OF IT
BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT THE MAYOR
AND THE POLICE AND THE D.A.
AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY
YOU SEE YESTERDAY'S >> NEWS
CONFERENCE WASN'T JUST ABOUT
KETTLEING OR OTHER TACTICS THE
POLICE PLAN TO USE.
IT WAS ALSO PR IN >> MY OPINION
.
.
. SEE,
. SEE, THEY NEED YOU THE PUBLIC
TO EMBRACE ALTERNATIVE POLICING
TACTICS OR MAYBE EVEN MORE
AGGRESSIVE ON SOMETHING THAT
THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY DIDN'T
EMBRACE OVER THE SUMMER.
YESTERDAY WE HEARD FROM BLACK
COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE BLAZERS
LEGEND HARRY PORTER AND OTHERS
PORTER AND PRETTY MUCH
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT SPOKE.
THEY PLEADED TO RIOTERS TO STOP
RIOTING >>.
RIOTING >>. I'M SPEAKING OUT TODAY AS
SOMEONE WHO LOVES PAULINA'S
AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR CITY >>.
OK, LOOK, I FULLY RECOGNIZE THE
POWER OF PORTER'S VOICE IN THIS
COMMUNITY DEFINITELY THOUGH I
AM DOUBTING THAT MANY OF THE
ANARCHISTS MARCHING TO ABOLISH
CAPITALISM ARE LISTENING.
IF THEY WERE, THEY PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN LISTENING THE
FIRST TIME AROUND WHEN BLACK
BUSINESS OWNERS REACTED TO
THEIR BUSINESSES BEING
VANDALIZED BY A GROUP OF MOSTLY
WHITE PEOPLE LASHING OUT TO
SUPPOSEDLY SUPPORT BLACK LIVES.
BUT >> AGAIN, I DON'T THINK
PORTER WAS TALKING TO THE
RIOTERS.
RIOTERS.
RIOTERS. I THINK HE WAS TALKING TO
EVERYONE ELSE.
EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RECENT DATA
ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY IS
FEELING CURRENTLY ABOUT
CONTROVERSIAL POLICE TACTICS,
THINGS LIKE KETTLEING.
BUT I KNOW WHAT I SEE IN MY
INBOX AND LAST NIGHT I GOT A
LOT OF EMAILS LIKE THESE.
GREG SAID I AM A PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRAT BUT I'VE HAD IT WITH
THESE RIOTERS KETTLEING MAKES
PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
STEVE SAYS I HAVE A BIAS THAT
MOST POLICE OFFICERS ABUSE
THEIR POWER BUT I'M VERY
IMPRESSED >>.
IMPRESSED >>. THE KETTLEING TECHNIQUE YOU
DESCRIBED AND KATE EMAILED
AND SAID SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD
IDEA TO ME.
I'M A PROGRESSIVE WHO HAS SPENT
A LOT OF TIME IN THE STREETS
FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
I SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT
NOT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THIS MUST END.
SO THIS IS OF COURSE A VERY
COMPLICATED TOPIC.
COMPLICATED TOPIC. IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO
BE TOUCHING ON ALL WEEK
AND PROBABLY MOVING FORWARD
EVEN AFTER THAT.
I'M OBVIOUSLY MAKING SOME
ASSUMPTIONS HERE INTERPRETING
WHAT I AM SEEING FROM OUR
LEADERS.
LEADERS.
LEADERS. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
ALL RIGHT .
IS THERE SOMETHING I'M I'M NOT
CONSIDERING AN ANGLE YOU THINK
I SHOULD BE CONSIDERING.
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