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As of October 19, 2021, Portland, Oregon, has surpassed the record number of homicides for a given year with 67 homicides year-to-date.
Fox News reports that Portlandâs record number of homicides for one year was 66, set in 1987, but the city has seen 67 for 2021.
The Associated Press notes that there have been âabout 1,000 shootingsâ in Portland and âfirearms have accounted for three-quarters of homicides.â
While many of the shootings can allegedly be traced to âgangs, fights and retaliation killings,â the violence is so widespread that innocent bystanders are endangered.
For example, 34-year-old Jacob Eli Knight Vasquez was struck by a stray bullet and killed in late September while sitting in a popular pizza bar.
Vasquezâs family pointed to police budget cuts and other restrictions that tie officersâ hands.
Vasquezâs brother-in-law, Don Osborn, said, âLetâs please untie the hands of our law enforcement officers. I believe if the proper tools were in place for our law enforcement officers, this wouldnât even have happened.â
On June 22, 2021, Breitbart News observed Portland Police Association Executive Director Daryl Turner describing officer morale being âas bad as itâs ever been.â
Turner told NBC Nightly News that defunding the police had played a role in the conditions:
They deserve everything they get in that shithole. Burn it down!
Portland Breaks Annual Homicide Record with over 2 Months Left in 2021
As of October 19, 2021, Portland, Oregon, has surpassed the record number of homicides for a given year with 67 homicides year-to-date.
As of October 19, 2021, Portland, Oregon, has surpassed the record number of homicides for a given year with 67 homicides year-to-date.
Fox News reports that Portlandâs record number of homicides for one year was 66, set in 1987, but the city has seen 67 for 2021.
The Associated Press notes that there have been âabout 1,000 shootingsâ in Portland and âfirearms have accounted for three-quarters of homicides.â
While many of the shootings can allegedly be traced to âgangs, fights and retaliation killings,â the violence is so widespread that innocent bystanders are endangered.
For example, 34-year-old Jacob Eli Knight Vasquez was struck by a stray bullet and killed in late September while sitting in a popular pizza bar.
Vasquezâs family pointed to police budget cuts and other restrictions that tie officersâ hands.
Vasquezâs brother-in-law, Don Osborn, said, âLetâs please untie the hands of our law enforcement officers. I believe if the proper tools were in place for our law enforcement officers, this wouldnât even have happened.â
On June 22, 2021, Breitbart News observed Portland Police Association Executive Director Daryl Turner describing officer morale being âas bad as itâs ever been.â
Turner told NBC Nightly News that defunding the police had played a role in the conditions:
Morale is as bad as itâs ever been before. Weâre dealing with rioting at a level and sustained violence that weâve never seen before, weâre looking at violence in our city, gun violence in our city, like weâve never seen before. Weâre looking at the most catastrophic staffing levels that weâve ever seen before; weâre looking at budget cuts to defund us at levels never seen before.