At the beginning of last summer, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a “fundamental” change to policing in his city, along with a shift in funding away from the Police Bureau’s budget:
Today, Council will consider referring a ballot measure to fundamentally reimagine police accountability. The City Council has redirected millions of dollars from the Police Bureau’s budget, and is pressing forward with updates to bureau policies and training.
— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) July 29, 2020
Fast forward about 16 months and here’s how it’s going:
Public safety is one of my top priorities. @PortlandPolice is greatly understaffed, this we know. Chief Lovell and I have set a goal to hire 300 officers over the next 3 years.
— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) October 30, 2021
This will start with a proposal to City Council for a retire-rehire program so that we can get officers on the street that are trained and ready to fill shifts immediately.
— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) October 30, 2021
What a clown.
https://twitter.com/Chicago3613/status/1454545814865518592
That feeling when you realize that #DefundThePolice was a dumb idea https://t.co/vildVlmQEY
— 💚 Darth Kitteh (@eloracnasus) October 30, 2021
And if liberals had an attention span longer than 3 minutes they'd realize the irony. https://t.co/LYKGSsHkY7
— NFT Bro #12 (@GangstuhPenguin) October 30, 2021
I thought he was going to defund the police? I can't keep up https://t.co/lxj89TIoNZ
— Mandy ✝ (@SpringSteps) October 30, 2021
The hilarious irony. https://t.co/0IkS9eFM5X
— Andrew Palmer (@AndrewHMPalmer) October 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/Reverend_Ducati/status/1454544034635005952
Self-awareness is hard!
Your experiment last year has resulted in people dying in record numbers in Portland. https://t.co/yre7UQS7ol
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 30, 2021
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