Whoops: Portland mayor admits it's against state law to mandate vaccines for police officers

Mayor Ted Wheeler confirmed Wednesday that state law prohibits Portland from making police officers get vaccinated against COVID-19, despite a new city mandate that requires municipal workers do so. https://t.co/7mWaFJk3jJ

— KTVZ NewsChannel 21 (@KTVZ) September 9, 2021

Portland Police says the “majority of sworn staff” were already vaccinated anyway:

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State law prevents the city from mandating vaccines for police. However, we know the majority of sworn staff were among the first to get vaccinated. At least 600 members were vaccinated through city clinics.

— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) September 9, 2021

We do not know the exact total because there was no mandate, and therefore no tracking. We know many members who went to other places besides the city clinic.

— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) September 9, 2021

And after admitting state law barred him from mandating vaccines for the cops, Mayor Ted Wheeler also admitted his “hands off” policy for riots last year was “not the right strategy”:

Portland mayor now says police ‘hands off’ riot response was ‘not the right strategy’https://t.co/tlLyNRAKBa

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 9, 2021

Better late than never:

Three weeks after antifa launched a coordinated armed attack on a right-wing rally in Portland that devolved into ultra-violent rioting in the street, Mayor/police commissioner @tedwheeler says it was not the right strategy to withhold police response. https://t.co/17SQhQvpwQ

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 9, 2021

Hopefully, they mandate vaccines for Antifa, too:

This just happened in Portland Oregon. I’m a little shook. 2 shots were fired before I started filming. I saw 3 gun shot victims that all fled the scene before police arrived. #pdx #massshooting pic.twitter.com/avXCV1WPc3

— Dan Fortner (@danfortner_) September 4, 2021

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