The city that wanted to defund the police two years ago is now declaring a state of emergency over increased gun violence. Who could have seen this coming?
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency this afternoon in an effort to reduce the wave of gun violence that has swept the city in recent years.
There were 673 shootings in the first half of 2022, double the number from the same period three years earlier.
“We will not stop until gun violence stops,” said Wheeler, noting that Portland’s rate of gun violence has risen far faster than peer cities, such as Minneapolis and San Francisco.
The latest emergency declaration was prompted by a data analysis of shootings and homicides in the city from the beginning of 2019 through 2021. Thie above chart sums up the problem.
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