When politicians pass laws that prevent the police from protecting the community and allow for people to destroy property, they’re actively participating in fueling the lawlessness. Actions that hinder prevention strategies are nothing but dangerous.

“Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because of legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this year, which restricts the tools they can use to confront people vandalizing buildings and causing mayhem.

‘The reason that we did not intervene goes back to what we talked about last month with House Bill 2928 and the restrictions placed on us in a crowd control environment,’ KOIN reports that Portland Police Lt. Jake Jensen said in a neighborhood meeting Thursday.”

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