Portland Police moved to reassure Antifa extremists that a man they shot in the back was white in order to avoid a riot after it was erroneously reported the victim was black.
“There is erroneous information being circulated on social media regarding in the officer involved shooting in the Lloyd district. We can confirm that the subject involved is an adult white male. No one else was injured,” tweeted Portland Police.
As Andy Ngo highlighted, the tweet was posted in order to avoid a confrontation with Antifa rioters, who were already gathering at the location after rumors swirled that the man shot by police was black.
“Nothing to worry about folks, we just killed a white guy!” joked Chris Menahan.
Portland Police also likely leaked to the news media that the officer who fired the shots was black.
Cops Quit in Droves as Crime Skyrockets and ‘Defund’ Movement Grows
Police retirements and resignations rose significantly over the course of the last year amid widespread riots and coinciding calls to defund the police, according to a survey of about 200 police departments nationwide.
The survey of roughly 200 police departments revealed that retirements were “up 45 percent and resignations rose by 18 percent in the year from April 2020 to April 2021 when compared with the previous 12 months, according to the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington policy institute,” as reported by the New York Times.
New York City alone, for example, saw over 1,000 more retirees in 2020 compared to 2019 — 2,600 compared to the previous 1,509. Minneapolis, which was in many ways the epicenter of the civil unrest, dipped from 912 uniformed officers to 699.
Chief David Zack of the Asheville Police Department said the department, which lost over one-third of its police force, “knew” they “were going to be in trouble.”
“I don’t think we ever anticipated getting to this level,” he said.
“They said that we have become the bad guys, and we did not get into this to become the bad guys,” he continued, referring to the protests, many of which were targeted toward cops:
Officers who left said they endured a barrage of “good riddance” taunts on social media. Some said they were accused of leaving because the higher level of public scrutiny meant they could no longer beat up people of color with impunity.
One sergeant who quit after a decade on the force, who did not want his name published because of the aggressive verbal attacks online, said last summer had chipped away at his professional pride and personal health. He could not sleep and drank too much.
The resignations and retirements coincide with the crime surge rocking the nation, one year after the defund the police movement dominated the political narrative.
As a result, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), for example, plans to “reinstate $92 million to build a new precinct cut from the budget last year” as shootings in the city increase exponentially. The same is happening in other blue cities, such as Baltimore, where Mayor Brandon Scott, who advocated for slashing the police budget, is now proposing increases, as Breitbart News detailed.
Democrats, meanwhile, have shifted their tone, with more moderate leftists claiming that the Democrat Party as a whole does not seek to defund the police.
“The fact is that we’ve never taken the position as a party that we should defund the police. I am a progressive Democrat. I have never said that we should defund the police,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said during an appearance on CNN this week.
“The Democrats do not stand for defunding police,” she claimed. “The police have a major role to play, especially community policing and reducing the incidents of violence and crime in our communities.”
Manhunt Underway For Florida Gunman Who Shot Officer In Head
Daytona Beach, FL – A multi-agency manhunt is underway for the gunman accused of shooting a Daytona Beach police officer in the head on Wednesday night.
The Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) released an emergency alert identifying the suspect as 29-year-old Othal Wallace.
Wallace was last seen in a 2016 Honda HRV bearing California tag 7TNX532, according to police.
“He should be considered armed and dangerous,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood warned in a tweet on Wednesday night.
Daytona Beach police are officering a $100,000 reward for information leading to Wallace’s arrest, according to the emergency alert.
The attack occurred at 133 Kingston Avenue just before 9 p.m. when the unidentified officer responded to a report of a suspicious incident at that location, the DBPD said in the emergency alert.
The officer checked out at the scene over his radio, but stopped responding to other units shortly thereafter, WJAX reported.
Additional officers raced to the scene and found the officer lying on the pavement with a gunshot wound to his head.
He was rushed to Halifax Health Medical Center and taken into surgery, the DBPD reported.
The officer “remains in critical condition,” his department said.
The police department released a portion of the wounded officer’s bodycam footage shortly after the shooting.
Arvada, CO – Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley was ambushed and murdered by an active shooter on Monday in the plaza at Olde Town Arvada.
The fatal shooting occurred just before 2 p.m. on June 21 in the suburban Denver shopping district near 57th and Old Wadsworth, KCNC reported.
Officials have not released details of what led up to the shooting but Arvada Police Chief Link Strate said Officer Beesley was targeted, NPR reported.
Chief Strate told reporters on June 22 that Officer Beesley was “ambushed by a person who expressed hatred of police officers.”
“I can tell you Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge,” he said. “While this was a deliberate act of violence, we still believe this was an isolated incident and our community is safe.”
After Officer Beesley was shot, a good Samaritan rushed out of a nearby surplus store and confronted the gunman.
Police said 40-year-old John Hurley fatally shot the officer’s killer – later identified as 59-year-old Ronald Troyke – and was also killed himself, KCNC reported.
Officer Beesley was a school resource officers with a reputation for being compassionate with struggling students, NPR reported.
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