A poll of Oregon voters released late last week revealed that a majority disapprove of the Black Lives Matter protests in the state, and that President Donald Trump has higher approval than Governor Kate Brown or Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
Several protesters in Portland have been arrested over the last week following night after night of demonstrations, which saw activists hurling projectiles at officers and disrupting public transportation in the area.
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, where violent and even deadly riots have taken place nightly for more than 100 days, is now disciplining police officers who are accused of misconduct as they respond to rioters.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) on Thursday ordered the Portland Police Bureau to cease using one toxic form of tear gas as riots continue to plague the Democrat-run city.
The violent protests and riots in Portland, Oregon, continue unabated but if Antifa and anarchists are pleased with what is going on in the city voters disagree, according to a poll that shows 63 percent think Mayor Ted Wheeler is not doing a good job.
During a press conference on Friday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) defended her refusal to deploy the National Guard to Portland despite Mayor Ted Wheeler’s request that she do so by stating that the city needs and she is relying
Democrat mayors of cities that have faced unchecked rioting criticize Trump as “not above the law” for reviewing federal funding to municipalities.
Portland Police declared a riot outside the high-rise apartment building where Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler lives, making 19 arrests Monday night.
A neighbor of embattled Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler denounced ongoing violent unrest that plaguing the Democrat-run city for over three months, saying the protests and riots have nothing to do with fulfilling the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) is looking to move after protesters repeatedly targeted his condo building, he told fellow residents on Tuesday.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany stated that the death of Aaron Danielson would have been prevented if Portland, OR Mayor Ted Wheeler had requested help from the federal government in
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticized a local police officer who tackled a rioter on Monday night, tweeting Tuesday that the officer had been “filmed repeatedly striking an individual at a protest.”
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf responded to a letter Democrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler sent to President Donald Trump that said he did not want help to quell the destructive and deadly riots that have continued nightly. Wolf said that not only does federal law enforcement have the authority and responsibility to protect federal property, it could be soon that the American people need protection.
Portland rioters late Monday evening set fire to a minority-owned dental office in Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo building, which allegedly has children living inside, according to videos posted on social media.
Rioters marched on the home of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler overnight Monday into Tuesday, looting nearby stores and setting furniture on fire in the street. At one point, they reportedly set fires inside the condominium building itself.
After sending federal police officers and Oregon State Police packing, Democrat Gov. Kate Brown announced on Sunday that she is bringing the state officers back to Portland, which has faced nightly destructive and now deadly riots for more than 90 days.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Monday accused President Trump of inciting violence across the country but failed to provide any specific examples to support the weighty accusation.
“You’re not going to hear anything from Biden or any sort of plan to stop the violence. … All you are going to hear today is empty talk, just like Biden has been doing for 47 years,” Trump’s 2020 senior communications adviser, Jason Miller, said on Monday in a campaign call with reporters.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) issued a statement on Sunday blaming President Donald Trump for the violence seen across American cities, particularly in Portland, after a Trump supporter was shot and killed.
President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a message on Twitter describing Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler as a “useless fucking idiot.”
A turbulent day of riots and violence in Portland turned deadly Saturday night, as a man was shot and killed after an explosion of gunfire.
Amid ongoing violent riots in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler sent a letter to Trump defending rioters and slamming the president.
“[Protest] will ultimately burn itself out,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler told the local public radio station.
The Portland Police Bureau released a statement on Monday, saying that the driver who was beaten unconscious by Portland rioters late Sunday night is “recovering” at a local hospital.
Oregon State Police are no longer on the ground in Portland, Oregon, where nightly riots continued on Thursday. The agency said the departure was based on the city’s decision not to prosecute rioters charged with crimes.
Violence continued in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night into Sunday morning as a “peaceful protest” once again became a riot, with activists blockading streets, setting fire to the police union offices, and attacking local police.
Portland Police clashed with protesters on Friday night into early Saturday morning as demonstrators targeted cops, hurling chunks of concrete and explosives at officers in what the department described as an “extremely dangerous situation.”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) on Thursday condemned the violence that recently convulsed his city, stating demonstrators are “attempting to commit murder” following an attack on East Precinct, where violent left-wing agitators attempted to set it ablaze.
A failure of local leadership in Portland, Oregon, threatens to spread to other major U.S. cities if it is not stopped in the Rose City.
Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that President Trump saved the city of Portland, Oregon.
Oregon officials have agreed to flood Portland, overwhelmed by violent protests on a nightly basis, with state police officers to address the civil unrest in the city, Gov. Kate Brown (D) indicated Wednesday.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler backed away Monday from a pledge he made on July 16 not to meet with representatives of the Department of Homeland Security, which deployed officers to the city to protect the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse.
Former Vice President Joe Biden supports the ongoing demonstrations around the country, repeatedly referring to them as “peaceful protests” when they plainly are not.
A high school football coach in Oregon says that he was fired because of his day job, as a police officer.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan slammed Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler by saying that the mayor is telling federal agents and officers to stop acting under their
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany used Friday’s press briefing to air footage of violent protests in Portland, Oregon, in recent days — countering Democrats’ claims that the demonstrations have been “peaceful protests.”
Portland rioters barricaded federal law enforcement agents inside a federal courthouse as they tried to set the building ablaze amid ongoing violent protests in the Democrat-controlled city, according to a report.
The Portland City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday that effectively bans the Portland Police Bureau from assisting federal law enforcement, as Commissioner Chloe Eudaly accused the Trump administration of “attempting to use Portland as a proving ground for fascism.”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler joined a violent demonstration in his city Wednesday night at which “protesters” threw flaming bags of garbage at a federal courthouse — and where he was jeered by the crowd before being tear gassed by federal officers.
Demonstrators in Portland took to the streets on the 55th night of protests in the city, attacking the federal courthouse yet again, vandalizing public and private property, and setting several fires throughout the city.
