Portland mayor changes tone on violent protests

FOR A MONDAY I’M ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. POLICYMAKERS DRIVING INTO PORTLAND DRESSED IN BACK READY FOR BATTLE. RIOTS AND LOOTING COST THE CITY TENS OF MILLIONS IN LOSSES AND DAMAGE. IT WAS THE EPICENTER OF THE DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT. THE MAYOR IS URGING RESIDENTS TRYING TO UNMASK THE VIOLENT MOB AND TAKE THE CITY BACK. >> WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AGAINST THIS ONGOING CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE. THEY WANT TO BURN, THEY WANT TO BASH. THEY WANT TO INTIMIDATE. THEY WANT TO ASSAULT. >> Dana: DAN SPRINGER IS LIVE IN SEATTLE. DAN, I GUESS PEOPLE IN PORTLAND MIGHT THINK IT IS WELCOME BUT A LITTLE LATE. >> WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR. PORTLAND MAYOR TED WHEELER STOOD WITH THESE VERY SAME PROTESTORS LAST SUMMER AS THEY BATTLED FEDERAL POLICE AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. NOW HE IS ASKING FOR HELP IN GETTING THEM ARRESTED. WHEELER HAS FINALLY REACHED HIS BREAKING POINT. ON FRIDAY HE ASKED RESIDENTS TO UNMASK THE SELF-DESCRIBED AN ARC CONSISTS VANDALIZING PORTLAND AND TRYING TO BRING DOWN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NEARLY A YEAR. LAST JULY WHEELER JOINED THEM AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF MORE THAN 100 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF PROTEST THAT USUALLY ENDED IN VIOLENCE AND RIOT BEING DECLARED. HE WAS TEAR GASSED BY THE FEDS AND SHOUTED DOWN BY PROTESTORS AND NOW CALLING ON THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN ARRESTING THE VANDALS. >> THESE PEOPLE OFTEN ARRIVE AT THEIR SO-CALLED DIRECT ACTIONS IN CARS AND THEY ARE ALL DRESSED IN ALL BLACK. IF YOU SEE THIS, CALL THE POLICE. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE A LICENSE PLATE, IF YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY, THAT INFORMATION CAN HELP LATER. >> WITHIN HOURS OF THAT NEWS CONFERENCE THERE WAS ANOTHER DIRECT ACTION WHICH WAS DECLARED A RIOT AND A COUPLE ARRESTS WERE MADE. STORE WINDOWS WERE SMASHED AND OTHERS HIT BY GRAFFITI. LAST WEEK THEY DAMAGED A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND DOWNTOWN CHURCH. WHEELER HAS BEEN CALLING FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE FOR SOME TIME. HE HAS NEVER ASKED FOR THE RESIDENTS’ HELP UNTIL NOW BUT ADDED ANY HELP SHOULD BE NON-CONFRONTATIONAL. EASIER SAID THAN DONE. ANARCHISTS ARE GOING AFTER PEOPLE WHO TAKE VIDEOS AND PICTURES AT THE ACTIONS. THEY ASK IN THEIR CALL-OUT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THESE EVENTS TO NOT LIVESTREAM IT AND THAT’S A CLEAR INDICATION THEY DON’T WANT ANY CAMERAS THERE. PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP WITH CAMERAS, I DON’T KNOW IF IT WILL GO VERY WELL FOR THEM, DANA.

Channel: Fox News

Views: 1,272,289

Keywords: Fox News, Fox News Channel, News, americas newsroom, bill hemmer, dan springer, dana perino, defund police, defund the police, mayor ted wheeler, portland, portland anarchists, portland defund police, portland defund the police, portland mayor, portland mayor ted wheeler, portland protesters, portland protests, portland riots, protests, ted wheeler, ted wheeler news, ted wheeler portland, portland oregon, portland news, portland oregon news

Id: je5UZTEY2nA

Length: 2min 38sec (158 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 26 2021

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