USA
A few questions..
Why hasn't Portland modernized their government? Why has every mayor there quit after just one term? In what way will Sarah Iannarone or Teressa Raiford make it better? Defunding alone doesn't solve the problem because that would directly result in an increase in crime, like what happens on the reservations but much worse due to it being urban. On the reservation where the tribes could not police themselves and had to rely on the feds, literally large white gangs would come in and rape, rob and murder at will and nothing would be done about it at all. All people could do when they came through was to literally flee their homes. I am wondering exactly what will be different for Portland if the same happens there?
I am specifically wondering how you prevent this same thing from happening there too because this is what happens when you render local police powerless:
"No one knows this better than Native women who are survivors of sexual assault. Eighty percent of the reported sexual violence against Native women is committed by white men, who do so with virtual criminal impunity because, with very few exceptions, they cannot be tried in tribal courts. Federal authorities have the authority to step in for serious crimes, like rape or murder, but often decline to prosecute crimes that have been committed in Indian Country. This jurisdictional black hole has created a climate that many describe as "open season" on Native women on reservations. "
Native American Women Are Rape Targets Because of a Legislative Loophole
Tribal courts can't try non-Native individuals, which means white people can commit crimes on Native American land—including sexual assault—with virtually zero repercussions.
www.vice.com
That is not an exaggeration. It is horrific and my own family and friends have been subject to this on the reservations, it is a genuine concern that has to be addressed.
Also what is this about?
"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to end the federal deputation of 56 Portland Police officers, currently slated to last the rest of this year.
The majority of the city’s Rapid Response Team was deputized as federal marshals for a far-right rally in Portland on Saturday amid widespread fears that the large gathering of protesters and counter-protesters would lead to violence.
But city officials seemed to be operating under the assumption that the local police would keep that status only for the weekend. As OPB first reported, it will, in fact, last until the end of December under the current agreement.
Deputizing Portland officers gives federal prosecutors the option to charge anyone they arrest with federal crimes, which usually come with harsher penalties.
The mayor’s office said in a statement they had “asked the U.S. Attorney’s office to withdraw the designation.”
“A key feature of the designation is that anyone who assaults a federally deputized official could be subject to federal charges,” read a statement from the mayor’s office. “Fortunately, I am confident the Multnomah County District Attorney will continue to prosecute anyone who assaults or otherwise harms police officers or others.”
The federal deputizations threaten to route charging power around new county District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who has declined to bring low-level charges against protesters, in the process angering law enforcement officers who believe the threat of prosecution is necessary to deter crime.
But according to the city, local police were only supposed to have this federal power for the weekend."
Mayor Ted Wheeler asks federal government to de-deputize Portland police
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has asked the U.S. Attorney’s office to end the federal deputization of 56 Portland Police officers, currently slated to last the rest of this year.
www.opb.org
