Back during the Summer of Love in 2020, Portland, Oregon was among many cities experiencing nightly “mostly peaceful riots” featuring arson, property damage, and cop-free protest encampments. In fact, Portland was arguably among the worst at the time. While many were horrified, some saw the tumultuous era as presenting opportunities. One of those was Mike Schmidt, who ran for District Attorney on a platform of “justice reform,” defunding the police, and emptying the jails. He made good on his campaign promises and the results have been uniformly disastrous, as we have reported here many times in the past. Now a new election cycle is underway, however, and change may be in the air. Schmidt is facing a challenge for his office from someone who is vowing to get tough on crime and it’s not coming from some right-wing conservative. The challenger is one of Schmidt’s own deputies. (AP)
Will Portland Accept a Chance to Actually Enforce the Law? – HotAir
