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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by WalterBright on Monday December 11, 2023 @11:55PM (#38609696)
A friend of mine recently closed his store in Seattle, permanently, and relocated to another county. He had the door smashed, and the organized thieves ransacked the place, and caused a lot of costly damage. (He showed me the security camera footage.) The police not only did not come, they told him they no longer responded to property crimes, only violent crimes.

The law does not allow citizens to protect their property, and the police won't, either. So what to do? Leave.

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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by SilasX on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:31AM (#38609882)
Even violent crimes might not be enough to get attention. I know a couple that was mugged at a gas station near the Oakland airport this past Thanksgiving. The muggers stole stuff from the car with their infant and toddler in it.

Even then, the clerk watched the whole thing while not calling 911. The police didn’t come out and would only take a report if they went to the station, which they ended up not doing.

If something like that isn’t even making it into the crime stats…

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