Walmart’s departure from Portland shines light on rampant property crime
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- FOX 12 spoke to multiple local business owners and they all point to crime as the main reason many are leaving Southeast 82nd Avenue, including Walmart.
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Don't blame Walmart, blame the city leadership.
so it smarter to eliminate ALL profit from store, instead of hiring security...costing just some of the profit? idiocy of big business
@@jfk64kennedy95 How is it idiocy? They obviously did the math, and decided it wasn't worth it. Walmart doesn't make much profit on individual items. They need to sell a lot. I guess they weren't
Rip Portland
Blame the people that VOTED and keep voting for the city leadership.
@@johnjriggsarchery2457 how about blaming the thieves!
It's hard to feel sorry for these communities when they voted for these policies.
When the "Defund the Police" movement was going on, Portland joined that. The PD needed a budget increase (the need is demonstrated in this video), but they got a 1% budget cut. It's not huge, but it's the wrong direction for their circumstances. The officers got and continue to get the clear message from the public -- they're not appreciated.
@@PeterLawton Their budgets have increased. I don't think cops quit because of money.
Keep Portland Weird I guess.
Regardless of how they got there, saying they voted for this is just kicking the can down a road that we've already reached the DEAD END sign, this has spread way too much and it will continue to spread, junkies won't care if you voted dem or rep, they will mug, rape and murder whoever they can after these major corps close their stores and EVERYBODY looses access to goods. We need to stop saying, "They did this to themselves" and start saying "They did this to all of us, and as unfair as it is, we need to clean up the mess and get us out". Granted they will probably still vote for the same ideas tomorrow, but today they screwed us all together.
Yes and they keep voting for it again and again
Residents of Portland, "You can't close down Wal-Mart! Where are we going to go to steal stuff if they leave?"
From your fellow criminals
Being soft on small crimes and small amounts of drugs, is the beginning of all evils. Thanks to Portland and San Francisco for enlightening us on this. Your sacrifice has meant so much.
The people with common sense who oppose these insane policies are the ones who sacrificed under idiot leadership. The worthless dems love destruction and division and why they push their nonsense so hard while they preach of unity and compassion. Those idiots couldn't unite 2 Legos together with detailed instructions in crayon so it stays with their childish mindset.
Never thought I'd say it, but they don't deserve a walmart
This is all sad. We can already see the system degrading. Pretty soon things will begin to get unstable
Now that you mention it... .you couldn't be more right.
Dang, when you're more Ghetto than Walmart.
In a way, i'm happy that the criminals will have to suffer because now they don't have a walmart to steal from. But I do feel bad for the law-abiding citizens that are going to have to suffer as well.
Americans should be thankful to have less Chinese megastores in the USA.
I live in Canada.
Why are we doing business with China?
Local can be better.
Let’s all do it.
Get rid of foreign megastores. Stop giving money to a foreign economy. ❤
So defunding the police didn't work out . I'm shocked..😂😂
Was gonna say the same thing
Stop voting for fascists.
Here is the funny thing. police budget is still the same
@@aungphone1proof?
@@kxp.1496 you can literally Google it. Instead of defunding, it actually increased.
Make a law that stealing over $10 is a felony and let the stores stop them from leaving with items by force.
This has happened before. Look at places like Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago. There are very few shops in certain areas because the crime is so terrible.
Right, they keep voting for a party that supports crime and defunds the police. What did you think was going to happen lefties?
This is what happens when you tell a portion of society that their problems are not their own fault.
they get addicted to fentanyl and move to the city?
Yeah, tell them the problem is 200 years ago with slavery and tell them to ignore the fact it was democrats who were willing to die to keep their blacks as slaves on their KKK loving democrat plantations yet they remain loyal to democrats. WOW, this should make a great case for including NEGATIVE IQ numbers in the Bell Curve of intelligence.
😂
It's also a cycle of broken families. Neglected babies become toddlers and in a decade they are up to what? And we forgive this dysfunctionc by defunding the police. Meanwhile social media (aka govt) encourages people to do and say and buy whatever. Instead of promoting technical skills, dignity, resilience, self discipline, we get drugs, pronouns and more guns...and a whole Lotta insanity.
@@julieb7785 Portland isn’t Compton…
Walmart is too classy for portland. Embarrassing.
Your IQ is what's embarrassing.
Yup! Let's just hope these pukes of people don't move to our neighborhood or state.
They're just closing a couple of stores.
@@les0101s Because of the 13%
@@les0101s NO, these are the LAST TWO IN PORTLAND. There will be ZERO Walmart's in Portland after they close!
You know a city is messed up when it takes Walmart's being looted several times to shine light on property crimes.
A neighborhood Kroger closed here a couple years ago. Theft was the reason. Not only from shoppers but I heard employee theft was very bad too. That neighborhood has no food store now.
Liberals have ruined Portland.
All the cops in the world cant help if nobody is prosecuted for the crimes they are committing. A slap on the wrist and a sorry we arrested you aint gonna stop anyone. Freakin Genius.
@@bradobbink6564 I am a small business owner, and I actually operate my franchises exclusively in what you'd call a "bad neighborhood" Those people have it worse than us, so I don't mind loosing some merchandize or some property damage. I have insurance and there are tax write offs
@@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679 police work isn't even in the top 25 most dangerous jobs in the country.
People like you though do tend to disrespect jobs that are actually dangerous like truck drivers, mill workers and oddly enough higher on the list of dangerous jobs, is the humble fast food worker.
Good point.
@@user-wz5ud4mn4y your insurance will just go up, and they'll just eventually drop you.
@@scottlemiere2024 Police work has the most suicides, always on-call, always having to stay behind during hurricanes, always working holidays, always having to go to calls for services. Nobody here is disrespecting other jobs, and plenty of cops come from those jobs and even leave police work to go drive trucks (hint: because it's less stressful).
When Walmart won't even deal with it anymore you know it's gotten bad.
They were o.k. with the pajamas and whale tails walking around, but stealing too????
It not just the stealing,it is the burning and Looting,if they are caught burning and Looting they should get the death Penalty or fireing squad.
@@aubreythompson6195okay, let them start with one of your family members who steals or loots.
@@aubreythompson6195Death penalty for looting is a bit extreme lol. But community service, heavy fines, 30-90 days in jail depending on dollar amount stolen, or driving license suspended sounds like a good punishment.
@@aubreythompson6195*firing squad
Dont blame Walmart, blame America’s culture of self-entitlement
yes and society most importantly follow a culture of individualism which is caused by counter cultures of feminism being tolerant look how different i am from everyone else and individual pride and their stick figure family on the back of their van etc. this is what causes society to decay.
Tell the truth. It's a certain culture that does most of these crimes. When you try to stop them. They add violence into the mix. I'm done with those people. Just shun them. Never help them in anyway.
Why do people elect such ridiculous councilmen? It's their own fault... as life becomes more difficult and expensive for Portlanders.
This is the city whose mayor STOOD with Antifa and shouted he was going to defund the police. And color me surprised this is happening. The only thing I’m surprised about is they didn’t leave earlier.
Were the police actually "defunded"?
@@bigjared8946 what does it look like moron!!
@@bigjared8946 yes they cut $15 million and eliminated 84 positions. Activists were demanding $50 million cut
@@bigjared8946 is crime being deterred? A lot of it comes down to the DA’s and other government types enforcing the laws already on the books. So you can have a full police force but if they are not allowed to do their job then what’s the point.
Therefore that mayor deserves blame.
@@bigjared8946 they certainly don’t want to work for a city that doesn’t support them, and why should they? The people and the mayor said their piece, and the police aren’t going to work in a place where they can’t do their job without threats and being attacked
I applaud Walmart for doing this. No one want to voluntarily work in a store/area riddled with crime and destruction
I can’t imagine the employees felt safe arriving, working, and leaving in this environment. 🙁
Or shop in one if you are a normal person
@PoliteTia at least they're already signed up for welfare, thanks to Walmart's low wages.
Or the SHOPPERS.
One man's problem is another man's opportunity
the issue is that criminal behaviour is not just condoned it is actively promoted
the only way that this "community" can go forward is for them to shame criminal behaviour outright,
colleges also need to be purged, structuralists should be held accountable for all of this
Those who steal drive the stores away. Those who wink at those who steal also drive stores away. Worst of all are policies of failing to prosecute theft under $1,000.
I just resigned my teaching position. The kids are out of control and many of them do these same types of behavior with zero consequences. That's exactly why this is happening. Bad kids turn into bad adults. But keep excusing it away as you enable this behavior.
You must teach in a predominantly white school district 😂
You're not able to discipline children these days.
Civilización is declining rapidly 😢
Kids are probably out of control because there's no control ! we're not going somewhere nice !
@@mikem.8487 Very true, not much you can really do in schools these days. Obviously you can't hit them, but you also can't really expel them unless they do something seriously wrong. Expulsions are just treated as vacations and no matter how bad their grades they generally don't get held back a year as public schools want to get rid of them as fast as possible. Thus you get people graduating high school who can't read.
I hear crap like.. we have to work harder. .. No. you have to start putting criminals in jail.
Work harder? Liberals don't want to work at all.
Yup vote out these morons. Get some Republicans in there.
If they criminals where black they would!! but they white!!
💯🙏💯🙏💯
Too late, your property is now worthlessness
Shame to City leadership!
Instead of closing the store how about arresting the criminal. Dumb.
You know that a city is going down when even Walmart packs up and leaves.
No kidding
"food desert"
No these Democrats will never admit it is there people they will blame others. WATCH.....
I used to live in the Seattle area and visited Portland many times. I can't believe what has happened to the city but it's important to move out if you live in Portland.
Thinking is very hard…so they just voted democrat .
May the people of Portland get EVERYTHING they voted for.
YES!
Amen I agree
AMEN, If you do not want law Enforcement, this is what you in Portland Deserve! Enjoy! We do not feel Sorry for you of Portland, you deserve this action by Walmart. Now your Downtown Thieves will steal from another store until they close too. SUCK IT UP PORTLAND!
The Government you vote for is the Government you Deserve - Thomas Jefferson
They are
We need to be segregated from the bad people causing these problems. Life would be great if they lived together in one big sh*t hole.
Nothing new, saw this in Las Vegas years ago The theft literally closed one of the biggest super centers in that part of town. I had witnessed stealing personally many times. It is still a boarded up building today.
Imagine that, a retailer closing its store due to rampant theft and no prosecution of thieves, who would have guessed that could happen.
so called "progressive" judges and DAs do nothing but suck up the public dime. While the fires were burning in Portland they did nothing.
I would have guessed Portland. I was right!
I used to kinda feel sorry for a few thieves because they had tough lives, but I have tougher than most of them, and since they got so blatant and they don't care about how much time they serve in prison, and just repeat and throw their lives away that's on them.
I live in South Carolina. I know a woman who got 20 years for passing a counterfeit 10 dollar bill! Do you think people would get the message in Oregon if they became that tuff?
@@crystalsswtor3760 no sympathy at all for the antifa thugs that sent a message to everyone that violence and crime are OK with the corrupt "leaders" in the Northwest.
You know it's bad when even Walmart doesn't want to deal with it anymore.
compared to what? It's much easier for Walmart to close one store and move than millions of residents to pick up and leave.
@@NoToBigBro Their closing Both...What me do?...Thug"s be mean Muggin me!..lol.
That's true
The Tax money Portland is Losing is Epic!
@@abef.9085 Yeah, but the city will just jack up the taxes for everyone else that stays behind to cover the loss.
Sad. We need laws that protect citizens and not reward criminals.
Regardless of who you are , State, Countys, etc there is a saying, Bad Apples ,Ruin It For Everyone". The people that it hurts the most are the public that act responsible, do their part to support the Business and Communities. Its not hard to see who what where the bad apples make their presence know. There may come a day with any business to shop you have to be and meet standards to get foot in the door
What blows my mind is how shocked the locals are, really? Who could’ve expected that when you put soft judges and lawmakers in charge and let them give criminals more rights than the law abiding citizens that the whole state including businesses whether big or small would pull out!? You get exactly what you voted for people!
I’ve been saying that since 2020, but of course you’re just labeled a racist and moved to the back of the line. But in a way it’s almost pleasing to say I told you so.
@@christerry1773 I know exactly what you mean, been saying it since then as well and I even mentioned how people weren’t looking at the bigger picture and what the outcome would be, well guess what we were right and not just Walmart, there’s already been talk about this very same thing with other companies like CVS, Walgreens and Starbucks especially in places like California and NYC, hmmmmmmm makes people think 🤔
Doesn't help to say that. Every big city in the US is the same. The reason is total corruption and "great reset" aspects too. The problem for people who can only condemn people stuck in these cities is that the big cities in this country are going to pull the whole country down. Enjoy.
Did they get what they voted for?
And now, they're ready to go to another state and turn it blue.
I almost felt bad for Portland, BUT then I remembered they voted for this to happen eventually.
now do east palestine
@@clydewmorgan only psychosis can connect the two together
@@clydewmorgan You don't VOTE for disasters, but you do vote for being lax on criminals.
Democrats…
wait so an accident is the same as humans committing crimes
When the prosecutor won’t prosecute
Is anyone surprised? The minute I started hearing the de fund the police thing was actually happening I did chuckle to myself
You've got to be really screwed up to make Walmart leave.
Don't worry they probably blame it on Trump ! Meanwhile their city will turn into a ghost town.....
D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-S
Shouldn't have invited Walmart in to begin with
Another lefty Utopia triumph
@@joeedward2497you’ll be able to ask another company now
I blame this on the people of Portland now.
Keep voting blue.
@@ShortArmOfGod TRUMP 2024 BIDEN OLD FOLKS HOME 2024
Exactly! Vote Democrat then you better expect Democrat side effects
Noooooooooo! It’s the fault of the police which supports systemic racism. That is right sweetie. I know because the nice people of Portland said so when they took to the streets to demand for the police to be defunded and tomprotect the right of criminals while attacking the rights of law abiding citizens. People in Portlant, specially the politicians, are very wise and truthful. 😏
citizens own this and THEIR TAX dollars need to fix it, not mine.
Stop stealing it’s that simple!!!
Portland was a nice place 50 years ago. I moved out in 1987.
My daughter lives 10 minutes from Portland. It’s much worse than is being told.
no doubt media constantly lying for democrats
Why does this not surprise me
Of course it is. The media does NOT want to report this!
It won't get better, the Bible says so. Time is over. Get saved from the coming apocalypse. John 3:16kjv, For God so loved the World, that He gave his only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him Shall not perish but have ever lasting life.
I used to be willing to die for what I believed America stood for. Now, I would die to protect my family from what it has become.
This situation is exactly what Portland residents have been screaming for and demanding for years. This is their utopia. Let them have it and congratulate them because they are the enlightened ones.
republican neighborhood vs democratic neighborhood witch one will democrats claim as there's one is clean one is not
you're right Michael. We're sorry. I hope we can turn this city around.
True dat
@@1ofEve Yeah, Liberals don't know how to do anything right, just destroy everything they control. Name me one liberal run city that isn't a complete dump.
Course it couldn't have anything to do with the rents being $30,000 a year, right?
The decline of America,is playing out,right before our eyes,but we have our officials so concerned about what two adults, do in their bedrooms.
That's the final insult when you can't even keep a Walmart in the area. Walmart will open anywhere.
I'm an immigrant and I find it crazy that shoplifters here, even caught red-handed, are not stopped by store employees. Cuz in my old country, if you get caught you'll be beaten up first before you're handed to the police. This kind of lawlessness is unique to the US because of the culture of suing for everything under the sun, soft judges, criminals given more rights. If judges start using common sense and not giving frivolous lawsuits air, sending these criminals to jail, these would all stop & businesses will not be afraid anymore to stop the thieves!
Think it's bad here, one state down in California's liberal mecca, you can steal up to just under $1000 a day and no one even calls the cops. Go ahead into Nordstroms or Buckle or whatever shop and steal $999 and even say thanks to the manager on the way out and nothing happens. The whole west coast is ruined by liberals.
When you become a citizen please vote red. Democrats are basically as corrupt as Mexico.
Well said my friend well said. Did you ever think of running for mayor or governor? You would be a good one!
How do you expect you’re employees to care about your product when its clear wal mart doesn’t care about its employees. Wanna pay the lowest wage possible, you get a workforce that doesn’t care about your product.
totally agree!
Such a feel good Story...You can"t take Crime out of Walmart...But you can take Walmart out of the Crime....Just Heart warming.
Who know walmart was so smart? I thought they would keep taking the loss to be woke, guess even woke can be too woke.
@@madhatter9001 👍
I'm glad they decided to take their employees safety into consideration and close up their operation so those employees will no longer be exposed to unchecked crime.
@@twinnevans971 I believe they just lost their job, Now what is the next step for those employees?
Walmart IS crime, chuds. That's why it ruined small town America
Why not go with membership, like Costco or Sam's Club? Guard the door and scan the shoppers' identities. Solved.
And background check for retail theft required to get a membership. And background check for being a Democrat, too. 😏
The polity of Portland should be replaced with a government of Portland. Any government, since at least 5,000 years ago is supposed to provide safety for its citizens and businesses. A side note: any government since the first industrial revolution supposed to provide roads.
Having more police doesn't do anything as long as the DA keeps letting them go. This is utterly ridiculous, and all of it could have been avoided.
It was all backed by President Biden .
Stop paying taxes, their not doing their job.
@@petebusch9069 Thankfully I don't live there.
Exactly, if the policies and law are not going to enforced it's pointless having more cops on the ground.
@@outsidelookingin4657 The fact they focus on the cops is how they keep us from seeing who the real problem is, the judges and attorneys.
Who knew defunding the police would have negative consequences
Anyone with a brain.
But when Walmart breaks the law all we hear from you is crickets.
Who knew? Every conscious person with some intelligence.
Definitely not a democrat that for sure
Lol🤣💯
It's amazing now how real estate still stays constant my grandmother's house on 85th and Burnside right above 82nd she lived there for 65 years and someone came in redid the house recently it went through a lot of owners since she died in 1985 and they added 1200 square feet to the house ...it sold for 750,000 this was August 2023.. I live there in the 1970s and it was starting to turn then.
. That was even before the 205 freeway was put in
Walmart used to locate their stores in rural areas away from big cities, between the hostility of big city politicians and rampant crime, Walmart can easily pull out and move to areas with less theft crime that are less hostile to business. The Walmart family has billions and can afford to move its locations to more profitable markets and locations. I feel bad for the citizens of Portland who were served with a convenient place to shop with affordable prices.
This is what happens when laws aren’t enforced and crime is rampant.
It also comes from bad and non existent parenting.
This is what happens when people vote in Democrats who won't allow laws be enforced & cry "racism" anytime they are enforced !
Brought to you by your friends at woke and blm
This is a real example of devolving civility and chaos. No enforcement of laws is like playing a game without rules....Everyone loses.
It's really a problem when people don't obey the law....if you follow the law, you don't need it enforced.
Walmart is an example of corporate greed and why this world is changing for worse. The sharing of wealth just doesn’t occur anymore. Pay employees a living wage. People used to be able to live comfortably on a cashiers wage.
In the end, they will just put a barbed wire fence around Portland and give up.
When Wal Mart, Dollar General, IHOP, and Waffle House leave your city you may as well just turn off the lights.
I did not know about Waffle House!
Democrats
@@faheemabbas3965 Yes the demoncrats that allows third world people that bring nothing but open empty hands to just walk into this country and give them the opportunity to make it like the countries that they fled from This country needs more Christianity and President Trump
And now Cracker Barrel.
You know its bad when Dollar General goes.
The new Chicago mayor said the Wal-Mart closing there is very unfair to his citizens-"Where are they going to go to shop lift now?"
The question isn’t where are they going to shop, rather “ where are they going to go now to rob, steal, loot and destroy. Don’t come to Florida, we don’t want SCUM like you in OUR neighborhoods.
it wouldn't be fun to work in a store where criminals and drug addicts are allowed to come in and run loose. It would be hard to find staff to work "minimum wage" and risk being assaulted, spat on, verbally abused and at risk always.
More like where are they going to go to steal. They brought this on themselves don’t have a pity for any of them
They're getting busloads of new criminals from the border too!
Walmart is not the largest Capital Corporation anymore. Google it and you’ll be surprised. Check from(2000-2022),then you’ll will get some knowledge.
It's hard to feel bad when the cost of food is rocketing and companies ain't paying good enough to eat month to month
Same happening everywhere Texas too.
West Coast went from glamor to horror over the last few years
Yeh, never thought I'd see that. Covid ramped it up a bit but the downward spiral was already there. Thank God I'm in the mountains in Canada somewhere near "normal". For now.
Just in your trailer park
@@geargeekpdx3566 keep ignoring the obvious and denying reality. Soft on crime liberals SUCK.
@@geargeekpdx3566 And apparently this entire liberal neighborhood in Portland.
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego. Yeah out of (Democrats) control!
I applaud Walmart.
.... for lobbying your government making it easier to pay people less.
Walmart probably doesn't want to pay the minimum wage in Portland.
@@les0101s They pay it at every store everywhere. Has nothing to do with it.
@@darthnatas953 what are all the factors
@@les0101sYou people will say anything BUT hold your own accountable...
Im glad they're closing. It shows there are consequences for poor behavior and terrible policies.
What is Walmart supposed to do? Stay open and operate at a loss?
This is what happens when you form a sanctuary city. Although officially not declared to be one, Portland essentially became one when they started refusing to enforce Federal laws.
Prosecuting criminals would be a good idea
That's not equitable though. Young blacks should be given a few warnings before they are arrested for crimes like "shoplifting". What about wage theft?!!!
Exactly. It’s transphobic and racist, probably ableist too, to hold people accountable for assault and theft.
@@stansmith8206🤣
Whoever would have thought this would happen in a city that allows shoplifting.
Where does it say that?
@@bazil4146 "A survey conducted earlier this year by the Organized Retail Crime Association of Oregon found most major retailers in Portland often don’t bother filing police reports, citing a lack of police response, a lack of prosecution, the low level of the incidents or company policy. One viewer told us, anecdotally, that police have learned that responding to crimes like shoplifting is "not worth their time," and not worth the effort of getting video footage that could be used as evidence when they know it's an uphill battle with the DA to get the case prosecuted."---KGW8 Portland
@@bazil4146 "Industry experts say shoplifters are in it for the cash - motivated to steal expensive merchandise and re-sell it online or through the black market. Most of these individuals know that the police aren’t going to respond,” said Girard. “If they do get caught, they are most likely not going to be prosecuted. If they are prosecuted, they aren’t probably going to spend a lot of time in jail for this type of crime.” FOX12 Oregon
@@bazil4146 There might not be anything in writing saying that Portland allows shoplifting, but when only 46% of shoplifters are prosecuted, there might as well be.
Walmart must be applauded for being too polite and stating the reason for closure as merely a financial one… instead of stating the obvious.
Go into Portland and tell me everyone there works hard. The freaking birds, rats, squirrels are working harder for food than the people there
I remember the summer of 2020 and remarks Trump made about Portland and he was 100% right about Portland
Too bad he let B L M flourish that summer, which prompted this unprecedented crime surge. He should've shut it down.
@@LC.1990 he offered help they turned him down and called him a fascist remember so it's not his fault he tried to do the right thing but local officials refused
@@lezobrandon3398 What "fascist" member was that? A NAME and all us conservatives will be quiet. Oh you can't? Well then F off :)
Give a dem a state to run the only direction it will go is down . Criminals and the deranged love Dems because there on there level .
@@braddishv3146 you forget just look at the old news from 2020 Trump was right everyone else was wrong
Financial reasons= hard to be profitable when your inventory is stolen
Bingo
Walmart works on thin margins, thats the vision Sam Walton had that made walmart rise. If one item is stolen, they will have sell 4 of them to to pay for the loss of the stole item, so a few stolen items on a shelf can make that whole shelf a loss. Soon the whole aisle turns into a loss. Then the store closes.
I see it differently. Walmart is a magnet for homeless people--with their policy of letting people stay overnight on their property and beg during the day. There's a walmart down the street from my house and since it opened there are more homeless and the neighborhood has gone down. More theft of yard property, pilfering in cars, mail theft. Blue shopping carts in the alleys. Walmart doesn't invest in anti-theft strategies, like adequate security and enough floor staff to deter. It's all stockers and checkout. All so we can buy some cheap trinket for 1.19 instead of 2.79 somewhere else. Crime will fall when walmart leaves
@@robLV You sound like a good commie.
@@robLV same can be said when the first liquor store shows up in the area.
We left Oregon in 2016. Multnomah County voters have voted for all of this destruction. Let them enjoy it now. Ted Wheeler is a large part of the problem.
God bless these poor people. Walmart should be forced to stay open to allow these people to get their free stuff, another example of the man coming down on the poor people
They did it to themselves. I usually don't stick up for Walmart but "Bravo" !!!
You do realize though, that Walmart lobbies your government to create more inequality, which leads to increased thefts and violence.
what do you dislike most about Portland
Walmart did it to themselves to. They are one of the companies that went woke and pushed for this. F Portland and Walmart.
@@1ofEve whatever Fox News told him to dislike most. He lives in rural Montana.
@@scottlemiere2024 non political here but you democrats are devils of the bunch.. literally. Republican bad too but you dems are mentally ill.
I like how the news station captioned the story, “Crime ‘believed’ to be a factor in Walmart closures”, like anyone really doubts that. They’re so clueless.
Or they’re covering for the politicians…
Everyone's too scared of the woke
They are liberal wokes they are part of the problem !
The media isnt clueless. They are liberal . And liberals are Evil. Pretty much simple as that now a days.
The media is the mouthpiece for the radical left
Time to stop saying shoplifting and start calling it what it really is...stealing.
Good news coverage 👏🏻
The only people I feel bad for are the elderly that lived there their whole life. It's not like the thieves and sidewalk poopers are going to help them.
86 % of people over 55 vote dem in portland
OMG the sidewalk poppers! Hahaha, at work we'd put pylons out to mark their droppings and ponder just what kinds of lives they lead.
Nah - likely woke hippies from the 60's. It's their paradise now.
Defund the police......Look how that worked out.....Stop voting for these guys. OMG....
hmm, except they are the largest voting block and voted for these polices, so they did it to themselves.
It doesn't matter how many cops you have or how many arrests they make if the DA doesn't prosecute then it's all completely pointless.
This is what happens when "helping" junkies is top priority.
I feel sorry for the small stores that cant move elsewhere. If they close thats it for the owners
Our city leaders here in San Antonio having a vote to release or not arrest people who steals anything less than $700 worth of items. Who would want to open a business in a city that protects criminals who hurts their businesses
Now imagine 10 people a day steal $700 worth...
@@jstebakova could be the same person multiple times
I left SA over 12 years ago for a rural county because I saw it coming. A city obsessed with growth destroys quality of life for everyone. Traffic, urban sprawl, crime, cost of living, neverending road construction, etc. Before that I left Houston over 30 years ago for the same reason and have no reason to go back to either place to even visit (especially Houston). Get out if you can.
@@rockyroad7345 the Houston of yore would have handled the issue now they are investigating a victim for shooting an armed robber
Yes I’m from San Antonio Texas
This is the soft on crime approach that their politicians wanted
Portland was a beautiful city years ago.
The Nike store in Portland just closed too. They said they would only reopen if the police department can assign them officers to be in front of the store during operating hours. Anyone who doesn't think that crime and theft is in a major component of them closing their stores is just refusing to accept reality.
That's funny since they went woke and pushing nonsense like this.
@@knerduno5942 exactly
Assign police officers? LOL, while felonies are in progress? Nike can pay an armed to the teeth private security $150 and hour and that would be the only way they could get someone to risk their life and freedom.
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REI closed in Portland too citing theft and robbery as reasons for closing.
We’ve had similar problems here in Memphis, TN. When large companies like Walmart, Kroger, Target, etc leave a particular section of town, because of “financial”reasons, that’s simply a code word for shoplifting, holdups, or significant area crime that scares away shoppers.
Until punishments become so severe, the crime epidemic will only get worse.
Greensboro & Guilford County, NC are becoming more like Portland every day, for the same reason. Major and small businesses have pulled out of certain areas. The City even tried sponsoring a supermarket, but that quickly failed. Does the govt do anything well?
@@millerforester6237 government doesn’t do anything well when you have one side that wants to defund the government when it comes to helping people. They only want to fund a police state and the militaries unlimited budget.
@@xmateinc " government doesn’t do anything well when you have one side that wants to defund the government when it comes to helping people."
Portland appears to suggest a hole in your premise. The tried doing away with the latter and doubling down on the former.
Sadly the PD prefers to spend its time beating up and killing innocent people.
@@Nigelsmom2136 Sadly, that's a statistically tiny number that's used to justify making everything else worse. Essentially, Portland exchanged a handful of police violence for 20 times the violence from criminals. Plus, police aren't likely to bust out the Post Office windows, steal a car, set up camp on a sidewalk, leave needles in a park or shoplift in a Walmart.
How do you not understand, any store can only last so long when the
Cities have constant lawlessness.
And if you look how they regulate taxes and they give the rich tax breaks and the poor is paying the majority of the taxes because of the crime and that's why our insurances are up. We can't even afford to support. They need to realize the homelessness and what greed has brought our people to.
The irony of the politicians to hire more police officers, when you don't let them enforce the laws and rarely convict criminals, is a major part of the problem.
Exactly. Arrest them, then free them. What's the point?
@@steveroberts9222 right,the policies from the Democrats will destroy this country from the inside.
The Democrats own the media.
And public schools where they start brainwashing.
Why would anyone want to be a cop I Portland? You'll be in excessive danger, you can't actually do your job and your bound to get defunded
Telling the police to stand down when antifa was engaged in an actual insurrection was the beginning of criminals in the Northwest knowing that they had nothing to fear.
Cops are criminals too. They are humans with low pay and opportunity. That will breed corruption.
I think it's so ironic how, just a few short years ago, people from all over the nation were packing up and moving to Portland. Now they're leaving in droves so fast it's insane.
It's a beautiful place. Too bad about the people.
yea it'll be the next Detroit, only difference is Portland doesn't really have much industry vs Detroit/Windsor
Lmao lot of them can’t even moving out now I heard...😂 they got no work over there, they turn into bum and no job = no money to move out. 😂👌🏼
so they can mess up everywhere else in the nation. They just keep voting democrat and never think that is the problem
But real estate is still screaming hot market.
Even in the traditional low life neighborhoods. Prices are still sky high over a few years ago.
Stores expect a percentage of loss but with the rampant theft, lack of police support and fear of shopping there it becomes too much. Employees and customers become too afraid of being in the stores with that environment. I'm glad the Liberals are seeing what they created and they certainly deserve it.
Good for Walmart, no business should have to endure such blatant lawlessness.
If Walmart leaves, where will Portlanders buy their clothes? 😆
Walmart closing is truly unfortunate. Now all the lawless drug addicted criminals will have to venture out to steal from smaller stores in the area instead of making a one stop shoplifting spree.
theyll have to steal more cars and bikes so they can go further to get the loot
Not only that, but the small businesses in the area which relied on the overflow and foot traffic WalMart brought in will lose those customers too.
At least they'll help mom & pop shops move merchandise.
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They're more likely to blast the scum thieves, unlike Walmart.
OMG.
Hard to feel sorry for people that got exactly what they wanted.
100%!
I’m angry the city I was born in, and took pride in hailing from, has degenerated into what it has become. Good job progressive voters. You all should find the nearest bridge and take a swim - there are many bridges to choose from.
do you love it when Portland suffers?
They voted for it. Enjoy sleeping in the bed you’ve made.
This will be a good opportunity for Kmart.
Just look at South Africa now to see what's coming, it's so sad.
Keep believing the BBC lies. LOL
Close the Post Office also. You get what you vote for.
My family and I visited Portland from Phoenix hoping to escape the crime infested, overcrowded freeways, homelessness on every corner…… after 3 days in Portland, Phoenix didn’t seem so bad. What a S hole.
GOOD!! Portland is BETTER without the RICH GREEDY WallyWorld! Thats for the RACIST rednecks, LOL!!!
Obviously a joke since you are from Phoenix 😂
I’m from Seattle. I will try to visit Portland (via Amtrak) and see for myself.
It’s also getting worse here in Seattle.
@@milcycat7285I live near seattle, went to portland a couple months back, trust me, you dont wanna go down there
I moved from Phoenix in 2022 lived there many years from my observance. Phx will be the next Portland in the southwest.
The sad thing is that people in Portland will continue to blame "corporations" and then vote Dem time and time again. It's pathetic.
I am wondering if this is due to the fact public education is circling the drain. We are a nation of sheep. It is sad.
Almost like blaming failed public schools and foolishly voting republican.
To be fair, a lot of these people (in Portland) don't believe in conservative ideology. They might not like the democrats being soft on crime, but they also are against most things that conservative republicans stand for. So they're between a rock and a hard place.
@@antdell8730 Idiot !!!
@@antdell8730ahahhaha hahahaha. Delusional as usual. The worst cities in this country are all Dem. 11 out 15 deadliest cities are run by democrats.
Hey Gov Abbott how about you worry about keeping the electricity on in Texas?
We won't help you protect your property, but we'll give you a grant to help repair it after its vandalized. Man. . Wal-Mart's crazy not to take that deal.
I like how the commissioner talked about it like it was someone else’s problem
It doesn't affect him. He's wealthy.
It is, not his.
yea nothing he said had to do with stopping crime
It's always opposites day in the left wing progressive world.
Its store problem that they dont hire armed security.
Darrel is a good guy and a straight shooter. I work down the street from him a couple blocks away. I used to live in the neighborhood. When my car was stolen out out of my driveway the cops couldn't care less. When it was "recovered" 10 blocks away it was because it was parked illegally, towed without informing me, and then I had to pay a $400 tow bill like I was the criminal. I've lived in Portland 50 years and it just keeps getting worse. I am heartbroken that this once sleepy bohemian counter-culture kooky city has descended into chaos and anarchy. Portland should be a cautionary tale for other cities about law enforcement. Also I am a republican, believe strongly in personal accountability, and feel like I am trapped behind enemy lines in my home city.
This is everywhere and spreading from Tijuana to Toronto. But when I left the UsA four decades ago STEALING was just below murder and baby rape in the column of obscene crimes. what happened?? it's NOT just a "Rep. against Dem" game and it's not going to be SOLVED looking at it that way. It's much deeper.
I mean you said its a kooky, counter culture city. Maybe these arent good traits? Its good in abstract but people bring in real sin to the equation. Bohemian and such. I live in Brazil and I agree with the sentiment
"Kooky" is another word for crazy and guess what?
If you believe that men can't have babies, you're now the Bohemian and the "Counter Culture."
Hate to say it but kinda sounds like old San Fran. Both cities and state gone to ____. Coincidence???
Why aren't the normal people voting these nuts out of office? Are there really that many hipsters out voting the middle class?