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2019-02-23 -Land of the Free
Portland Listening Session Turns Into Extremist ‘Sh*Tshow’ As Activists Demand Police Force Be Disbanded
[HOTAIR] Last week a Portland police lieutenant named Jeff Niiya was accused of colluding with right-wing protest group Patriot Prayer after a string of his texts were released to the public. Lt. Niiya’s job is to coordinate with protest groups coming to the city and the texts show him doing just that, i.e. chatting with Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson about the group’s intentions and planned movements. As I noted last week, Lt. Niiya has previously been in close contact with a member of Antifa who became an outcast when other members of the group learned she’d be talking with police.

But the texts with Patriot Prayer were seen as something far more sinister by the far-left denizens of Portland. That included left-wing city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty who declared the texts were proof police were in “collusion with right-wing extremists.” Portland’s Mayor, Ted Wheeler, called for an investigation saying, “It is imperative for law enforcement to remain objective and professional, and in my opinion, these text messages appear to cross several boundaries.” Portland’s Police Chief Danielle Outlaw agreed to investigate the texts to see if they showed anything improper. Yesterday, the Oregonian reported that it was Mayor Wheeler’s office that was asking for and receiving information about Patriot Prayer’s location and plans from Lt. Niiya:

The Mayor’s Office has relied on a Portland police lieutenant to keep tabs on right-wing protest leader Joey Gibson, sometimes texting him at all hours to ask about Gibson’s whereabouts or plans.

It’s the same lieutenant, Jeff Niiya, who has come under fire in the last week from Mayor Ted Wheeler and other city officials…

“Certainly the mayor’s initial comments gave the impression that he was unaware of the communications between Niiya and Gibson,’’ said Lt. Craig Morgan, president of the Portland Police Commanding Officers Association. “These texts show that not only was his top aide aware of the conversations, but he was requesting specific information about Patriot Prayer and Gibson as situations developed.’’

Despite the fact that it was the Mayor’s own office requesting the information Lt. Niiya was gathering on Patriot Prayer, the investigation prompted by Niiya’s texts remains ongoing. As part of that process, Police Chief Outlaw scheduled a listening session to hear the community’s concerns Thursday night. Reporter Andy Ngo, who attended the meeting, says it quickly became a “sh*tshow” and a “circus of identity politics and hysteria.”
Posted by Fred 2019-02-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Portland: Someone else's circus, someone else's monkeys.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-02-23 03:37||   2019-02-23 03:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Oregon is such a beautiful state. Perhaps congress could declare it a Federal Wilderness and prohibit permanent habitation?

/sarc
Posted by Frank G 2019-02-23 07:13||   2019-02-23 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Careful what you ask for. It might spread the infection if they move out.
Posted by gorb 2019-02-23 12:52||   2019-02-23 12:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I do not think that antifa would like an armed vigilance committee to fill the void.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-02-23 13:45||   2019-02-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 Exactly. The cops are the sort who would stabd aside while Antifa beats a Trump supporter.

To hell with them all.
Posted by charger 2019-02-23 13:45||   2019-02-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 No need to clean it up, just cut power, water and food. Let nature take it's course. Anyone trying to leave, well, then the Armed Vigilance committee comes into play.
Posted by Silentbrick 2019-02-23 15:41||   2019-02-23 15:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Is there something wrong with the water in the Pacific Ocean? Seems only Alaska is immune to the crazy.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-02-23 23:22||   2019-02-23 23:22|| Front Page Top

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