Ted Wheeler press conference now about shooting on Saturday. @Rjaellis starts with question about Wheeler statement last year about making protesters "hurt a little" and if he feels responsible for political violence. Ofcourse he doesn't take responsibility
@ChiefCLovell claims he's not gonna speculate about political motive by shooter who yelled at protesters calling them terrorists and had tons of evidence showing he was vocal about wanting to kill BLM and Antifa
The city government and police seem to be backing off the narrative of prosecutions/policing being an effective solution to gun violence. It's hard to keep that up when the new FIT team doesn't seem to have touched the gun violence epidemic.
@_jlevinson talked to #BenSmith brother, and Smiths brother has attempted to contact with police multiple times, but has not been responded to. Levinson asks if they desire to speak to people about the case why havn't they responded.
@WrightKATU asks if Wheeler will increase budget to address gun violence this next budget cycle like he did last budget cycle. Wheeler said yes. So even more money for police to come.
Portland police did not answer either question about why it took so long to release the name of the mass shooter or what evidence that have that evidence was removed from the scene of the shooting.
#BenSmith #AndyNgo
#BenSmith #AndyNgo
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