A shocking visual representation of radicalized progressive policies. @tarafaul503 were absolutely speechless over the devastation. The land is owned by the state and has been managed by the county. Both notoriously radical. They have knowingly allowed hundreds of
homeless to live in these woods for many years and have completely ignored the destruction. It is both heartbreaking and infuriating. I spoke to former Troutdale Mayor @RandyLauer (population 15,000) that borders the park who expressed his frustration with the county and state.
“Despite their repeated attempts to gaslight the public, the destruction of our natural green spaces and the utter disregard for shared community lands on state and public property is undeniable” As mayor he simply had no authority to do anything, but desperately wanted to.
In 2021 I took the Mayor to thousand acres to show him for himself. He and I desperately try to raise awareness with a public, but the state in the county continued to downplay the devastation. He and I were inspired to make videos after a faithful day only weeks before
when he and I and two other mayors were invited to tour thousand acres with the county. It only took ten minutes for us to know something was wrong. Not only did they not show us and mess and kept us at the very front of both ten perfectly clean camps but they told us
there was absolutely no drug use or children in the area. He and I of course returned soon and proved otherwise. “They are either willfully blind or too ignorant to acknowledge the deeper issue of rampant drug and alcohol abuse -Randy Lauer
Not only that is there’s always been a major criminal enterprise going on in this huge park. This for example example is a massive illegal chop shop.
The only actual enforcement Tara I found was a no dumping sign which it appears was not really read by anybody.
Scattered throughout the thousand acres of chaos are multiple burial sites. I’ve been told by dozens of homeless there are hundreds of people buried in 1000 acres. This makes sense, considering people have been living in there for many years. This two has
been denied by the county, but I highly doubt they thoroughly check the area. In 2021 a young homeless man and his mom walked me through the deep bush and after about a half hour I found multiple holes dug out. To this day, I
have no idea if these are actual burial sites but if not, I’ve always wondered why them dig the holes? There are no official roads in this massive park yet we found abandoned cars. It’s amazing how the people that manage this area would allow even that.
There are always three things you can count on with progressives and the issue of homelessness. They will always exaggerate how many Homeless there are in order to get a bigger budget, they will always
downplay the destruction caused by the homeless and if you ever question anything from them, you’re either a racist or a fascist .
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A pedestrian underpass get sealed shut with cement after the city ran out of ideas of how to permanently remove a homeless man who had lived in there for three years. This, of course, now prevents everybody in the community from using it.
The homeless man’s name is Michael. @tarafaul503 had worked with him extensively over the last two years. We successively reach out to his family and friends. This is a video of him from an old friend telling him she misses him. He had a severe mental break when he
was in his late teens. According to his parents and friends he was high achieving, outgoing, friendly and just really, really nice. Not one outreach worker has ever approached him and offered help. Not one. I verified this from him
I debated posting this, but I believe it’s important to raise awareness. I went to 82nd last night to prepare a project I’m working on with @tarafaul503. Within a minute of arriving, I found a half naked woman running down the sidewalk screaming. She had just been bear maced
and learned soon after sexually assaulted. I got her to put on a shirt and did my best to calm her. Two other cars stopped and tried to help. She was frantic and disorganized. Just as someone called emergency services she ran away. 82nd Ave. in Portland is a notorious location
for prostitution and trafficking. The city has done a better job in cracking down, but in the hour I spent there I was shocked just how chaotic it was. I saw girls who appeared under 18 get into strangers cars. In certain areas you can hear bloodcurdling screams down
I rowed to Ross Island to meet the Homeless that live there. Ross Island is approximately 400 acres and rests in the middle of the Willamette river which separates the east side and downtown Portland. I rented a kayak from a nice homeless man. I thought there would be many
more people living over there, but after exploring for about an hour I saw no more than five. The lady I met was actually just visiting. I got a few cases of waters for the humans and the dogs and I got food for a homeless man with broken ribs. I rowed by floating waterworlds.
A homeless man I met who did not wish to be on camera said he used to live downtown but was able to acquire cheap boats and decided to live on the river. He said enforcement is rare and one of the best decisions he’s ever made.
I visited a tiny home, village built by the homeless and managed by the homeless. They have a strict, no drug policy and everybody chips in and does chores. Yes they are technically not supposed to be
there, but I’ve never seen a better managed Tiny home village. Far better than any NGO run one. The lady that gave me the tour said no nonprofits come by ever. I thought that was odd
considering how many homeless people live there but perhaps they resent the fact that that they’re doing it better. I have visited there now three years in a row, and it looks nearly identical, which tells me people continue to follow the rules.
We got accused of staging one of our videos. Recently @tarafaul503 and I intervened when one homeless man was threatening to stab another one with a hypodermic needle. We were accused of staging it by a Homeless nonprofit worker. It happened outside their agency and one
of them approached us and made the accusation. It was so ludicrous, but also not surprising. Every so often we get accused of hiring actors to portray homeless people. Accusations always comes from so-called advocates who refuse to accept the truth of the streets.
If we did stage it, it definitely was an impressive feat considering our ‘actors’ lack rational thought and critical thinking. Costuming though has never been a problem. The homeless always know what to wear and it looks so real. The most infuriating thing is the very people
Warning Graphic. A young homeless woman overdosing on fentanyl twenty minutes after Harm Reduction activists came by and handed out pipes, foil, straws and alcohol swabs. I don’t know if they gave anybody Narcan, but when we realized the young lady was dying. I was the only
one there who had it. Her face pretty quickly turned purple and she became completely unresponsive. A few others around her were also nodded out and I credit her friend for noticing her purple lips. I called 911 twice and it was hard to reach them. After a few minutes of CPR and
chest rubs we gave her a second Narcan. Echelon security showed up and assisted. It wasn’t looking good as it was taking forever for her to respond to the Narcan. It looked like she was going to die for sure. Everyone took turns doing CPR and finally after about 5-7 minutes