The Portland police chief said Wednesday he was “deeply concerned” about the area being occupied by protesters trying to evict a black and indigenous family, explaining that individuals had stockpiled weapons, handed over armed guards and threatened to kill police officers. Is. At the so-called Red House on Mississippi Avenue.
“We want a peaceful and safe resolution for the occupation of public space on Ann Mississippi Ave,” Chief Chuck Loveley said on Twitter on Wednesday. “We are very concerned about the strengthening of barricades in public, weapons stockpiles, attacks on armed messengers, journalists and threats to kill officers in graffiti.”
According to the Portland Police Bureau, residents near the property have been experiencing “intimidating behavior and intimidation” in the past three months, amid fears they are breaking into their homes and erecting fences around their property.
According to Fox News, the business was running as early as Wednesday and the individuals were staying overnight. Police were not at the scene all night, but the bureau tweeted Wednesday that demonstration liaison officers were available to communicate with people in the home.
Portland activists who illegally occupied the so-called Red House have claimed that those arrested on Tuesday included two sons of former landlords, as Mayor Ted Wheeler instructed police to take “all legal means” to ensure there were no autonomous zones in the city.
Several others were arrested on Tuesday, including one man who was found with a firearm. The house was also demolished by law enforcement and people were entering and leaving despite a judge’s order.
Portal landlord officials to clear the ‘all legal means’ home protesters
Since September, individuals have been raging on the front and back gardens of the home and camping on nearby privately owned and city-owned properties, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said.
Activists have denied the mayor’s claim that they are creating an autonomous zone at the Red House, and instead said Reporter for the Portland Tribune That they called the “evacuation blockade.”
Assistant Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Fees by the Portland Police Bureau said it responded to the home at Ississ00 Mississippi Ave at 5 a.m. Tuesday “to re-secure the home in which occupants were previously evicted by a court order.”
A group called “Red House on Mississippi” published a press release describing its own account of the alleged incidents, claiming that William X Nietzsche, described as a resident and son of Red House landlords, had been arrested and injured by officers. Another son, Michael Kinney, was arrested and released later that afternoon, according to the group.
Portal police and protesters clash in broad daylight
“Despite permission from the landlord to camp, officials haphazardly flooded the area, targeting this famous free community kitchen, misunderstood campers, in the midst of an economic crisis and epidemic.”
According to the group’s website, the home has been owned by the Afro-Indigenous Kinney family since the 1950s. When a family member was arrested in 2002, they paid off their mortgage but took out another loan in front of the house to pay the legal fees.
Julie Metcalfe Kinney, one of the former homeowners, said her family was facing “sneaky and illegal mortgage tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who are campaign contributors from the real estate industry, law enforcement and There is no real action. To displace black and vulnerable people, this histor has been used in the historical black neighborhood. ”
The Red House on Mississippi will hold a press conference Wednesday at 2 p.m., local time.
According to the group, the demonstrators “maintained a presence of the surrounding community, along with a night camping, a fully functional kitchen serving two free hot meals a day, and a healing and elimination centered non-programming fee programming.”
Multiple shootings have been responded to by police in the last several days, with as many bullets as Portland Home Street.
The Portland Police Bureau said officers and deputies formed a perimeter around the site Tuesday to allow private contractors to erect a new fence, but individuals removed the fence and re-recorded the crime on the property.
“Portland police officers were on the run when private property owners began securing their property with which police are working in anticipation of this morning’s activities. Private property owners arranged for fencing and fencing, ”police said.
A video posted online showed a crowd of protesters retreating from the Red House on Tuesday, both on foot and in their police vehicles, as they marched on officers. The mob hurled paint-filled rocks and balloons at the officers. The footage showed a police vehicle submerged in a chemical that obstructed the windshield as it backed down the street.
“Nothing has changed overnight,” Portland Police Bureau spokesman Timothy Baker told Fox News on Wednesday, reiterating that Wheeler, a Democrat, “uses all legal avenues for Portland police to end their illegal business on North Mississippi Avenue.” And hold those responsible for violating the laws of our community accountable. ”
Baker said Wednesday morning: “The individuals are still there. Police were not on the scene overnight.”
On Tuesday, Wheeler said “there will be no autonomous zones in Portland.”
“We all agree that many of our country’s systems and structures are fundamentally racist and need significant reform. There are housing crises, health care crises, education crises, employment crises, mental health crises and addiction crises. All of these crises extend to urban areas, including Portland. And, the crisis is disproportionately affecting black people, “Wheeler said in a statement.
“It is also true that illegal misconduct, disregarding police legal orders, blocking sidewalks and streets, and intimidating neighbors exacerbate these crises and make them more difficult to resolve. It’s happening right now on North Mississippi Avenue. ”
1 September to 30 Nov. 30, at least 81 calls to the Portland Police Bureau for issues related to such property and nearby area, according to call log data. Service clauses include fights, disturbances, shootings, burglary, theft, vandalism, noise violations, criminalization, armed threats and illegal obstruction of traffic, access to sidewalks and homes.
The deputies first tried to serve the judge’s expulsion order on September 9 at the Red House, saying that accommodation and food aid had been provided to everyone on the property. A Malton County Circuit Court judge issued a deportation notice in February 2020 – before the federal and state state of emergency deportation during the coronavirus epidemic came into effect.
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According to the sheriff’s office fee, which is responsible for civil enforcement and has issued its own summary of the events, “petitions relating to boycott based on forensic judicial precedents such as this case do not apply.” The Oregon Judicial Department told Fox News that the lawsuit has been fought in court since November 2018 and has been consistently upheld in court.
