BLM and their assorted criminals feel emboldened, demoralized cops retiring in record numbers and no new recruits to fill those spots, decriminalized drug use, lax enforcement of homelessness, businesses packing up a leaving downtown....
In Portland alone we're on pass to surpass 1000 homicides and it's August 1. No meaningful Republican leadership in this state in 4000 years. Yes local government has enacted policy and a "toxic" environment that have not only enabled crime and criminals but tacitly supported it. Full stop.