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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

Portland mayor abandons bike event as pro-Palestinian, anti-ICE protesters shout him down

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Portland mayor abandons bike event as pro-Palestinian, anti-ICE protesters shout him down

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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago
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Keith Wilson left minutes after he sat down at the Bike Happy Hour event in Southeast Portland.
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    Didn’t he get voted in on solving homelessness in a year?

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      Yup. Nowhere close! Of course, the deck is stacked against him:

      https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-central-eastside-homeless-camp-parking-business/283-27570834-7a30-4671-badf-e787874333f9

      “Us people on the streets, we have a different mindset — we just want to get our drugs and spend time with each other,” she said. “It’s just so, like, why are you getting mad about the money that you paid for a f—ing parking spot? An empty parking spot?”
      . . .
      "Though she’s addicted to fentanyl, Elizabeth said she isn’t interested in those services.

      “Why would I want to become part of normal society, so I can complete counseling and treatment just to, f—ing, you know, be in a cell of life,” she said."

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        She has a point.

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    Normally as a !fuckcars sort of guy I’d get annoyed about an event like this getting co-opted to be about some other issue, but in this case I’ll stand in solidarity instead.

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