Armed private security fills police void in
downtown Portland where riots,
shootouts occurred
Posted By: DVC, 8/12/2021 1:08:03 PM
Private armed security outfits have been hired to patrol a popular section of Portland known for its bars and nightlife after the city slashed police funding and saw a year of violence in the area. "My job is to get you home safe," one guard for the Ravencrest Force Protection Group, Jean-Pierre LaFont, told Willamette Weekly. "Unless you’re the perpetrator. The only way for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. So I’m going to do something." "This once was a great city," he added. "This is a great city. It’s the best. We just forgot." LaFont, a Navy SEAL veteran, patrols Portland’s Old Town wearing a bulletproof vest,
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Armed private security fills police void in
downtown Portland where riots,
shootouts occurred 9 replies
downtown Portland where riots,
shootouts occurred 9 replies
Private armed security outfits have been hired to patrol a popular section of Portland known for its bars and nightlife after the city slashed police funding and saw a year of violence in the area.
"My job is to get you home safe," one guard for the Ravencrest Force Protection Group, Jean-Pierre LaFont, told Willamette Weekly. "Unless you’re the perpetrator. The only way for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. So I’m going to do something."
"This once was a great city," he added. "This is a great city. It’s the best. We just forgot."
LaFont, a Navy SEAL veteran, patrols Portland’s Old Town wearing a bulletproof vest,
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So, a former SEAL patrolling with an AR-15 and bulletproof vest. Just like fun times in Kabul and Mogadishu. Portland is a violent place.
Genius leftists tell us how compassionate and loving they are, while they make the downtown of Portland into a violent hellhole, and now the businesses, in addition to paying for police protection that they aren't getting, have to directly pay for private security. Leftists ruin everything they touch, always.