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Portland store shuts down, posts blistering note on front door slamming rampant crime: 'city is in p

Stevicus

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Portland store shuts down, posts blistering note on front door slamming rampant crime: 'city is in peril' (msn.com)

A Portland, Oregon, clothing shop permanently shut down this month after facing a string of break-ins that has left the store financially gutted, according to a note posted to the front of the store.

"Our city is in peril," a printed note posted on Rains PDX store reads, according to KATU2. "Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business, in our city’s current state. We have no protection, or recourse, against the criminal behavior that goes unpunished. Do not be fooled into thinking that insurance companies cover losses. We have sustained 15 break-ins … we have not received any financial reimbursement since the 3rd."

The store’s owner Marcy Landolfo said that after 15 break-ins over the last year and a half, the business can’t survive the financial burdens the crimes have cost the shop.

"The problem is, as small businesses, we cannot sustain those types of losses and stay in business. I won’t even go into the numbers of how much has been out of pocket," she said.

"The products that are being targeted are the very expensive winter products and I just felt like the minute I get those in the store they’re going to get stolen," Landolfo continued to KATU2.

The message posted to the front store noted that the shop is closing down due to the "unrelenting criminal behavior," "coupled with escalating safety issues for our employees."

When Rains faced a break-in last month, according to KATU 2, Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office said they were working on a plan to better financially assist business owners who needed to repair their shops.

But Landolfo said that isn’t enough to address crime in the city.

"Paying for glass that’s great, but that is so surface and does nothing for the root cause of the problem, so it’s never going to change," she said.

Rains is the latest store in Portland to close up shop following crime spikes. A Nike location abruptly, and reportedly temporarily, closed up shop earlier this fall after brazen shoplifting incidents.

Thefts have plagued retail chains nationwide in recent years. The National Retail Federation conducted a survey that found organized retail crime increased by 26.5% in 2021, resulting in a multi-billion dollar issue for businesses.

Violent crime in Portland has skyrocketed over the last few years. A recent study found it rose most precipitously in 2020 when the city saw near-nightly protests and riots over the death of George Floyd.

The city saw a 58% increase in homicides in 2020 compared to the year prior, and 2021 notched a 54% increase in homicides compared to the already violent and bloody 2020. The number of homicides in 2021 was a 238% increase from the numbers recorded in 2018.

I suppose this is one of the consequences of increasing crime, as businesses are unable to sustain their losses. Apparently, insurance only covers so much, and the city can't do much either. The article also showed a picture of a homeless camp in Portland:

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Though this scene is repeated in cities around the country, along with higher crime rates. If more people go out of business and more jobs are lost, then that'll be more people living in places like this, which will mean more crime.

Somehow, we have to find a way out of this cycle.
 

Wildswanderer

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Portland store shuts down, posts blistering note on front door slamming rampant crime: 'city is in peril' (msn.com)











I suppose this is one of the consequences of increasing crime, as businesses are unable to sustain their losses. Apparently, insurance only covers so much, and the city can't do much either. The article also showed a picture of a homeless camp in Portland:

AA14BDa5.img


Though this scene is repeated in cities around the country, along with higher crime rates. If more people go out of business and more jobs are lost, then that'll be more people living in places like this, which will mean more crime.

Somehow, we have to find a way out of this cycle.
People in Portland created their own problems... now I bet they are leaving in droves.
Cutting the police force causes more crime? Who would have thought?
 

The Hammer

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Crime isn't happening?


"Crime is a major focus for Oregon candidates looking to unseat incumbent power in the May primary, even as data shows little validity to the notion that overall crime is rising in the state."

Some Oregon midterm candidates focus on crime — even when the data disagrees

"There is scant evidence showing a correlation between police budgets and crime rates, but several Republicans running for governor hope it is still an issue that can help them dislodge the decadeslong Democratic hold of the seat."
 

Stevicus

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People in Portland created their own problems... now I bet they are leaving in droves.
Cutting the police force causes more crime? Who would have thought?

Still, crime is a symptom of a deeper problem. Maybe cutting the police force has an effect on the crime increase, but it seems that there's something wrong with a society where we have to rely more and more upon a heavily-armed, militarized police force to protect us from crime.

We also have one of the highest prison populations in the world, and yet, we still can't lock up all the criminals because they keep coming out of the woodwork.

This isn't just happening in Portland. The OP article is just one example of the same problem being repeated in cities across the country.

If what you're saying is true, then it's as much as saying that much of the citizenry has become so depraved and morally bankrupt which is only kept in check by a large police presence. People who are otherwise moral and law-abiding wouldn't just go "Oh look, no cops! Let's go do some crimes!"
 

Wildswanderer

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If what you're saying is true, then it's as much as saying that much of the citizenry has become so depraved and morally bankrupt which is only kept in check by a large police presence.
Of course, I thought 2020 already proved that to be the case with much of the citizenry.
 

Twilight Hue

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Portland store shuts down, posts blistering note on front door slamming rampant crime: 'city is in peril' (msn.com)











I suppose this is one of the consequences of increasing crime, as businesses are unable to sustain their losses. Apparently, insurance only covers so much, and the city can't do much either. The article also showed a picture of a homeless camp in Portland:

AA14BDa5.img


Though this scene is repeated in cities around the country, along with higher crime rates. If more people go out of business and more jobs are lost, then that'll be more people living in places like this, which will mean more crime.

Somehow, we have to find a way out of this cycle.
Haa anyone noticed these scenarios are almost always in Democrat controlled states?
 
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