This is a dangerous thing to say because it blinds us to the obvious truth: we need better candidates. Candidates like Mamdani that can actually articulate a vision for a better future and a plan to get there.

If we nominate a presidential candidate who can do that, we can win.

A socialist mayor in Portland next!

$300,000 seems quite low for being falsely imprisoned for 5 years. The city is lucky to get away with that settlement.

Think of the opportunities that Adam Gregg was robbed of.

Related: Today at the Community and Public Safety Committee Meeting, Councilor Kanal will introduce legislation to "codify the City’s commitment to
safeguarding and supporting immigrant and refugee communities through binding municipal law."

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It seems like you might be asked to weigh in on whether to allow the ICE building to stay in Portland. I understand that even on the anti-ICE side you have competing interests and that the bureaucracy is complex. Still, I urge you to try to do your best to hamstring ICE. We must destroy it.

That hasn't happened in this thread.

This is actually just police stenography. It's not reporting and it's poor journalism. Trusting it as you seem too is irresponsible.

As if cops aren't ready and willing to fuck up anyone they can.

I'm really glad you are giving this serious thought. I'm sympathetic to the arguments from attorneys fighting for immigrants, but I worry they are not totally considering the long term. Not just how do we effectively fight ICE, but how do we end ICE.

Austria, famously a country who has never had a problem with violence.

Maybe we are a violent country because we are categorically uninterested in learning any lessons at all about how to reduce violence/crime.

Great to point out. I think even a little bit of research can lead someone to the conclusion that policing and incarceration do not really reduce crime and likely have the opposite effect, creating more crime.

Providing for people's needs does reduce crime.

That is very cool. Is it related to unions, like a union of unions? Or is it like a replacement for a union for some or all people? Or do unions and this organization work in parallel?

The grand jury is not a high bar. They only receive the prosecutor's perspective and they are subject to a lot of pressure to rule their way.

There's one week left in the election division's polling about it: www.portland.gov/vote/improve.

I bet there's people against it responding. I just hope people in favor of ranked choice are responding too.

I appreciate the info. Now I know to oppose that practice.

Vienna still has a nonzero unhoused population. What cracks exist in that system and how could we close those cracks in a system we built in Portland? How can we get 100% of people housed?