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You have permission to edit this article.Welcome,PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A significant increase of gun violence in Portland has many calling on both the community and city leaders to step up.The Portland Police Bureau said that shootings in July doubled compared to the same month last year. One of those shootings that left one woman injured had .“It’s out of control, really out of control,” said Laurie Palmer, the founder and CEO of Go Get Your Child, a violence prevention program. Palmer said she’s never seen violence reach this level in all her time living in Portland.“I’ve been here 57 years and I’ve never ever seen in such a short time so much violence affect so many families,” she said.Portland City Council officially disbanded the Gun Violence Reduction Team from PPB on July 1. She said if the team were still working, things may have been different.“A lot of the shooting probably could’ve stopped if they were out there,” she said.However, Palmer doesn’t want to see the team operating the way they were previously. She said the team does help get guns off the street, but said its tactics need to change. Sam Sachs, of the No Hate Zone, agreed.“I would be all for bringing the team back, but it has to be community supported from many different community members, the council and there has to be a plan. How do they operate and address the issues like racial profiling that got them shut down in the first place?” Sachs said.Palmer said the city needed to have a plan in place to address gun violence before it removed the team who helped reduce it.“There you go. We removed something but we didn’t have a plan for it and we should have expected that there was going to be some violence going on with the removal and with the timing. There’s violence in the air and they did not have a plan,” she said.Both Sachs and Palmer said this isn’t just a police issue. They said everyone in the community needs to step in and make a change to stop the violence.“Seriously, brawls, you know people getting stabbed, people setting people up, I mean, come on now. Something’s got to give and it’s got to give with the community and the police talking, but mostly our community reaching out to our loved ones letting them know they need to stop the violence and put down the guns,” Palmer said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Palmer said many of the issues people are facing are linked together.“It’s not just a police issue, it’s a city government issue, it’s a resource issue, whether it’s education, jobs. It’s a big picture issue but not having the Gun Violence Reduction Team is making the problem even worse,” he said.Mayor Ted Wheeler tweeted out: “July brought increased gun violence to Portland - the worst our community has seen in at least 30 years. Families have experienced unimaginable loss, as others continue to live in fear. As your Mayor, I'm concerned for the health, safety and welfare of everyone in our community.”The two groups say they want city leaders to make a specific plan to address the increase and stop the violence.“Find something that works so that the police can be out there doing what they’re experts at, which is addressing gun violence and at the same time addressing the needs of the community,” Sachs said.Copyright 2020 KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.×××The more the violence increases, the more Portland feels like home to the liberals who created the mess. I'm enjoying watching Portland destroy itself.My input here is that what needs to be addressed is violence. That some choose to use guns is not the point. Others choose to use rocks, molotov cocktails, clubs. The violence is the problem, not the guns. Until we get our focus off the inanimate object and focus on the real issue the problem will continue.The easy solution for violence in Portland and it has the support of the Democrat Party. Disband the police and let all the violent liberals, leftist, democrats, marxists, antifa and socialists kill each other off. It's simple, low cost and Darwin would approve since it is line with natural selection.Hold Wheeler and Hardesty criminally responsible for their actions.This is what you get when you call police stormtroopers, and then defund them. Vote the leftists out of office, or it will get worse.Please just stop with the "vote the leftists out of office" stuff. It ain't gonna happen..not here in communist Portland. In fact, the entire west coast was lost to normal, rational thinking people a long time ago. If anything, it's only going to get worse. There are no good choices for office. If there were, do you think Jo Ann Hardesty would have a job? Not that Loretta Smith is much better, but she certainly couldn't be worse."Gun Vilolence Doubles In One Month After Disbanding of Police Gun Violence Reduction Team"There KPTV. I fixed the headline for you.Good example of why we don't govern by mob rule. This is what happened.Based on their statements here, it's quite likely that Ms. Palmer and Mr. Sachs have no idea what they're talking about regarding the operations of the Gun Violence Task Force. They are definitely naive if they think "the community" and "our loved ones" are going to have any effect on getting people to "put down the guns." The really sad part of this article is that the most naive, clueless person quoted here is spineless Ted Wheeler, who acts like he has no idea why all this is happening...Mayor Ted "Spineless" Wheeler tweets; "As your Mayor, I'm concerned for the health, safety and welfare of everyone in our community.” This guy's a clown! He can't believe the drivel he puts out, can he? I can only imagine Wheeler keeping a careful eye on "Predator's Daughter" Hardesty because if he crosses her, it's lights out! She has everyone at City Hall scared to speak up and with good reason...just look at her! This article about the meteoric rise in gun violence is directly and wholly responsible because of Jo Ann "I Hate The Police" Hardesty! She doesn't care what crimes we suffer as long as she cuts and defunds Police. We're currently hostage to the wicked witch of the North and she knows it.'Groups say city leaders need to create plan to address gun violence in Portland' Then they should be asking Spineless Ted and his freckless partner Jo Ann Hardesty what to do since these two people are directly responsible for the uptick in gun violence becasue they defunded the police.They want the Gun Violence Reduction Team. Yet they don't want the Gun Violence Reduction Team. Must make sense to a bunch of democrats.Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,racist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten. Threats of harming anotherperson will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyoneor anything.Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ismthat is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link oneach comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. 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You have permission to edit this article.Welcome,PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A significant increase of gun violence in Portland has many calling on both the community and city leaders to step up.The Portland Police Bureau said that shootings in July doubled compared to the same month last year. One of those shootings that left one woman injured had .“It’s out of control, really out of control,” said Laurie Palmer, the founder and CEO of Go Get Your Child, a violence prevention program. Palmer said she’s never seen violence reach this level in all her time living in Portland.“I’ve been here 57...

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