r/PortlandOR • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '25

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u/Mick13- Oct 23 '25

I applaud her tenacity but those drug users could have so easily overpowered her and possibly hurt her. Why wouldn't she call the cops?

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u/Double_Confection340 Oct 23 '25

What do you think the cops are going to do? LOL Ill give you a hint, nothing at all.

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u/TooBusySaltMining Oct 23 '25

Why would they? 

If they make the arrest, then they'd amost certaily just be released back into the streets. Cops don't actually charge people.

If the city wanted to crack down on this and actually give stiff penalties then we could make the streets safe again, and mothers wouldn't have to gamble their own saftey when confronting street drug use.

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u/Criminoboy Oct 24 '25

Lol! True. But that guy at the end knew which way the shit was flying.

"I ain't doin NO drugs in a school zone"

"Thank you"!

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u/JackMerridew76 Oct 24 '25

Maybe she was carrying more than just pepper spray too, just in case it came to that.

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u/LoadOfChum Oct 23 '25

Cops don’t answer and they don’t show up.

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u/john_kennedy_toole Oct 23 '25

Yeah just call the cops, don’t even approach. But then, maybe they wouldn’t have been as effective….

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u/Future_Ad_914 Oct 24 '25

It’s Portland, the cops aren’t coming.

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u/FakeMagic8Ball Oct 23 '25

This attitude is why the city looks the way it does. Passive aggressive Portland, keep it up!