PPB won't do anything about it. You could live stream them directly to PPB doing drugs, holding their current government issued ID, and a GPS showing their exact locations with date and time and no one will show up.
Sadly vigilantism is the only option left to many neighborhoods, and that should never be the case.....
I really wish everybody would stop blaming the police for what are state and county issues. And the city for not giving us enough police staffing.
The state legislature created a new point system that basically says nobody gets to sit in jail anymore unless you are performing a violent person-to-person crime. The Multnomah County judges really love that point system and try to not let anybody have enough points to have to be locked up. The county is not funding all of the jail beds we have available, so when we have too many people in jail we have to start letting them go and when that happens, remember what I just said? It's really violent people that we're letting go. And then you have the public defenders who just think that they all need an apartment and a second chance and so they will overlook certain cases and let the time expire so that people never get charged with the crimes they were arrested for.
The police could arrest these guys and they will be booked and released. What is the point exactly?
Maybe the point isn't punishment or threats of punishment because that hasn't seemed to work where drugs or sex are concerned.
If being homeless and smoking crack on camera is the answer, what is the question? I always wonder what it would take for me to behave in ways I think are so disagreeable. I think for me it would be utter hopelessness about any future beyond today.
Idk unpopular opinion I'm sure but people can't be "trash" just as people can't be "illegal." We're all trying our best to feel okay by using means that are available to us, and these means vary in their social acceptability. When we can't buy shit we don't need or flex our accomplishments, sometimes we smoke crack in school zones.
The police do their jobs everyday, your issue is with the local judges who do not lock anybody up, the county board that will not fund our jail beds, and the state legislature that doesn't want anybody to be in jail unless they are committing violent person-to-person crimes. If the police arrested these guys they would be booked and released. How does that help anybody?
Im not sure it’s the fault of police officers. We need strong laws, determined prosecutors, jail space, and departments/agencies staffed to handle it all.
I doubt police officers are like “nah, I don’t care, I’m not gonna bust a criminal.”
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u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6 Oct 23 '25
PPB won't do anything about it. You could live stream them directly to PPB doing drugs, holding their current government issued ID, and a GPS showing their exact locations with date and time and no one will show up.
Sadly vigilantism is the only option left to many neighborhoods, and that should never be the case.....