From Fox News:
Over 60 Portland 911 calls go unheeded overnight as police respond to riot
More than 60 emergency calls to police went unheeded overnight in Portland as officers were preoccupied with hundreds of demonstrators downtown and were pelted by rocks.
On the 80th consecutive night of protests, the Portland Police Bureau declared a riot around midnight Sunday after a crowd of hundreds had blocked traffic for three hours by the Penumbra Kelly Building in the 4700 block of East Burnside Street, trespassed on the closed property and engaged in “violent, tumultuous conduct.”
“At the time of this release over 60 calls for police service were holding around the city,” the Police Bureau said in a statement. “Some had been holding for the length of the events described here. Call types ranged from theft, vandalism, suspicious activity, hazards, hit and run, burglary, violation of restraining order, alarms, stolen cars, harassment and many others.”
That occurred during the stretch of just before midnight Saturday to 2:45 am Sunday morning.
Rioters fighting with the cops downtown overwhelmed the system so rioters who went into the suburbs were free to cause havoc.
Imagine being on the phone with 9-1-1 on hold for three hours in your house or apartment in the wee hours of the morning, as chaos, looting, and violence are going on all around you.
At that moment you are your first, last, and only line of defense. If you are not prepared you are utterly at the mercy of the mob.
At this point, you need to be sure that you have enough guns, fire extinguishers, and ammo, and know how to use them.
When the mob starts a ruckus there won’t be anyone to answer your calls for help.
Like this:
Like Loading...
