Portland cops clear deserted shopping center turned drug market

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Portland has one of the most deserted downtowns in the United States. Soaring crime rates and homelessness scare away both locals and tourists.

Police swooped in early Wednesday,Portland police used battering rams and other means to clear out an open-air drug market at a vacant shopping center in the city’s deserted downtown.Portland cops make their way through a deserted and dangerous shopping center known to be a drug market.Portland Police arrested a second person while clearing out a vacant shopping center.

Tent cities have overrun many of the most charming and once sought-after areas of Portland. Many neighborhoods are littered with trash. Portland City Council rushed to return funds to the police in November 2021 after defunding them by more than $15 million in 2020. Officials voted to add $5.4 million to the force’s budget.

 

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