All the cops in the world cant help if nobody is prosecuted for the crimes they are committing. A slap on the wrist and a sorry we arrested you aint gonna stop anyone. Freakin Genius.

@user-wz5ud4mn4y

Жыл бұрын

@@bradobbink6564 I am a small business owner, and I actually operate my franchises exclusively in what you'd call a "bad neighborhood" Those people have it worse than us, so I don't mind loosing some merchandize or some property damage. I have insurance and there are tax write offs

@scottlemiere2024

Жыл бұрын

@@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679 police work isn't even in the top 25 most dangerous jobs in the country. People like you though do tend to disrespect jobs that are actually dangerous like truck drivers, mill workers and oddly enough higher on the list of dangerous jobs, is the humble fast food worker.

@judypa38

Жыл бұрын

Good point.

@old

Жыл бұрын

@@user-wz5ud4mn4y your insurance will just go up, and they'll just eventually drop you.

@old

Жыл бұрын

@@scottlemiere2024 Police work has the most suicides, always on-call, always having to stay behind during hurricanes, always working holidays, always having to go to calls for services. Nobody here is disrespecting other jobs, and plenty of cops come from those jobs and even leave police work to go drive trucks (hint: because it's less stressful).

When Walmart won't even deal with it anymore you know it's gotten bad.

@stevehardwick7285

Жыл бұрын

They were o.k. with the pajamas and whale tails walking around, but stealing too????

@aubreythompson6195

Жыл бұрын

It not just the stealing,it is the burning and Looting,if they are caught burning and Looting they should get the death Penalty or fireing squad.

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

​@@aubreythompson6195okay, let them start with one of your family members who steals or loots.

@lefthanded5473

Жыл бұрын

@@aubreythompson6195Death penalty for looting is a bit extreme lol. But community service, heavy fines, 30-90 days in jail depending on dollar amount stolen, or driving license suspended sounds like a good punishment.

@R.Oates7902

Жыл бұрын

​@@aubreythompson6195*firing squad

Being soft on small crimes and small amounts of drugs, is the beginning of all evils. Thanks to Portland and San Francisco for enlightening us on this. Your sacrifice has meant so much.

@poppasmurf1969

11 ай бұрын

The people with common sense who oppose these insane policies are the ones who sacrificed under idiot leadership. The worthless dems love destruction and division and why they push their nonsense so hard while they preach of unity and compassion. Those idiots couldn't unite 2 Legos together with detailed instructions in crayon so it stays with their childish mindset.

@margaritoamargo6347

2 ай бұрын

Blame wal-mart. They are the #1 reason property prices plummet and crime follows. They are a bottom feeder company and disreputable people always follow them around.

Make a law that stealing over $10 is a felony and let the stores stop them from leaving with items by force.

@jacksek12

2 ай бұрын

Omg how inhumane! LMAO

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

They are feeding their families...and selling their food stamps

@Wowowowowowowowowowowowow

Ай бұрын

Last bit is dumb. I wouldn’t want to get in a fist fight, making only $12.50 an hour, over a box of cereal.

@MarkMay-cr6bv

5 күн бұрын

@@Wowowowowowowowowowowowow No, you'd rather just sit at home and whimper when YOUR next box of cereal will cost $3 more than it did last week to make up for the money the store is losing due to shoplifting. It's always no big deal, at least not until it's YOU that's negatively affected.Then the store is "greedy," right? Talk about "dumb."

It's hard to feel sorry for these communities when they voted for these policies.

@PeterLawton

Жыл бұрын

When the "Defund the Police" movement was going on, Portland joined that. The PD needed a budget increase (the need is demonstrated in this video), but they got a 1% budget cut. It's not huge, but it's the wrong direction for their circumstances. The officers got and continue to get the clear message from the public -- they're not appreciated.

@les0101s

Жыл бұрын

@@PeterLawton Their budgets have increased. I don't think cops quit because of money.

@Clownboy15

Жыл бұрын

Keep Portland Weird I guess.

@solesurvivor5

Жыл бұрын

Regardless of how they got there, saying they voted for this is just kicking the can down a road that we've already reached the DEAD END sign, this has spread way too much and it will continue to spread, junkies won't care if you voted dem or rep, they will mug, rape and murder whoever they can after these major corps close their stores and EVERYBODY looses access to goods. We need to stop saying, "They did this to themselves" and start saying "They did this to all of us, and as unfair as it is, we need to clean up the mess and get us out". Granted they will probably still vote for the same ideas tomorrow, but today they screwed us all together.

@waterislife5109

Жыл бұрын

Yes and they keep voting for it again and again

Don't blame Walmart, blame the city leadership.

@jfk64kennedy95

Жыл бұрын

so it smarter to eliminate ALL profit from store, instead of hiring security...costing just some of the profit? idiocy of big business

@kuruptzZz

Жыл бұрын

@@jfk64kennedy95 How is it idiocy? They obviously did the math, and decided it wasn't worth it. Walmart doesn't make much profit on individual items. They need to sell a lot. I guess they weren't

@partymaster5

Жыл бұрын

Rip Portland

@johnjriggsarchery2457

Жыл бұрын

Blame the people that VOTED and keep voting for the city leadership.

@reggiesparks4357

Жыл бұрын

@@johnjriggsarchery2457 how about blaming the thieves!

Dont blame Walmart, blame America’s culture of self-entitlement

@galbro480261

Жыл бұрын

yes and society most importantly follow a culture of individualism which is caused by counter cultures of feminism being tolerant look how different i am from everyone else and individual pride and their stick figure family on the back of their van etc. this is what causes society to decay.

@robertnightshade2574

Жыл бұрын

Tell the truth. It's a certain culture that does most of these crimes. When you try to stop them. They add violence into the mix. I'm done with those people. Just shun them. Never help them in anyway.

@flower2289

Ай бұрын

You don't see stores running away from conservative areas. It is not an America problem, it is a Democrat problem.

Instead of closing the store how about arresting the criminal. Dumb.

@jenala3896

Ай бұрын

catch and release

I applaud Walmart for doing this. No one want to voluntarily work in a store/area riddled with crime and destruction

@PoliteTia

Жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine the employees felt safe arriving, working, and leaving in this environment. 🙁

@ksmith2852

Жыл бұрын

Or shop in one if you are a normal person

@psychicpajamas

Жыл бұрын

​@PoliteTia at least they're already signed up for welfare, thanks to Walmart's low wages.

@22lyric

Жыл бұрын

Or the SHOPPERS.

@kirkdogg007

Жыл бұрын

One man's problem is another man's opportunity

I just resigned my teaching position. The kids are out of control and many of them do these same types of behavior with zero consequences. That's exactly why this is happening. Bad kids turn into bad adults. But keep excusing it away as you enable this behavior.

@mr.anonymous101

Жыл бұрын

You must teach in a predominantly white school district 😂

@mikem.8487

Жыл бұрын

You're not able to discipline children these days.

@ec8787

Жыл бұрын

Civilización is declining rapidly 😢

@bernieh6571

Жыл бұрын

Kids are probably out of control because there's no control ! we're not going somewhere nice !

@JustaGuy_Gaming

Жыл бұрын

@@mikem.8487 Very true, not much you can really do in schools these days. Obviously you can't hit them, but you also can't really expel them unless they do something seriously wrong. Expulsions are just treated as vacations and no matter how bad their grades they generally don't get held back a year as public schools want to get rid of them as fast as possible. Thus you get people graduating high school who can't read.

Sad. We need laws that protect citizens and not reward criminals.

This has happened before. Look at places like Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago. There are very few shops in certain areas because the crime is so terrible.

@MrManfly

Жыл бұрын

Right, they keep voting for a party that supports crime and defunds the police. What did you think was going to happen lefties?

You know that a city is going down when even Walmart packs up and leaves.

@dianabeurman364

Жыл бұрын

No kidding

@heightsofsagarmatha

Жыл бұрын

"food desert"

@mikesrandomvideos

Жыл бұрын

No these Democrats will never admit it is there people they will blame others. WATCH.....

@mandatorym_y_o_c_a_r_d_i_t_i_s

Жыл бұрын

I used to live in the Seattle area and visited Portland many times. I can't believe what has happened to the city but it's important to move out if you live in Portland.

@jacknguyen5677

Жыл бұрын

Thinking is very hard…so they just voted democrat .

I hear crap like.. we have to work harder. .. No. you have to start putting criminals in jail.

@mirzaahmed6589

Жыл бұрын

Work harder? Liberals don't want to work at all.

@mikesrandomvideos

Жыл бұрын

Yup vote out these morons. Get some Republicans in there.

@mrme2653

Жыл бұрын

If they criminals where black they would!! but they white!!

@PrincessPowerUp

Жыл бұрын

💯🙏💯🙏💯

@Drmidnight-dd6tw

Жыл бұрын

Too late, your property is now worthlessness

You know a city is messed up when it takes Walmart's being looted several times to shine light on property crimes.

Why do people elect such ridiculous councilmen? It's their own fault... as life becomes more difficult and expensive for Portlanders.

Imagine that, a retailer closing its store due to rampant theft and no prosecution of thieves, who would have guessed that could happen.

@adotintheshark4848

Жыл бұрын

so called "progressive" judges and DAs do nothing but suck up the public dime. While the fires were burning in Portland they did nothing.

@Steve-mk6rq

Жыл бұрын

I would have guessed Portland. I was right!

@crystalsswtor3760

Жыл бұрын

I used to kinda feel sorry for a few thieves because they had tough lives, but I have tougher than most of them, and since they got so blatant and they don't care about how much time they serve in prison, and just repeat and throw their lives away that's on them.

@trackrunner11

Жыл бұрын

I live in South Carolina. I know a woman who got 20 years for passing a counterfeit 10 dollar bill! Do you think people would get the message in Oregon if they became that tuff?

@razor6552

Жыл бұрын

​@@crystalsswtor3760 no sympathy at all for the antifa thugs that sent a message to everyone that violence and crime are OK with the corrupt "leaders" in the Northwest.

Never thought I'd say it, but they don't deserve a walmart

@jdos5643

Жыл бұрын

This is all sad. We can already see the system degrading. Pretty soon things will begin to get unstable

@guinness77100

Жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it... .you couldn't be more right.

@Jamie-lb7eh

Жыл бұрын

Dang, when you're more Ghetto than Walmart.

@PaulPavloPablo

Жыл бұрын

In a way, i'm happy that the criminals will have to suffer because now they don't have a walmart to steal from. But I do feel bad for the law-abiding citizens that are going to have to suffer as well.

@ellecampbell3271

Жыл бұрын

Americans should be thankful to have less Chinese megastores in the USA. I live in Canada. Why are we doing business with China? Local can be better. Let’s all do it. Get rid of foreign megastores. Stop giving money to a foreign economy. ❤

Those who steal drive the stores away. Those who wink at those who steal also drive stores away. Worst of all are policies of failing to prosecute theft under $1,000.

Portland was a beautiful city years ago.

So defunding the police didn't work out . I'm shocked..😂😂

@The1stDukeDroklar

Жыл бұрын

Was gonna say the same thing

@sonnyroy497

Жыл бұрын

Stop voting for fascists.

@aungphone03

Жыл бұрын

Here is the funny thing. police budget is still the same

@kxp.1496

Жыл бұрын

@@aungphone03proof?

@aungphone03

Жыл бұрын

@@kxp.1496 you can literally Google it. Instead of defunding, it actually increased.

This is the city whose mayor STOOD with Antifa and shouted he was going to defund the police. And color me surprised this is happening. The only thing I’m surprised about is they didn’t leave earlier.

@bigjared8946

Жыл бұрын

Were the police actually "defunded"?

@skinzz2573

Жыл бұрын

@@bigjared8946 what does it look like moron!!

@squiggs1002

Жыл бұрын

@@bigjared8946 yes they cut $15 million and eliminated 84 positions. Activists were demanding $50 million cut

@Mjb31

Жыл бұрын

@@bigjared8946 is crime being deterred? A lot of it comes down to the DA’s and other government types enforcing the laws already on the books. So you can have a full police force but if they are not allowed to do their job then what’s the point. Therefore that mayor deserves blame.

@C4TC4T

Жыл бұрын

@@bigjared8946 they certainly don’t want to work for a city that doesn’t support them, and why should they? The people and the mayor said their piece, and the police aren’t going to work in a place where they can’t do their job without threats and being attacked

When the prosecutor won’t prosecute

Shame to City leadership!

What blows my mind is how shocked the locals are, really? Who could’ve expected that when you put soft judges and lawmakers in charge and let them give criminals more rights than the law abiding citizens that the whole state including businesses whether big or small would pull out!? You get exactly what you voted for people!

@christerry1773

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been saying that since 2020, but of course you’re just labeled a racist and moved to the back of the line. But in a way it’s almost pleasing to say I told you so.

@Luisjusthere

Жыл бұрын

@@christerry1773 I know exactly what you mean, been saying it since then as well and I even mentioned how people weren’t looking at the bigger picture and what the outcome would be, well guess what we were right and not just Walmart, there’s already been talk about this very same thing with other companies like CVS, Walgreens and Starbucks especially in places like California and NYC, hmmmmmmm makes people think 🤔

@betsyj59

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't help to say that. Every big city in the US is the same. The reason is total corruption and "great reset" aspects too. The problem for people who can only condemn people stuck in these cities is that the big cities in this country are going to pull the whole country down. Enjoy.

@christopherhutchens8077

Жыл бұрын

Did they get what they voted for?

@jaymaledic5730

Жыл бұрын

And now, they're ready to go to another state and turn it blue.

You know it's bad when even Walmart doesn't want to deal with it anymore.

@NoToBigBro

Жыл бұрын

compared to what? It's much easier for Walmart to close one store and move than millions of residents to pick up and leave.

@abef.9085

Жыл бұрын

@@NoToBigBro Their closing Both...What me do?...Thug"s be mean Muggin me!..lol.

@bone3594

Жыл бұрын

That's true

@abef.9085

Жыл бұрын

The Tax money Portland is Losing is Epic!

@DJdoppIer

Жыл бұрын

@@abef.9085 Yeah, but the city will just jack up the taxes for everyone else that stays behind to cover the loss.

Just look at South Africa now to see what's coming, it's so sad.

@GotMoxy

Жыл бұрын

Keep believing the BBC lies. LOL

the issue is that criminal behaviour is not just condoned it is actively promoted the only way that this "community" can go forward is for them to shame criminal behaviour outright, colleges also need to be purged, structuralists should be held accountable for all of this

@Telephonebill51

2 ай бұрын

I don't think the A.I. you obviously must be knows what 'structuralists' means.

@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC

Ай бұрын

In before the ritual "no true scotsman" rebuttal begins in earnest.

Having more police doesn't do anything as long as the DA keeps letting them go. This is utterly ridiculous, and all of it could have been avoided.

@dianemcglon4060

Жыл бұрын

It was all backed by President Biden .

@petebusch9069

Жыл бұрын

Stop paying taxes, their not doing their job.

@hike2024

Жыл бұрын

@@petebusch9069 Thankfully I don't live there.

@outsidelookingin4657

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, if the policies and law are not going to enforced it's pointless having more cops on the ground.

@petebusch9069

Жыл бұрын

@@outsidelookingin4657 The fact they focus on the cops is how they keep us from seeing who the real problem is, the judges and attorneys.

Such a feel good Story...You can"t take Crime out of Walmart...But you can take Walmart out of the Crime....Just Heart warming.

@madhatter9001

Жыл бұрын

Who know walmart was so smart? I thought they would keep taking the loss to be woke, guess even woke can be too woke.

@88amona

Жыл бұрын

@@madhatter9001 👍

@twinnevans971

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad they decided to take their employees safety into consideration and close up their operation so those employees will no longer be exposed to unchecked crime.

@irenec6558

Жыл бұрын

@@twinnevans971 I believe they just lost their job, Now what is the next step for those employees?

@chalocolina3554

Жыл бұрын

Walmart IS crime, chuds. That's why it ruined small town America

Nothing new, saw this in Las Vegas years ago The theft literally closed one of the biggest super centers in that part of town. I had witnessed stealing personally many times. It is still a boarded up building today.

We need to be segregated from the bad people causing these problems. Life would be great if they lived together in one big sh*t hole.

My daughter lives 10 minutes from Portland. It’s much worse than is being told.

@notheissue

Жыл бұрын

no doubt media constantly lying for democrats

@nedrawarwick3840

Жыл бұрын

Why does this not surprise me

@trish7754

Жыл бұрын

Of course it is. The media does NOT want to report this!

@digitalwitness77

Жыл бұрын

It won't get better, the Bible says so. Time is over. Get saved from the coming apocalypse. John 3:16kjv, For God so loved the World, that He gave his only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him Shall not perish but have ever lasting life.

@metaglypto

Жыл бұрын

I used to be willing to die for what I believed America stood for. Now, I would die to protect my family from what it has become.

Portland was a nice place 50 years ago. I moved out in 1987.

Why people of Portland complaining, that’s what you voted for!

I almost felt bad for Portland, BUT then I remembered they voted for this to happen eventually.

@clydewmorgan

Жыл бұрын

now do east palestine

@rupertsamborski5153

Жыл бұрын

@@clydewmorgan only psychosis can connect the two together

@doomerang1438

Жыл бұрын

@@clydewmorgan You don't VOTE for disasters, but you do vote for being lax on criminals.

@faheemabbas3965

Жыл бұрын

Democrats…

@allgameplays

Жыл бұрын

​ wait so an accident is the same as humans committing crimes

May the people of Portland get EVERYTHING they voted for.

@philosopher1a

Жыл бұрын

YES!

@rachelmiles7977

Жыл бұрын

Amen I agree

@jimcoulter5877

Жыл бұрын

AMEN, If you do not want law Enforcement, this is what you in Portland Deserve! Enjoy! We do not feel Sorry for you of Portland, you deserve this action by Walmart. Now your Downtown Thieves will steal from another store until they close too. SUCK IT UP PORTLAND!

@reginaldtyler9618

Жыл бұрын

The Government you vote for is the Government you Deserve - Thomas Jefferson

@rodney5360

Жыл бұрын

They are

Time to stop saying shoplifting and start calling it what it really is...stealing.

Regardless of who you are , State, Countys, etc there is a saying, Bad Apples ,Ruin It For Everyone". The people that it hurts the most are the public that act responsible, do their part to support the Business and Communities. Its not hard to see who what where the bad apples make their presence know. There may come a day with any business to shop you have to be and meet standards to get foot in the door

West Coast went from glamor to horror over the last few years

@louisliu5638

Жыл бұрын

Yeh, never thought I'd see that. Covid ramped it up a bit but the downward spiral was already there. Thank God I'm in the mountains in Canada somewhere near "normal". For now.

@geargeekpdx3566

Жыл бұрын

Just in your trailer park

@joet7136

Жыл бұрын

​@@geargeekpdx3566 keep ignoring the obvious and denying reality. Soft on crime liberals SUCK.

@MuahMan

Жыл бұрын

@@geargeekpdx3566 And apparently this entire liberal neighborhood in Portland.

@gofar12345

Жыл бұрын

Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego. Yeah out of (Democrats) control!

This is what happens when you tell a portion of society that their problems are not their own fault.

@1ofEve

Жыл бұрын

they get addicted to fentanyl and move to the city?

@mikewurlitzer5217

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, tell them the problem is 200 years ago with slavery and tell them to ignore the fact it was democrats who were willing to die to keep their blacks as slaves on their KKK loving democrat plantations yet they remain loyal to democrats. WOW, this should make a great case for including NEGATIVE IQ numbers in the Bell Curve of intelligence.

@johnkelsie8446

Жыл бұрын

😂

@julieb7785

Жыл бұрын

It's also a cycle of broken families. Neglected babies become toddlers and in a decade they are up to what? And we forgive this dysfunctionc by defunding the police. Meanwhile social media (aka govt) encourages people to do and say and buy whatever. Instead of promoting technical skills, dignity, resilience, self discipline, we get drugs, pronouns and more guns...and a whole Lotta insanity.

@PatrickRoy30

Жыл бұрын

@@julieb7785 Portland isn’t Compton…

We left Oregon in 2016. Multnomah County voters have voted for all of this destruction. Let them enjoy it now. Ted Wheeler is a large part of the problem.

The polity of Portland should be replaced with a government of Portland. Any government, since at least 5,000 years ago is supposed to provide safety for its citizens and businesses. A side note: any government since the first industrial revolution supposed to provide roads.

I'm an immigrant and I find it crazy that shoplifters here, even caught red-handed, are not stopped by store employees. Cuz in my old country, if you get caught you'll be beaten up first before you're handed to the police. This kind of lawlessness is unique to the US because of the culture of suing for everything under the sun, soft judges, criminals given more rights. If judges start using common sense and not giving frivolous lawsuits air, sending these criminals to jail, these would all stop & businesses will not be afraid anymore to stop the thieves!

@TheWanderlustChronicles

Жыл бұрын

Think it's bad here, one state down in California's liberal mecca, you can steal up to just under $1000 a day and no one even calls the cops. Go ahead into Nordstroms or Buckle or whatever shop and steal $999 and even say thanks to the manager on the way out and nothing happens. The whole west coast is ruined by liberals.

@somapersona

Жыл бұрын

When you become a citizen please vote red. Democrats are basically as corrupt as Mexico.

@louisstennes3

Жыл бұрын

Well said my friend well said. Did you ever think of running for mayor or governor? You would be a good one!

@xmateinc

Жыл бұрын

How do you expect you’re employees to care about your product when its clear wal mart doesn’t care about its employees. Wanna pay the lowest wage possible, you get a workforce that doesn’t care about your product.

@mathiasniemeier4359

Жыл бұрын

totally agree!

Walmart is too classy for portland. Embarrassing.

@geargeekpdx3566

Жыл бұрын

Your IQ is what's embarrassing.

@JuniorJr_23

Жыл бұрын

Yup! Let's just hope these pukes of people don't move to our neighborhood or state.

@les0101s

Жыл бұрын

They're just closing a couple of stores.

@mr.foxwiz1653

Жыл бұрын

@@les0101s Because of the 13%

@DZCamaro-kz2vd

Жыл бұрын

@@les0101s NO, these are the LAST TWO IN PORTLAND. There will be ZERO Walmart's in Portland after they close!

Is anyone surprised? The minute I started hearing the de fund the police thing was actually happening I did chuckle to myself

Im glad they're closing. It shows there are consequences for poor behavior and terrible policies. What is Walmart supposed to do? Stay open and operate at a loss?

You've got to be really screwed up to make Walmart leave.

@bernieh6571

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry they probably blame it on Trump ! Meanwhile their city will turn into a ghost town.....

@jonothandoeser

Жыл бұрын

D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-S

@joeedward2497

Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't have invited Walmart in to begin with

@chrsn

Жыл бұрын

Another lefty Utopia triumph

@fanfeck2844

Жыл бұрын

@@joeedward2497you’ll be able to ask another company now

This is what happens when laws aren’t enforced and crime is rampant.

@PaulaDautremont

Жыл бұрын

It also comes from bad and non existent parenting.

@rickymeadows5176

Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when people vote in Democrats who won't allow laws be enforced & cry "racism" anytime they are enforced !

@joshblanchard3719

Жыл бұрын

Brought to you by your friends at woke and blm

@janeclayton151

Жыл бұрын

This is a real example of devolving civility and chaos. No enforcement of laws is like playing a game without rules....Everyone loses.

@paulsummers2640

Жыл бұрын

It's really a problem when people don't obey the law....if you follow the law, you don't need it enforced.

They got what they voted for.

Whoever would have thought this would happen in a city that allows shoplifting.

@bazil4146

Жыл бұрын

Where does it say that?

@kevindunn5650

Жыл бұрын

@@bazil4146 "A survey conducted earlier this year by the Organized Retail Crime Association of Oregon found most major retailers in Portland often don’t bother filing police reports, citing a lack of police response, a lack of prosecution, the low level of the incidents or company policy. One viewer told us, anecdotally, that police have learned that responding to crimes like shoplifting is "not worth their time," and not worth the effort of getting video footage that could be used as evidence when they know it's an uphill battle with the DA to get the case prosecuted."---KGW8 Portland

@kevindunn5650

Жыл бұрын

@@bazil4146 "Industry experts say shoplifters are in it for the cash - motivated to steal expensive merchandise and re-sell it online or through the black market. Most of these individuals know that the police aren’t going to respond,” said Girard. “If they do get caught, they are most likely not going to be prosecuted. If they are prosecuted, they aren’t probably going to spend a lot of time in jail for this type of crime.” FOX12 Oregon

@kevindunn5650

Жыл бұрын

​@@bazil4146 There might not be anything in writing saying that Portland allows shoplifting, but when only 46% of shoplifters are prosecuted, there might as well be.

It doesn't matter how many cops you have or how many arrests they make if the DA doesn't prosecute then it's all completely pointless.

The decline of America,is playing out,right before our eyes,but we have our officials so concerned about what two adults, do in their bedrooms.

Close the Post Office also. You get what you vote for.

This situation is exactly what Portland residents have been screaming for and demanding for years. This is their utopia. Let them have it and congratulate them because they are the enlightened ones.

@scruf153

Жыл бұрын

republican neighborhood vs democratic neighborhood witch one will democrats claim as there's one is clean one is not

@1ofEve

Жыл бұрын

you're right Michael. We're sorry. I hope we can turn this city around.

@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid

Жыл бұрын

True dat

@runningdebate2670

Жыл бұрын

​@@1ofEve Yeah, Liberals don't know how to do anything right, just destroy everything they control. Name me one liberal run city that isn't a complete dump.

@scottlemiere2024

Жыл бұрын

Course it couldn't have anything to do with the rents being $30,000 a year, right?

I applaud Walmart.

@WanderingExistence

Жыл бұрын

.... for lobbying your government making it easier to pay people less.

@les0101s

Жыл бұрын

Walmart probably doesn't want to pay the minimum wage in Portland.

@darthnatas953

Жыл бұрын

@@les0101s They pay it at every store everywhere. Has nothing to do with it.

@1ofEve

Жыл бұрын

@@darthnatas953 what are all the factors

@Digger-Nick

Жыл бұрын

​@@les0101sYou people will say anything BUT hold your own accountable...

Portland, Oregon, is a mess. Do not go there for any reason.

Stores expect a percentage of loss but with the rampant theft, lack of police support and fear of shopping there it becomes too much. Employees and customers become too afraid of being in the stores with that environment. I'm glad the Liberals are seeing what they created and they certainly deserve it.

When Wal Mart, Dollar General, IHOP, and Waffle House leave your city you may as well just turn off the lights.

@tbirdracefan

Жыл бұрын

I did not know about Waffle House!

@faheemabbas3965

Жыл бұрын

Democrats

@charlesterrebonne-lw5ml

Жыл бұрын

@@faheemabbas3965 Yes the demoncrats that allows third world people that bring nothing but open empty hands to just walk into this country and give them the opportunity to make it like the countries that they fled from This country needs more Christianity and President Trump

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

Жыл бұрын

And now Cracker Barrel.

@cordeliabuffy6419

Жыл бұрын

You know its bad when Dollar General goes.

I like how the news station captioned the story, “Crime ‘believed’ to be a factor in Walmart closures”, like anyone really doubts that. They’re so clueless.

@rupertsamborski5153

Жыл бұрын

Or they’re covering for the politicians…

@confirmhandle

Жыл бұрын

Everyone's too scared of the woke

@jhonsiders6077

Жыл бұрын

They are liberal wokes they are part of the problem !

@kenwagler4523

Жыл бұрын

The media isnt clueless. They are liberal . And liberals are Evil. Pretty much simple as that now a days.

@alfandeddie

Жыл бұрын

The media is the mouthpiece for the radical left

The whole west coast is a mess, from Mexico to Canada.

Oregon Governor is absolutely right! But voters share in blame for electing these clowns! People of Portlandia you have no one else to blame but yourselves!

Our city leaders here in San Antonio having a vote to release or not arrest people who steals anything less than $700 worth of items. Who would want to open a business in a city that protects criminals who hurts their businesses

@jstebakova

Жыл бұрын

Now imagine 10 people a day steal $700 worth...

@henryyiu618

Жыл бұрын

@@jstebakova could be the same person multiple times

@rockyroad7345

Жыл бұрын

I left SA over 12 years ago for a rural county because I saw it coming. A city obsessed with growth destroys quality of life for everyone. Traffic, urban sprawl, crime, cost of living, neverending road construction, etc. Before that I left Houston over 30 years ago for the same reason and have no reason to go back to either place to even visit (especially Houston). Get out if you can.

@rodrod383

Жыл бұрын

@@rockyroad7345 the Houston of yore would have handled the issue now they are investigating a victim for shooting an armed robber

@stephaniezuniga5835

Жыл бұрын

Yes I’m from San Antonio Texas

The Nike store in Portland just closed too. They said they would only reopen if the police department can assign them officers to be in front of the store during operating hours. Anyone who doesn't think that crime and theft is in a major component of them closing their stores is just refusing to accept reality.

@knerduno5942

Жыл бұрын

That's funny since they went woke and pushing nonsense like this.

@lisaperry5999

Жыл бұрын

@@knerduno5942 exactly

@retiredcop158

Жыл бұрын

Assign police officers? LOL, while felonies are in progress? Nike can pay an armed to the teeth private security $150 and hour and that would be the only way they could get someone to risk their life and freedom.

@mr.anonymous101

Жыл бұрын

💩🗑🐒

@jzen1455

Жыл бұрын

REI closed in Portland too citing theft and robbery as reasons for closing.

God bless these poor people. Walmart should be forced to stay open to allow these people to get their free stuff, another example of the man coming down on the poor people

Walmart must be applauded for being too polite and stating the reason for closure as merely a financial one… instead of stating the obvious.

We’ve had similar problems here in Memphis, TN. When large companies like Walmart, Kroger, Target, etc leave a particular section of town, because of “financial”reasons, that’s simply a code word for shoplifting, holdups, or significant area crime that scares away shoppers. Until punishments become so severe, the crime epidemic will only get worse.

@millerforester6237

Жыл бұрын

Greensboro & Guilford County, NC are becoming more like Portland every day, for the same reason. Major and small businesses have pulled out of certain areas. The City even tried sponsoring a supermarket, but that quickly failed. Does the govt do anything well?

@xmateinc

Жыл бұрын

@@millerforester6237 government doesn’t do anything well when you have one side that wants to defund the government when it comes to helping people. They only want to fund a police state and the militaries unlimited budget.

@wisenber

Жыл бұрын

@@xmateinc " government doesn’t do anything well when you have one side that wants to defund the government when it comes to helping people." Portland appears to suggest a hole in your premise. The tried doing away with the latter and doubling down on the former.

@Nigelsmom2136

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the PD prefers to spend its time beating up and killing innocent people.

@wisenber

Жыл бұрын

@@Nigelsmom2136 Sadly, that's a statistically tiny number that's used to justify making everything else worse. Essentially, Portland exchanged a handful of police violence for 20 times the violence from criminals. Plus, police aren't likely to bust out the Post Office windows, steal a car, set up camp on a sidewalk, leave needles in a park or shoplift in a Walmart.

The only people I feel bad for are the elderly that lived there their whole life. It's not like the thieves and sidewalk poopers are going to help them.

@dankrzeminski6370

Жыл бұрын

86 % of people over 55 vote dem in portland

@frostystoneman3273

Жыл бұрын

OMG the sidewalk poppers! Hahaha, at work we'd put pylons out to mark their droppings and ponder just what kinds of lives they lead.

@steveroberts9222

Жыл бұрын

Nah - likely woke hippies from the 60's. It's their paradise now.

@mikesrandomvideos

Жыл бұрын

Defund the police......Look how that worked out.....Stop voting for these guys. OMG....

@aaronmontgomery2055

Жыл бұрын

hmm, except they are the largest voting block and voted for these polices, so they did it to themselves.

So, how is that "Defund The Police" initiative going?

The leaders of Oregon should be very proud of what they have accomplished. Stunning and brave.

@rupertsamborski5153

Жыл бұрын

A shining beacon of democratic socialism

@ghostmanscores1666

Жыл бұрын

Stunning and brave. That is funny. They really think like that. They simp for votes and destroy.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz

Жыл бұрын

They don't care. They all shop at Whole Foods.

@MyMason100

Жыл бұрын

There are no leaders in Portland ! Just a dying shabby city soon to be like Detroit and Chicago. Just let it die !

@professorplums722

Жыл бұрын

All by design....the left love getting people at each other's throats, divide and conquer.

Blame the City leadership, Blame Antifa, Blame the DemocRats that voted and will continue to vote for this lifestyle choices that continue to destroy the world.

Prosecuting criminals would be a good idea

@stansmith8206

Жыл бұрын

That's not equitable though. Young blacks should be given a few warnings before they are arrested for crimes like "shoplifting". What about wage theft?!!!

@greglarson6293

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It’s transphobic and racist, probably ableist too, to hold people accountable for assault and theft.

@Digger-Nick

Жыл бұрын

​@@stansmith8206🤣

They did it to themselves. I usually don't stick up for Walmart but "Bravo" !!!

@WanderingExistence

Жыл бұрын

You do realize though, that Walmart lobbies your government to create more inequality, which leads to increased thefts and violence.

@1ofEve

Жыл бұрын

what do you dislike most about Portland

@ShaneM223

Жыл бұрын

Walmart did it to themselves to. They are one of the companies that went woke and pushed for this. F Portland and Walmart.

@scottlemiere2024

Жыл бұрын

@@1ofEve whatever Fox News told him to dislike most. He lives in rural Montana.

@therealwewin

Жыл бұрын

@@scottlemiere2024 non political here but you democrats are devils of the bunch.. literally. Republican bad too but you dems are mentally ill.

Why not go with membership, like Costco or Sam's Club? Guard the door and scan the shoppers' identities. Solved. And background check for retail theft required to get a membership. And background check for being a Democrat, too. 😏

I feel sorry for the small stores that cant move elsewhere. If they close thats it for the owners

My family and I visited Portland from Phoenix hoping to escape the crime infested, overcrowded freeways, homelessness on every corner…… after 3 days in Portland, Phoenix didn’t seem so bad. What a S hole.

@bluewave2024

Жыл бұрын

GOOD!! Portland is BETTER without the RICH GREEDY WallyWorld! Thats for the RACIST rednecks, LOL!!!

@ceoatcrystalsoft4942

Жыл бұрын

Obviously a joke since you are from Phoenix 😂

@milcycat7285

Жыл бұрын

I’m from Seattle. I will try to visit Portland (via Amtrak) and see for myself. It’s also getting worse here in Seattle.

@gregparker9977

Жыл бұрын

I moved from Phoenix in 2022 lived there many years from my observance. Phx will be the next Portland in the southwest.

@minbuk7296

Жыл бұрын

Seattle is way better than Pdx for sure.

The new Chicago mayor said the Wal-Mart closing there is very unfair to his citizens-"Where are they going to go to shop lift now?"

@beverlyneumann754

Жыл бұрын

The question isn’t where are they going to shop, rather “ where are they going to go now to rob, steal, loot and destroy. Don’t come to Florida, we don’t want SCUM like you in OUR neighborhoods.

@janeclayton151

Жыл бұрын

it wouldn't be fun to work in a store where criminals and drug addicts are allowed to come in and run loose. It would be hard to find staff to work "minimum wage" and risk being assaulted, spat on, verbally abused and at risk always.

@gsurfalways5022

Жыл бұрын

More like where are they going to go to steal. They brought this on themselves don’t have a pity for any of them

@stevehardwick7285

Жыл бұрын

They're getting busloads of new criminals from the border too!

@RorySchumpert

Жыл бұрын

Walmart is not the largest Capital Corporation anymore. Google it and you’ll be surprised. Check from(2000-2022),then you’ll will get some knowledge.

Why are they stealing from Walmart? Is it low wages? Is it high rent? Is it the characteristic of the people who live there? Is this a symptom of something else?

I think it's so ironic how, just a few short years ago, people from all over the nation were packing up and moving to Portland. Now they're leaving in droves so fast it's insane.

@JDoe-gf5oz

Жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful place. Too bad about the people.

@LMGuelph

Жыл бұрын

yea it'll be the next Detroit, only difference is Portland doesn't really have much industry vs Detroit/Windsor

@blitzcank9482

Жыл бұрын

Lmao lot of them can’t even moving out now I heard...😂 they got no work over there, they turn into bum and no job = no money to move out. 😂👌🏼

@mikesrandomvideos

Жыл бұрын

so they can mess up everywhere else in the nation. They just keep voting democrat and never think that is the problem

@benjurqunov

Жыл бұрын

But real estate is still screaming hot market. Even in the traditional low life neighborhoods. Prices are still sky high over a few years ago.

Walmart closing is truly unfortunate. Now all the lawless drug addicted criminals will have to venture out to steal from smaller stores in the area instead of making a one stop shoplifting spree.

@YeshuBenPandera

Жыл бұрын

theyll have to steal more cars and bikes so they can go further to get the loot

@Eidolon1andOnly

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but the small businesses in the area which relied on the overflow and foot traffic WalMart brought in will lose those customers too.

@RKingis

Жыл бұрын

At least they'll help mom & pop shops move merchandise. /s

@YouTubeDeletesComments

Жыл бұрын

They're more likely to blast the scum thieves, unlike Walmart.

@lawrencetierce8244

Жыл бұрын

OMG.

I have a lot of sympathy for those wanting to come to America to make a better life. For a long time there has been a good reason to want to come here. Not even talking about the whole immigration topic, the good and the bad of it is it's own story. Our own natural born citizens are turning much of the US into a 3rd world country regardless. How long will it take until we have trashed our own country, made enemies of all the world, and no one even wants to come here any more?

Darrel is a good guy and a straight shooter. I work down the street from him a couple blocks away. I used to live in the neighborhood. When my car was stolen out out of my driveway the cops couldn't care less. When it was "recovered" 10 blocks away it was because it was parked illegally, towed without informing me, and then I had to pay a $400 tow bill like I was the criminal. I've lived in Portland 50 years and it just keeps getting worse. I am heartbroken that this once sleepy bohemian counter-culture kooky city has descended into chaos and anarchy. Portland should be a cautionary tale for other cities about law enforcement. Also I am a republican, believe strongly in personal accountability, and feel like I am trapped behind enemy lines in my home city.

@louisliu5638

Жыл бұрын

This is everywhere and spreading from Tijuana to Toronto. But when I left the UsA four decades ago STEALING was just below murder and baby rape in the column of obscene crimes. what happened?? it's NOT just a "Rep. against Dem" game and it's not going to be SOLVED looking at it that way. It's much deeper.

@zephyrr108

Жыл бұрын

I mean you said its a kooky, counter culture city. Maybe these arent good traits? Its good in abstract but people bring in real sin to the equation. Bohemian and such. I live in Brazil and I agree with the sentiment

@BaronEvola123

Жыл бұрын

"Kooky" is another word for crazy and guess what? If you believe that men can't have babies, you're now the Bohemian and the "Counter Culture."

@peskypeet

Жыл бұрын

Hate to say it but kinda sounds like old San Fran. Both cities and state gone to ____. Coincidence???

@taylorc2542

Жыл бұрын

Why aren't the normal people voting these nuts out of office? Are there really that many hipsters out voting the middle class?

Residents of Portland, "You can't close down Wal-Mart! Where are we going to go to steal stuff if they leave?"

@danasmith858

7 ай бұрын

From your fellow criminals

@SDune

2 ай бұрын

Target.

@fladave99

Ай бұрын

Commissioner Gonzales says WORKING HARDER means TAXING and ARRESTING CRIME VICTIMS so his drug addicts can keep buying drugs and voting for him in 2024. No MENTION of arresting criminals

You can hire police all day long, but if you don’t back them and allow them to do their job they can’t and won’t do anything.

Walmart should tell it like it is. Plenty of businesses in Portland that are shutting down due to crime already announced it. REI, a major outdoor gear supplier, said exactly that. It’s no secret.

I blame this on the people of Portland now.

@ShortArmOfGod

Жыл бұрын

Keep voting blue.

@thegrays3303

Жыл бұрын

@@ShortArmOfGod TRUMP 2024 BIDEN OLD FOLKS HOME 2024

@13MAM13

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Vote Democrat then you better expect Democrat side effects

@BikerGirlTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Noooooooooo! It’s the fault of the police which supports systemic racism. That is right sweetie. I know because the nice people of Portland said so when they took to the streets to demand for the police to be defunded and tomprotect the right of criminals while attacking the rights of law abiding citizens. People in Portlant, specially the politicians, are very wise and truthful. 😏

@robbarron4066

Жыл бұрын

citizens own this and THEIR TAX dollars need to fix it, not mine.

Who knew defunding the police would have negative consequences

@Buckaroo543

Жыл бұрын

Anyone with a brain.

@xro1983

Жыл бұрын

But when Walmart breaks the law all we hear from you is crickets.

@ag1382

Жыл бұрын

Who knew? Every conscious person with some intelligence.

@genedunlap8384

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not a democrat that for sure

@cedricksamaniego9146

Жыл бұрын

Lol🤣💯

Good for Walmart, no business should have to endure such blatant lawlessness.

@gregoryhagen8801

Жыл бұрын

If Walmart leaves, where will Portlanders buy their clothes? 😆

I support Walmart closing stores in high crime areas. If cities won't do anything to combat crime, they don't deserve stores.

The irony of the politicians to hire more police officers, when you don't let them enforce the laws and rarely convict criminals, is a major part of the problem.

@steveroberts9222

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Arrest them, then free them. What's the point?

@Drmidnight-dd6tw

Жыл бұрын

@@steveroberts9222 right,the policies from the Democrats will destroy this country from the inside. The Democrats own the media. And public schools where they start brainwashing.

@josephfrechette9916

Жыл бұрын

Why would anyone want to be a cop I Portland? You'll be in excessive danger, you can't actually do your job and your bound to get defunded

@razor6552

Жыл бұрын

Telling the police to stand down when antifa was engaged in an actual insurrection was the beginning of criminals in the Northwest knowing that they had nothing to fear.

@raakhanaten1035

Жыл бұрын

Cops are criminals too. They are humans with low pay and opportunity. That will breed corruption.

Financial reasons= hard to be profitable when your inventory is stolen

@kencleg7721

Жыл бұрын

Bingo

@gormenfreeman499

Жыл бұрын

Walmart works on thin margins, thats the vision Sam Walton had that made walmart rise. If one item is stolen, they will have sell 4 of them to to pay for the loss of the stole item, so a few stolen items on a shelf can make that whole shelf a loss. Soon the whole aisle turns into a loss. Then the store closes.

@robLV

Жыл бұрын

I see it differently. Walmart is a magnet for homeless people--with their policy of letting people stay overnight on their property and beg during the day. There's a walmart down the street from my house and since it opened there are more homeless and the neighborhood has gone down. More theft of yard property, pilfering in cars, mail theft. Blue shopping carts in the alleys. Walmart doesn't invest in anti-theft strategies, like adequate security and enough floor staff to deter. It's all stockers and checkout. All so we can buy some cheap trinket for 1.19 instead of 2.79 somewhere else. Crime will fall when walmart leaves

@mandatorym_y_o_c_a_r_d_i_t_i_s

Жыл бұрын

@@robLV You sound like a good commie.

@dalegribble9697

Жыл бұрын

@@robLV same can be said when the first liquor store shows up in the area.

The people need to act and say the heck with the cops and start their own police force. It is a completely legitimate option that we as citizens have It's already being done in our cities. We just need more of the population to get involved... if people want to truly get rid of crime, their need to work in hand with the local law enforcement .Then if local law enforcement doesn't want to work together , then that's when you do your part in enforcing the laws of the land.. This has to be done with much thought and planning with group thinks. It is going to be work , and a lot of it, but what else can we do ? This was brought onto us on purpose and with malice by Joe Biden ! What scares me, is when Biden said two separate times the there would not be an election ! I seen and heard it with my own eyes and ears... Crazy , I know. It freaked me out

What a great reputation for Portland to have cultivated. You know you're at the bottom of the barrel when WalMart pulls out of your commuity. We're headed into Detroit and Camden territory here folks. We need to vote the whole system out and replace it with actual constituent focused policy.

When you have a court system that won't do their jobs , leaders that won't do the right thing then it really looks like it's all working as designed & they must want this to continue to happen because they are not trying to stop it .

@gussalas2866

Жыл бұрын

Funny how democrat control states have the same agenda,not PUNISHING criminals, and not helping businesses

@MA-yl1er

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@VOIDsick1

Жыл бұрын

It’s all by design that let everyone know through the Purge movies they literally are restricting less action against these kind of crimes, seems like society is really lost with nothing to save it because this new generation thinks the government will fix it, the same government is sabotaging itself from within bc everyone is asleep.

@christerry1773

Жыл бұрын

In some ways I’m glad to see it happen. Gives a glimpse into their warped mentality

@VOIDsick1

Жыл бұрын

@@christerry1773 you’re glad to see society acting a fool of themselves? Idk if you are aware of what’s going on worldwide but we are in a sinking ship, jobs are leaving manufacturing is leaving we have had a good life with minimal things to worry about, this new generation feels that they don’t hav to work for anything and be protected with the same momentum that isn’t the case of nobody wakes up and just “accepts” this well then it’ll happen more and more!

Keep voting people with insane ideologies… get insane results. Why do people waste their votes like this? Keep doing this, and when the right to vote gets taken away, it will be no loss.

Portland Mayor trying to revive 90's LA in his own town

The real story is not Wal-Mart leaving Portland, it's the fact that there are any stores staying. 🤔

2.2 million in losses in one yr for my Walmart in Anaheim. They actually had video of a guy stealing. He left with his goods. Then while he was gone they removed some stuff from the section he was stealing from. He came back in a few hrs later and actually had the nerve to ask the associate where the stuff was. They knew it was him. Had a clear pic of him which I have too. And still do nothing. Fantastic work

@roneagle8038

Жыл бұрын

@Greg typical Democrat response.

@turbokid99

Жыл бұрын

STOP VOTING DEMOCRAT. U GET WHAT U VOTE FOR

@oldmancigars1869

Жыл бұрын

@Greg ......meaningless inflammatory statement.....look up factual information before you try serve up a Nothingburger.....ie.....Walmart income after taxes for the twelve months ending January 31, 2023 was $11.292B, a 19% decline year-over-year. Income taxes paid were $5.724B which was 33.6% of earnings before taxes. Go jump in the river........

@GeraldM_inNC

Жыл бұрын

@Greg Well, since you hate Walmart, you won't have to see on in Portland any more. Eventually you won't have to see any other capitalist stores either.

Stop blaming stores for anti theft measures, start blaming thieves. It's not just a few people stealing anymore, it's a lot.

Stop stealing it’s that simple!!!