Well that's not quite right-- they've shot plenty of gang types too-- the one guy whose brother had just died, Chris Campbell I think was his name. And then that woman Kendra something shot when she put the car she was sitting in in gear.

More cameras. That's the answer.

It's out on 82nd. I bet Sam Adams can't even count that high, much less can figure out how to get out there. Nothing to see, doesn't exist, just shut up, pay your taxes to city hall, and don't expect anything unless there's a feel good law we want to impose on you. And don't you dare give out plastic shopping bags or we'll send the Shopping Bag Police on you.

they've shot plenty of gang types too-- the one guy whose brother had just died, Chris Campbell I think was his name. And then that woman Kendra something

You're making some assumptions there. But even if your LO perspective is accurate, that's two people in 10 years. The toll of mentally ill killed or badly injured at the hands of the Portland police is substantially higher.

Why are we quibbling, didn't we invite all this diversity to bring texture that was lacking in out community?

Aren't the bullet holes texture?

Well, think about it. Gun fights last seconds, and are usually over by the time police get the call. And officers are trained not to engage too hastily. So the opportunities for shooting or punching out gun criminals are fairly rare, I would think.
Disturbed people are more likely to still be on scene when the police roll up, and more likely out of fear, delusion or confusion, to resist arrest, which the police are trained to answer with increasing levels of force. (Unwisely in many cases, I think, but that's another story.)

"We went outside with our children in northeast Portland this evening -- was that irresponsible of us?"

Nope. It was educational. Teaching kids to respect gun fire is healthy.

Kinda like children in the 50's and 60's doing bomb shelter drills during the peak of the Cold War.

I think LO Mom should consider taking her kids on a field trip to NoPo for just such exposure, since ignorance is not good. Maybe swing by the Portland Zoo while she is out of the LO bubble, you know, kill two birds kinda thing.

From the news this AM:

"At about 6:30 a.m. Monday authorities received a call from a homeowner on Atwater Road near Atwater Lane, he said.

The suspect fled the scene after attacking one of the residents.

The suspect is described as 6 feet tall, with a brown beard. He was wearing a headwrap and light clothing. He had a slender build and was armed with edged weapons, Phillips said."
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Maybe a field trip exchange. LO parents can go to NoPo for exposure to gunfire, and NoPo parents can go to LO for exposure to knife nuts in turbans...er headwraps.

More likely a "do-rag" than a turban...

In the past there have been plenty of cars registered out in LO cruse through NoPo... And then leave after completing their purchase...

Been here long, SG? Your comments indicate not. Having lived in inner NE back in the early '70's, I can tell you that it wasn't the way it is now. Crips, Bloods, and others started moving up in the 80's. We DO have a gang problem, and PoPo doesn't know what to do about it.