YOU'RE WATCHING KOIN 6 NEWS
AT 4 WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.
WITH THE ESCALATING
VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS, THE
UNION REPRESENTING PORTLAND
POLICE OFFICERS, AMES, STRONG
CRITICISM AT CITY AND STATE
LEADERS KOIN 6 REACHING OUT TO
EVERYONE AT THE TOP BUT
PORTLAND CITY LEADERS ARE
STAYING QUIET ABOUT THE
INCREASED CRITICISM AS VIOLENT
PROTESTS CONTINUE WITHIN THE
CITY GOOD AFTERNOON AT 4
O'CLOCK. I'M JEFF GIANOLA AND
I'M DONE TOKEN. WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE TONIGHT OF THOSE
ONGOING PROTESTS, INCLUDING A
LOOK AT THE TOLL, THE VIOLENCE
AND DAMAGE IS TAKING ON
BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES IN
PORTLAND'S PEARL DISTRICT.
BUT FIRST OUR WAYNE HAVE
REALLY SPOKE WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE UNION.
HE SAYS CITY LEADERS MUST
UNIFY AND DENOUNCE THE
VIOLENCE.
YEAH DARYL TURNER, HE SAYS
PORTLAND POLICE ARE FLAT OUT
NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED FROM OUR CITY LEADERS AND
HE HAD SOME PRETTY HARSH
CRITICISM OF COURSE ALL OF
THIS IS JUST ONE DAY AFTER
ANOTHER RIGHT WAS DECLARED IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. THIS TIME.
IT WAS IN THE PEARL DISTRICT
OF COURSE A RESIDENTIAL AREA
IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. FIRES
BURNED OUTSIDE THE PEARL
DISTRICT APARTMENT BUILDING
WHERE MAYOR TED WHEELER IS
BELIEVED TO LIVE. RIOTERS
VANDALIZED BUSINESSES LAST
NIGHT AND POLICE MADE 19 VERY
FORCEFUL ARREST AFTER THEY SAY
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO BURN
DOWN THAT BUILDING. WELL TODAY
POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
DARYL TURNER TOLD US WHILE THE
LION SHARE OF PROTESTS FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE ARE PEACEFUL.
HE SAYS NIGHTLY WRITERS HAVE
HIJACKED THE MESSAGE REPLACING
IT WITH VIOLENCE AND HE SAYS
PORTLAND CITY LEADERS ALLOWED
IT TO HAPPEN BY TAKING
15 MILLION DOLLARS AND DOZENS
OF OFFICERS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT WHEN POLICE NEED
MORE HELP THAN EVER.
WE'RE ONE OF THE SCHOOL A
PROGRESSIVE AGENCIES IN THE
COUNTRY YET NOBODY IS
LISTENING. IT'S STILL WANT
MORE YOU CAN DEFUND AND AND
HAVE EVOLUTION AND REFORM AT
THE SAME TIME. IT'S JUST LIKE
REMODELING A HOUSE YOU CAN GO
MY HOUSE, BUT I'M GOING TO
TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THAT JUST
DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE WHEN THINK YOU CAN
DO THAT.
WELL TURNER IS CALLING ON
ALL CITY LEADERS TO JOIN
TOGETHER TO ONCE AND FOR ALL
PUBLICLY DENOUNCE THE VIOLENCE
AND HE SAYS IT'S NOT TIME TO
DIG A HOLE AND HEIDI SAYS IT
IS TIME TO LEAD AND HE
BELIEVES THE 0 VIOLENCE POLICY
NEEDS TO BE DRAFTED AND PUT
INTO EFFECT I REACHED OUT TO
THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY
COMMISSIONERS AND THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS AS WELL TODAY
LOOKING FOR COMMENT. THE ONLY
PERSON HEARD BACK FROM BOYS
THAT COMMISSIONER FRENCH YOU
TOLD ME THAT SHE DOESN'T
COMMENT ON STATEMENTS FROM THE
PPA BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WE
FIND OUT AS WE CONTINUE TO
REACH OUT AND TRY TO GET SOME
