Portland Decriminalizes Crime—Residents Now Required to Politely Ask Criminals to Stop

Faced with an unprecedented rise in crime, Portland’s City Council has taken decisive action—by officially decriminalizing all crime. In a unanimous vote on Tuesday night, officials opted to remove all criminal penalties from the books, arguing that traditional laws were “exacerbating systemic inequities” and “unfairly targeting marginalized criminals.”…

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