• The Democrat-controlled anti-police “utopia” of Portland has told residents not to call 911 unless they are reporting a “life/death emergency.”
• The remaining police in the Oregon city are now stretched so thin that they can only respond to emergencies that involve a significant risk of people dying.
• Portland, like many other blue cities across America, slashed its police budget in response to the violent Black Lives Matter-led rioting in 2020. Unsurprisingly, those same cities have seen violent crime and murder soar out of control.
• To combat the issue of fewer cops and soaring violent crime, police are now placing limits on the types of calls they can respond to.

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