Crime Without Consequences

The extent of arson and thuggish violence in Portland, Oregon has become so extreme that the state’s Governor, the clueless Kate Brown, has asked sheriffs’ offices from around the state to help out.  The answer seems to be a loud “no.”  One Sheriff, Clackamas County’s  Craig Roberts, explained, through a spokesperson, that in Portland “it’s about changing the policy [of no consequences for rioting], not adding resources.”

Roberts explained:

The same offenders are arrested night after night, only to be released by the court and not charged with a crime by the DA’s Office. The next night they are back at it, endangering the lives of law enforcement and the community all over again.

What else could he say?  When the political leadership has spent years painting police as the problem and hooligans as the heroes of “free speech” (and free stuff, we now see from the rampant looting), the police would have to be self-hating fools to heed a call like Gov. Brown’s.  (H/t to PowerLine).