The Portland Police Association’s executive director, Daryl Turner, blasted Portland city officials in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, accusing the mayor and others of standing by while “anti-fascist” demonstrators set fire to buildings, threatened police officers, and engaged in protests that often turned into violent riots over the course of a year.
Turner told the network that Portland officials “encouraged and enabled some of the violence” that led to a record number of police resignations and retirements, and that an incident, like the one that happened earlier this week, where the city’s full Rapid Response Team resigned following the indictment of a fellow Portland police officer.
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