Portland street racers emboldened by Democrat softness

Portland’s law enforcement just ran another 10-hour mission to stop street racing—just in time for more than 100 cars to gather and wreak havoc an hour later.

In Saint Johns and the Lloyd District, racers flooded streets, weaving dangerously, running red lights, and taunting the few officers still on duty on Sunday morning. One sergeant was powerless to pull them in, ending his efforts before things spiraled. Meanwhile, someone doing donuts got pulled over eventually—and yes, a stolen firearm was involved. KGW reports that there were a total of 29 traffic stops before the races, with six vehicle being towed, along with two arrests and four citations.

“As it became clear that proactive enforcement was underway, the crowd began to disperse again. Resources from additional precincts were requested and responded to the area, resulting in dozens of calls for service having to hold,” the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.

Portland suffering from years of bad policy

The Portland street racing crisis is less about a policing shortage than it is policy-driven dysfunction. Democrat leadership in Portland dismantled effective traffic enforcement, leaving the city practically begging street racers to show up. Portland Police are in a tough spot and the public is suffering.

These weekly lawless spectacles, with hundreds of vehicles and zero consequences until hours later, are a direct product of a soft-on-crime, soft-on-morals Democrat agenda. When police are tied in knots by political correctness and budget cuts, chaos isn’t just possible—it’s inevitable.

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