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Homeless encampment has Portland residents begging for help, scared to go outside: 'Absolutely helpless'

Residents of a Portland, Oregon, neighborhood claim homeless people have been breaking into homes and stealing property

A Portland, Oregon, community is on edge after a homeless man attacked a resident and a growing homeless encampment encroaches on the neighborhood

"It’s terrifying," Gwen Ingram, a resident living near Portland’s Southeast 111th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, told Fox 12 Oregon of the encampment.

"People scream at you, yell at you, threaten you."

Ingram told the outlet that the area was a peaceful "Leave it to Beaver"-style neighborhood until the first homeless resident showed up in a camper and the population grew so large that homeless individuals are now allegedly sleeping on private property, stealing things and breaking into homes.

"We never had any issues until the tents started moving in," Ingram's neighbor, Deena Closson, told the outlet, while explaining that she is scared to leave her home to get her mail.

The residents said that police have not been much help bringing a resolution to the situation.

We’d call and they’d ask, ‘Do you want us to come?’" Ingram claimed. "We’re like, ‘Yes, we want you come to come out!’ That’s a stupid question."

Fellow resident Jovenn Pacheco told the outlet that he often sees homeless people overdosing on the street.

"The fire department came and literally brought this man back to life while I was holding my 6-month-old son in the window," Pacheco explained. "I said, 'That’s it.' So, I called the police. They answer and say drugs are decriminalized and can’t do anything."

"I live in a city where I don't feel safe," he added.

Clossen claimed one night she was awoken by a man she didn’t know standing over her bed. In a panic, she sprayed the intruder with bug spray and threw a hammer at him until he fled out the front door.

Clossen told the outlet that she will likely be "leaving the home that I love."

Ingram said the situation made her feel "absolutely helpless."

"It’s a dark tunnel. No light. Absolutely helpless," Ingram said.

The residents all expressed sympathy for the plight of homeless people but said they need relief from the city to ensure their safety.



"When is help coming?" Ingram wondered.

The Portland Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Last month, a family in southeast Portland said that homeless squatters have been terrifying them by lighting fires that sometimes spread to their property and even caused propane tanks to ignite.

Consequences...

They just keep chanting the poor homeless mantra.
They are junkies that were invited with open arms.

They just approved another few more million (200) to solve the problem because all the millions before was just not enough.

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Originally posted by powermad:
They just keep chanting the poor homeless mantra.
They are junkies that were invited with open arms.

They just approved another few more million to solve the problem because all the millions before was just not enough.

The amount of free shit those "homeless" get is enormous. Many are on SSDI, in fact there are people who specifically help them apply for SSDI.

With measure 110, it's all about hard drugs now. Measure 110 was sold as "addiction treatment instead of jail" but we ended up with neither. Just legal open air drug dens.

These folks would be the last ones to admit to either voting for what they got, or not voting at all. Both have obvious consequences. Unfortunately for them, the genie has been out of the bottle far too long. This problem isn’t going anywhere fast. If undoing it is what they want, it will take time. I suspect a year from now, not much will have changed.

Well when most of the people in portland vote for the far left it seems to me like they got just what they wanted. Most of them cannot connect the dots for some reason.

They are looking to pass a bill to give them $1,000 a month.

Complete insanity.

There’s an ugly term for how taxpayers are viewed these days…

At some point, we have to stop going to the back of the bus, and letting the crony classes take and burn our stuff.

Agreed that the residents cannot connect the dots that their votes, past and present, have resulted in this chaos and disorder. Just unbelievable that they seem unable to think logically.

World's smallest violin...

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Originally posted by powermad:
They are looking to pass a bill to give them $1,000 a month.

Complete insanity.

The residency challenged people, or the people whose residences are challenged?

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"The fire department came and literally brought this man back to life while I was holding my 6-month-old son in the window," Pacheco explained. "I said, 'That’s it.' So, I called the police........."

Wow, she called the police, after the FD shows up. What an accomplishment.
That's really getting in there and getting your hands dirty.

"Yes, 911, I need the police. You see the fire department was here and just brought a man back to life and I though you should know, things are just messed up... they just are."

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The residents all expressed sympathy for the plight of homeless

They still don't get it.

Not a care given. Stupid should hurt.

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Originally posted by powermad:
They just approved another few more million (200) to solve the problem because all the millions before was just not enough.

You just have to wonder where all that money really goes ?? Probably to businesses owned by City Leaders families and friends, I'd guess.

"When is help coming?" Ingram wondered.

It's all within their control.
Help will come when they wake up an vote for a real change.
In other words, not soon.

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"We never had any issues until the tents started moving in," Ingram's neighbor, Deena Closson, told the outlet,

Yep, just like it’s “the guns” themselves committing all of the “gun violence” and not the criminals using them.

As has already been said, these Progressive fuck-tards will NEVER connect the consequences of their political leanings to the disastrous effects of them.

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Originally posted by Cookster:

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"We never had any issues until the tents started moving in," Ingram's neighbor, Deena Closson, told the outlet,

Yep, just like it’s “the guns” themselves committing all of the “gun violence” and not the criminals using them.

actually that's a very insightful comment. The trend now is to set up small, permanent structures for the homeless. Structures with like 100 Sq feet or so. Bathroom nearby, just like a KOA.

The thought is once they get "permanent housing" and out of tents, then all the problems go away. I disagree, but such as it is.

Now we’ll see if they can learn.

Portland has legal meth and heroin that has fueled the so called "homeless." They are street people who enjoy the doper life. There has been available housing but they prohibit the all night doper scene. As a result there are empty rooms and no takers.

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Originally posted by abnmacv:
Portland has legal meth and heroin that has fueled the so called "homeless." They are street people who enjoy the doper life.

and the amount of crime they commit is unreal. Burglaries primarily, which the city no longer responds to for the most part.

Plus auto thefts and pretty much anything that isn't encased in concrete gets stolen.

Regarding the burglaries, the meth heads have become more sophisticated over time. Some know how to pick locks effectively, they use power tools for entry, and do a huge amount of damage in the process.

They will bust into your car to steal a used Pepsi bottle which is worth 10 cents.

and as I said in another thread, if they are ever caught, which is rare, they go to the jail just long enough to get the free dental care, and they are out within hours.