A Weed Robbery Spree Strikes Portland Cannabis Shops,
Even as Police Are Stretched Thin
WW spoke with a dozen dispensaries that described young men using rocks to shatter glass windows and doors. They kicked in fridges, smashed display cases, grabbed whatever was handy, then ran out.
Willamette Week / by Sophie Peel / August 10, 2020
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"'It's just rampant,' says Ryon Nicholson, co-owner of a Portland-based cannabis wholesale company. 'We're under siege pretty much.'"
"You know that police departments are straining to keep people in check by the federal courthouse, so robbing a place across town seems like a good opportunity, I guess."
The Portland Police Department was defunded to the tune of $16,000,000. Did they really think this sort of thing would not happen?
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"'It's just rampant,' says Ryon Nicholson, co-owner of a Portland-based cannabis wholesale company. 'We're under siege pretty much.'"
"You know that police departments are straining to keep people in check by the federal courthouse, so robbing a place across town seems like a good opportunity, I guess."
The Portland Police Department was defunded to the tune of $16,000,000. Did they really think this sort of thing would not happen?
Read more at the link below ...