Portland Sets New Homicide Record in 2022, And the Year Isn’t Even Over

Just as we predicted, America is on the brink of going full Mad Max.

Normal people are now living in a constant state of fear for their safety.

Oregon Live:

Along the fence at Southeast Portland’s Cora Park Apartments, someone tied a collection of flowers to a broken tree branch and tucked an “R.I.P.” wish amid the colorful blooms.

A hand-drawn pink heart adorned one of the fence planks.

The modest memorial stuck out in the gloom of Friday’s rain. Two days earlier, a man died in a shooting there.

Just an hour later Wednesday night, a second person died in a shooting in Northeast Portland’s Parkrose neighborhood.

With more than a month left in 2022, the fatal shootings pushed Portland to a record 93 homicides, according to an Oregonian/OregonLive analysis of the city’s surge of violence. The number eclipsed the peak of 92 homicides last year, which had shattered the city’s previous record of 70 homicides in 1987.

Both this year and last, most of the people have died in shootings.

So far this year, at least 78 of the homicide victims died in shootings.

Of course, though most of the homicides are shootings, it’s not just shootings that are increasing. All types of crime are increasing.

The mayor has fled the city.

Do you remember that they called to defund the police?

They’re now acting like they never said that. But they were all out marching for it for months on end.