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Portland Police Department Says It Doesn’t Track Gang Activity as Gang Violence Rises

June 21, 2021June 20, 2021 Admin

A spokesperson for the Portland Police Bureau told the Daily Caller News Foundation Thursday that the department doesn’t track gang activity despite reports detailing an increase in gang violence in the city.

Police officials estimate half of the 470 shootings that have injured more than 140 people in Portland, Oregon, this year were gang-related, the Associated Press reported June 10. Law enforcement officials have been investigating multiple shooting incidents a week where between 50 and 70 shots were fired as gang attacks increase.

“In Portland, ‘gang violence’ is not a category of crime,” a department spokesperson told the DCNF Wednesday.

24 MS-13 Gang Members Facing Federal Indictment For Several Crimes And Conspiracies

July 1, 2018June 30, 2018 Admin

by Neetu Chandak Twenty-four alleged MS-13 gang members are facing federal indictment for several crimes, according to a press release by the Department of Justice on Friday. The gang members and their apprentices were allegedly involved with five murders, drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, and also allegedly planned to murder eight…

Who Is This ‘MS-13 Gang’ the Media and Democrats Are Defending?

May 26, 2018July 18, 2018 Admin

By Natalia Castro Since the 2016 election, President Donald Trump has waged war on gangs within the U.S., most notably, the violent MS-13. For nearly 40 years, MS-13 has grown across the United States and Central American to become one of the deadliest gangs in the world. To understand the…

DHS: Dozens Of MS-13, Other Gang Members Released By Sanctuary Cities

April 20, 2018April 19, 2018 Admin

by Will Racke More than 100 suspected members of MS-13 and other gangs were released last year by sanctuary jurisdictions even though federal authorities had formally requested that they be held, according to newly released data from the Department of Homeland Security. Between October 2016 and June 2017, local law enforcement agencies…

July Fourth Fireworks Canceled in North Carolina Town Because of Threats of Gang Violence

July 5, 2017June 7, 2018 Wendy Wilson

Threats of gang violence led to the cancellation of Fourth of July fireworks in Hamlet, North Carolina. Hamlet City Manager Jonathan Blanton said officials did not rush into their decision, calling it “very devastating,” WSOC-TV Channel 9 reports. People normally crowd the streets of downtown Hamlet, 80 miles southeast of…