Why All Walmart Stores Are Closing In Portland, Oregon
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All of the Walmart stores are closing in Portland, Oregon area, as a result of being soft on crimes and defunding the police.
FOX 12 spoke to multiple local business owners and they all point to crime as the main reason many are leaving Southeast 82nd Avenue, including Walmart, in the video published on March 6, 2023, by KPTV FOX 12 Oregon, as “Walmart’s departure from Portland shines light on rampant property crime“, below:
Attorney Kristin Olson discusses rising crime and homelessness in Portland and how soft-on-crime policies are destroying the city on ‘Kennedy.’ in the video published on March 7, 2023, by Fox Business, as “How Portland is turning into an ‘insane asylum’“, below:
Police, prosecutors, retailers, private security and neighbors complain shoplifting or organized retail crime is a citywide epidemic — largely fueled by drug addiction. Criminals are literally stealing merchandise off store shelves and walking out the front door with little or no fear of being arrested or prosecuted, in the video published on Oct 27, 2022, by KGW News, as “We watched shoplifters steal from three Portland stores. Nobody stopped them.” below:
Crime looks to be leveling off in Oregon’s three main counties, but it’s a different story within Portland city limits. Local leaders and residents weigh in on what’s working, and what’s not, in the video published on March 1, 2023, by Fox News, as “Why is public safety collapsing in Portland? | Digital Original“, below:
Data compiled by consulting firm EcoNorthwest shows that thousands of people are leaving Multnomah County, and taking hundreds of millions of dollars with them, in the video published on March 3, 2023, by KGW News, as “Not-so-rosy economic outlook for Portland“, below:
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