Portland Mayor Wilson Defunds Police Millions Response Times Double

Portland's city council just finalized its budget, and Mayor Keith Wilson signed off on millions in cuts to police staffing and overtime. This is a city that already can't keep up with its crime problem, and leadership just decided to accelerate the slide. Response times in some districts have already doubled — and that number only goes up when fewer officers are working fewer hours on fewer shifts. This is the doom loop in real time. When businesses and residents leave, tax revenue collapses. When revenue collapses, you cut services. When you cut public safety, you drive out the remaining people and businesses holding the tax base together. Portland is deep into this cycle and moving faster down it with every decision like this one — and Mayor Wilson just hit the gas. The numbers tell the story the council doesn't want to say out loud. Texas and Oklahoma are running surpluses while Portland is borrowing from future budget years to fund a present it can't afford. Property values are sliding, commercial real estate is hollowing out, and every cut to training, overtime, and unarmed responder support just makes the math harder next year. Actions have consequences, and Portland's residents are about to feel all of them. If you want straight commentary on where progressive policy actually leads — not where it promises to go — subscribe to @reasonablenews and hit the notification bell. New episodes drop daily. CHAPTERS 0:00 Progressive Portland Defunds Police By… 1:41 Portland's Doom Loop and Public Safety 3:20 Portland Cuts Police Staffing and… 4:01 Fewer Cops Deepen Portland's Crisis 5:24 Seattle Follows Portland Into the Doom… 6:12 Residents Fleeing to Texas and Tennessee 6:59 Mayor Wilson Inherits Portland's… 7:41 Overtime Cuts Expose Portland's… 8:52 Portland Cuts Police Training and… 10:22 Police Chief Warns Cuts Hurt Operations 12:07 Portland Loses 20,000 Police Hours 14:01 Portland Emergency Response Times Have… 15:43 Portland Eyes Clean Energy Fund for… 17:09 Texas Surplus Dwarfs Portland's Deficit 18:09 Brutal Budget Leaves Portland Police… 20:48 Name One Thriving Progressive City #LosAngeles #HomelessCrisis #CaliforniaPolitics 𝗚𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗨𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘+ 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 🌟 https://ReasonableTV.com/ 🛍️ 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛 - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/ 💬 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop:   / discord   👍🏼 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗛 that 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 button & 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 for daily videos that dive into the latest news!    / newsforreasonablepeople   𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗: 🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonabl... 🔗 Facebook -   / newsforreasonablepeople   🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ 🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL