The wreck and ruin of Portland

 Daily Mail:

'I felt safer in downtown Saigon during Vietnam': Moment squatters terrorizing Portland family almost set their home on fire as city battles to deal with 6,600 homeless people across 700 encampments

A family in Portland is being terrorized by squatters who have set up camp next door and even set their property on fire.

Jacob and Beth Adams live next door to an abandoned home that has been taken over by several homeless people.

The couple has caught the homeless people overdosing and stealing from their backyard - but said the final straw was when the group set their property on fire.

'There are fires that have been happening off and on. Major ones. This recent one actually came and set our property on fire,' Jacob told Fox12.

The Adams' official neighbor, who is a Vietnam veteran, echoed his concern, adding that the squatters have made his living situation worse than his military deployment in Vietnam.

'I felt safer when I was walking around in downtown Saigon when I was in Vietnam than I do here in Portland,' Armand Martens, 83, told the news outlet.

Jacob said the city's changing policies impact his neighborhood as he recalled the past five years of drug use in the area and the constant fires, including the most recent blaze.

'Within 12 hours of that fire, another fire popped up,' Jacob recalled. 'My wife was screaming, and propane tanks were igniting off from the fire.'

Footage of the fire showed the blaze coming from the squatter home as a woman was heard shrieking in the background.
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The Democrats who are in political control of Portland seem clueless as to how to deal with problems.  They are allowing people to destroy property values and safety.  The state does not appear ready to step in.  Eastern Oregon is more normal.

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