Wow this article is wild.
Sounds like the city leader's press conference blew up in their faces, and was overshadowed by protest.
Then a cop admitted to doing a slow down for the past few years:
> I asked him again about his press conference two years ago when he broadcast to everyone that the PPB wasn’t able to enforce traffic laws. And he finally admitted that it wasn’t a good idea. And that it was a political move. “We needed to create a stir to get some change to get them [city council] to fund us back up,” he said. “I mean that’s the honest truth. I know that could make things more dangerous. I don’t know. But at the same time, we needed some change.”
https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/07/protestors-shout-down-officials-at-road-safety-press-conference-377884
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