More Awful Events in Portland

Banks, Oregon
May 28, 2017 12:25am CST
What the heck is going on? According to the Portland Alerts Twitter account, in the past 16 hours: - guy threatening to get his katana & fight a guy armed w/ chain - male with a machete in 1 hand & knife in other, middle of the street threatening people - male armed with a knife at MAX station - male in an American flag tank top trying to fight random people at Fred Meyer - another stabbing downtown - someone fell or jumped off building downtown - bank robbed - someone jumped off the Hawthorne bridge
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (140043)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 May 17
I think I will stay away from Portland for awhile. I do not want to be around a place where people are acting very strange.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
@TRBRocks420 yeah I was worried last time but I felt like I needed to and I was with alot of friends but still was kind of scared of what might happen
Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
28 May 17
There is so many bad things going around .. everyday =(
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
28 May 17
@chrissbergstrom It is and there is a shooting in Mississippi right now I think
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Yes so sad
Shavkat
@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
28 May 17
I guess it is not advisable to stay or visit this place. It should be controlled first by the authorities.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
31 May 17
@chrissbergstrom I agree. Stay safe there.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Yes needs alot.more security
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
30 May 17
Holy cow!
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
30 May 17
@chrissbergstrom yeah.. noone should go there.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
30 May 17
Anytime people talk about how liberal and how accepting Portland is i laugh because i feel like people don't know Portland like i do, i rarely go there as i always hear about horrible stuff going on
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Angie
@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 May 17
Are they all on spice? I read that stuff makes people do crazy stuff.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Not sure what the heck.there on
Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
28 May 17
Geez. Stay clear of Portland for awhile. Crazy.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Agreed
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19702)
• India
28 May 17
So many crazy people at one place! I think you should avoid going to Portland for a while Stay safe.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Yes agreed
StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
28 May 17
Seems like there's a lot of craziness going on in the world these days...remind me not to visit Portland.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Yes not at this point in time
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ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
28 May 17
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Yadah
@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
28 May 17
well, i thought those do not only happen in portland. for a minute there, i thought i was reading a local newspaper. well, except for that katana incident.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
Yes it is tragic but happens other places to
Larry Price
@sputnik8 (690)
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28 May 17
It seems that the world is becoming more and more a dangerous place to live in.
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 May 17
So dangerous