Vandals smash glass door, ATM at NE Wells Fargo branch
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Police are looking into an act of vandalism directed at a bank branch in Northeast Portland early Thursday morning.
A glass door was smashed with a rock and an ATM was also damaged, police said. No one was hurt and police said it did not appear anyone went inside the bank. No damage estimate was released.
Police said they learned of the incident "after local media received an email from an anonymous source describing the vandalism," which said the destruction occurred in response to a federal investigation involving three people jailed after the 2012 May Day riots in Seattle, Washington.
The message said the bank was targeted because of "a prison industrial complex that such banks perpetuate."
The message also said the action was taken in solidarity with three people who were "grand jury resistors" and were in federal custody. No specific activist group was mentioned in the email.
The note concluded by saying "Our queer hatred towards the state, capitalism, racism, gender, hetero-normativity and other systems of oppression fuel our desire for joyous vandalism."
Police have not released any suspect information and said anyone with information can send tips to CrimeTips@PortlandOregon.gov.
There is no such thing as an "anonymous source", especially an email. Is K2 so inept they can't figure out where it came from?
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It's interesting that the banks controlled the occupy crackdown, did you see that story?
So the media had to tell the police? Well, so much for observations while on "proactive patrol" by PPB!
 @jpk Police departments are inherently reactive and not proactive.Â
Sad but true. But would you give up inalienable rights to be protected PRIOR to a crime perpetrated against you? Like me, your answer would be a loud NO.
JPK...............I'm afraid you're right.
Yes, marked patrol vehicles can be a deterrent as long as they are moving around without following a routine pattern, or sitting at the office awaiting the next call to respond to. But then again, simple economics play into the picture. The old days of having a foot beat patrolman on every block are no longer feasible. The culture has changed also. People do what they can get away with a whole lot more nowadays I'm afraid. Â
@jpk ......but didnt you find that even a marked car was to some extent a deterrent? We just need more of em !
The only problem with that Rob, would be that a marked police vehicle is quite visible from blocks away, and unmarked patrol vehicles are frowned upon in Oregon! I was always prowling around while on duty, but again, I say it is very difficult to find something in progress.Â
 @jpk Yep. Like you my answer would be a very loud NO.
@jpk ......preventative police presence can be effective.
"The message said the bank was targeted because of "a prison industrial complex that such banks perpetuate.""
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Looks like there will be more people joining in the "prison industrial complex" when these morons are caught.
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"The note concluded by saying "Our queer hatred towards the state, capitalism, racism, gender, hetero-normativity and other systems of oppression fuel our desire for joyous vandalism."
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Wow. Well. So, I wonder if they know about Al Gore selling CurrentTV to Al Jazeera.
"Our queer hatred towards the state, capitalism, racism, gender, hetero-normativity and other systems of oppression fuel our desire for joyous vandalism."
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Actually, skels often project blame for their crimes onto someone or something completely unrelated. The one(s) responsible for this got exactly what they wanted, "joyous vandalism," and as a bonus, attention from the media. These b.s. statements should never have been made public.
 @StealthActivist âWhat I do I do because I like to do.â  - A Clockwork Orange
Get them, put'em in jail for 10 days, and then give 'em about 500 community service. Then make their parents pay for the damage.
At this point, we can only dream of the day when the liberal permissives are just a bad memory in Portland, Seattle, and...can we dare say San Francisco too?. All it takes is accumulation of these kind of of stunts by the wacko brigades over a long period of time before the sane folks say enough is enough and put an end to it. The only good liberal politician is a thoroughly defeated one. Someday my beloved Portland will be hopefully be restored to to a semblance of what it was 60-70 years ago.
These are some hard core dudes! Stone throwers...ha!
Portland and Seattle do nothing to reign in these punks. Ad all they do by their leniency is encourage the growth of these groups. Sam Adams is a perfect example.
@Rob C 503 Sam Adam is no longer the mayor.Time to let it go and move on.
@noneofyourbizzness ........thanks for the cliche. My point is that he contributed to this problem which continues because he did absolutely nothing about it. And the citizens have to live with what another neglectful idealogue tolerated.
@ Rob C 503 Amen. Well said and true.
So, is this Occupy wannabees, anarchists, or just idiots?
All of the above?
Stupid kids.
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The problem with these miscreants is that they think they are accomplishing something positive by doing this. All they are doing is making themselves look foolish.
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They are not going to hurt the bank one iota, in fact, the bank's insurance company will pick up the tab and the cost will eventually be passed along to the little guys. Yep, big help.
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If they truly want to hurt the bank, they need to get people to withdraw their money and quit doing business with that bank, but because that actually involves work, planning and coordination, it's easier just to attack a helpless glass door and an ATM.
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That's the trouble with the whole Occupy movement. Yap, yap, yap like little ankle biting dogs instead of working as a unit to hit the banking industry where it lives...in the wallet.
 @Mikey "If they truly want to hurt the bank, they need to get people to withdraw their money and quit doing business with that bank..."
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Actually, if they truly want to hurt the bank, they'd have to get every US citizen to agree to a new form of currency base on goods and services where no interest is involved. A couple of past presidents tried...but we all know what happened to them...
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Well your method requires no less work.
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So they (the idiots who did this), won't do that either.
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Ah yes. Our very special babied and entitled anarchists. Oregon and Washington cater to these folks and make them very welcome here.
''Our queer hatred towards the state, capitalism, racism, gender, hetero-normativity and other systems of oppression fuel our desire for joyous vandalism.''
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Your queer need to be worthless vandals taints the reputation of those you claim to defend.