Walmart to leave Portland

Theft is at record breaking levels.

Walmart announced its plan to close its final two locations in Portland, Ore., at the end of March following underwhelming financial results. The closures will result in nearly 600 employees being laid off.  This comes after a statement by Walmart CEO Doug McMillion in December 2022 noting that record-breaking retail theft had undercut the company’s recent economic performance. 

Companies shuttering stores in Portland has become increasingly common. Last year a clothing store, Raind PDX, shut down operations with the company specifically citing the cost of doing business in the wake of historic retail theft [National Review].

Walmart has announced it will permanently close all its locations in Portland, Ore. Nearly 600 will lose their jobs. The closures follow the consequences of the 2020 BLM-Antifa riots that helped justify & normalize urban criminality & retail theft [Andy Ngo - Twitter].

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23 arrested [Yahoo]

In a related disappointment, pro-criminal forces rioted outside the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, setting fires and attacking police.   23 suspects were charged with domestic terrorism.

"... some of the nearly three dozen people arrested for hurling Molotov cocktails and bricks at cops during a protest at a future Atlanta police training facility are allegedly part of an 'international group'"  [New York Post].

The paradise paradigm of the Leftist elite is going to be like this.