Portland Street Ambassadors of the Week

I think I speak for the majority of the surviving Baby Boomers in America when I say, we suck. Among the horrors we're leaving for our kids and grandkids to deal with are actual Nazis.

In Portland today, we're looking at two hate crime stories in the news. Some con on the lam from Florida stabbed a couple of teenagers on the Max train, a favorite place for race-motivated murder, Saturday evening. The cops say the perp stabbed the 17-year-olds because of their race. 

And of course, it's not his first arrest in Portland, but under Police Chief Chuck Love and D.A. Mikey, he's been out walking around. KPTV has some details of his background, here:

According to court documents, investigators allege that in April, [Adrian] Cummins was involved in a fight on a MAX train which ended on TriMet property near Southwest Second Avenue and Yamhill Street. During the fight a gun fell out, leading to charges of for felon in possession of a firearm, as investigators say Cummins is a convicted felon from Florida.

On Oct. 24, 2022, Flagler County, Florida issued an arrest warrant for Cummins, according to court documents. The documents state that he violated conditions of his parole and then fled the state, after being convicted of third-degree unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Great work, Portland law enforcement! You had the guy and could have sent him back to Florida, but you let him back out to inflict himself on Portland. He'll probably be back out there tomorrow.

The KPTV folks have also tracked down what they say is a mug shot of the guy, which didn't come from Oregon, because out here, you never get to see what the criminals look like, even after they're convicted. Their precious privacy, y'know.

Another soldier in the Trump army, I guess, avenging that American carnage.

Meanwhile, downtown we have this unidentified guy riding around on his white bicycle spitting on, physically attacking, and generally terrorizing an Asian family:

I knew we had bike Nazis, but this is ridiculous.

Oregon has always had a vicious racist streak. A lot of people are giving up on Portland, but guys like these two aren't. Sorry, kids.

UPDATE, Monday night: It gets worse.

Yet another person became a victim of violence while using Portland TriMet last Saturday - this time an unprovoked throat slashing on a MAX platform.

Moctezuma Garcia, 24, is charged with 2 counts of attempted murder for what police say are a series of unprovoked attacks in downtown Portland.

According to court documents, TriMet surveillance from Saturday, August 26 shows Garcia "stalk the victim" and look around for a while at the MAX raised platform near 720 SW Broadway [Pioneer Courthouse Square]. Garcia then allegedly walked up to the victim and slashed his throat in an unprovoked attack...

Later that night, a man was stabbed in the chest outside Momo's bar on Southwest 10th Avenue. Again the suspect was described as a man in his thirties without a shirt....

The suspect, later identified as Garcia, was arrested less than a half-hour later near the intersection of Southwest 14th and Alder.

Multnomah County shows he was released to Washington County last Monday. According to Washington County, he's not in jail there as of tonight. Does that mean he's out on the street again?