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Sheriffs Reject Governor's Plan to Curb Portland Violence

Associated Press

   PORTLAND, ORE. - Sheriffs from two counties in the suburbs of Portland,
   Oregon, on Monday emphatically rejected a plan by the state's governor
   for their deputies to help patrol the city following last weekend's
   deadly shooting of a right-wing supporter of President Donald Trump.

   Their decision threw into doubt a plan announced a day earlier by Gov.
   Kate Brown to keep the peace in Portland by adding
   nearbysheriff'sdeputies and Oregon State Police troopers as the city
   struggles to regain its footing in the glare of the national spotlight.

   Brown, a Democrat, announced the security plan for Portland after the
   fatal shooting of Aaron Danielson, 39, on Saturday as Black Lives
   Matter protesters clashed with Trump supporters who drove in a caravan
   through the city. No one has been arrested in the case.

   The rejection by the two sheriffs, elected as nonpartisans, increases
   uncertainty about Portland's future just as Trumpfocuses onthe chaos in
   Portland as part of his law and order re-election campaign theme.

   Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said inundating the city with
   more law enforcement would not work because Portland's newly elected
   district attorney has dismissed charges against hundreds of protesters
   arrested for nonviolent, low-level crimes.

   Roberts and Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett also said the
   liability for their deputies would be too great amid worries deputies
   could be sued for actions they take outside their home jurisdictions.

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