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By Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore.- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he was looking for a new position to live after building his condo in the Pearl community, the scene of repeated protests, and added Monday when they demanded his resignation and others set fire and broke windows.
In an email Tuesday from Wheeler to other citizens of the 16-story tower, the mayor said it would be “better for me and for the protection and peace of all” if I discovered a new home.He trusted that the police were taking their security considerations seriously and invited them to an assembly on Thursday that would come with him and the officers.
“I would like to express my sincere apologies for the damage done to our home and how you feel about my position,” according to a screenshot of the email sent to The Oregonian/OregonLive.”This is unfair to all of you who have no role in politics or in my administration.”
The construction has 114 games and commercial space. Wheeler purchased his two-bedroom condo for $840,000 in 2017, according to Multnomah County asset records.
Protests calling for police and social justice reforms have been taking place daily throughout the city since the end of May.Protesters have accumulated outdoors building Wheeler condominiums, for example, since mid-June and at least twice when he was not there.some members of an organization of more than two hundred people broke construction and sidewalk and threw a packet of burning newspapers into a commercial premises.
Police arrested 19 other people during the demonstration, most accused of disruption of public order and interference with a law enforcement officer.
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