A real estate developer and lifelong resident of a major Democrat-run city says he’s bailing out after he came to work last week and discovered his office riddled with bullets.
Dustin Michael Miller, a lifelong Portland, Ore. resident, has made the decision to leave the Democrat-run city after discovering bullet holes in the glass near his usual work area in his office, he told Fox News.
“Alright Portland, I’m done with you. I’m over. This has gotta stop, OK?” he said in an Instagram reel Saturday.
Miller then panned the camera around to his office, adding, “I work right here a lot during the day. Well, look what happened last night.” He focused over his shoulder to a front office window with bullet holes in it.
“If I was here [the bullets would] be in the back of my head right now,” he declared in a video featured in a Fox News report.
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During an appearance on “Fox & Friends First” on Monday, Miller revealed that the discovery of the bullet holes was the tipping point for him, as he has grown tired of the ongoing crime crisis in Portland. He explained to anchors Todd Piro and Ashley Strohmier that the area has experienced a significant decline in recent years.
“It’s scary living there and coming to work and finding bullet holes in your office. It’s somewhere where you sit all day, and they’re literally right behind my head,” he said. “It’s gotta stop. Our city is out of control. It is unrecognizable. I’ve lived here my whole life, and it’s just deteriorated over the last five years,” he added.
He also said that in the interim before finding a place to go, he is concerned about other aspects of criminal behavior in Portland. “It’s not uncommon to see homeless people running around the city with axes and machetes, and it’s just a common thing that nobody does anything. You call the police, and it’s very rare that they show up,” he said.
The detection of bullet holes in his office has caused him to question the effectiveness of policing and policies in Portland, and whether city officials are taking adequate steps to redirect the city after going off course, according to the outlet. This incident has raised pressing concerns regarding the direction of the city and whether its officials are making the necessary changes to ensure the safety of its residents.
Miller emphasized that Saturday’s incident is a reminder that Portland’s violence can impact anyone at any time. He further criticized Portland’s leaders for promoting policies that enable criminals to act with impunity and “do whatever they want.”
“I think there’s a bill on the table where we would give every homeless person $1,000 a month. It’s like… you’ve got to be kidding me. This is absolute madness,” he said.
“We just passed a law where all drugs are legal. You don’t get [incarcerated for] possession anymore, so anybody over a certain quantity [of substances], no problem. You go to court… and you either get a ticket, or you go to treatment.”
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