Have you been to the Montavilla neighborhood recently? The crime rate is 150% above the national average.
Montavilla Livability
#45 ranked neighborhood in Portland
#89 ranked neighborhood in Oregon
Ranks better than 23% of areas
It is marginally racially and ethnically diverse, but the population is still 70% white. The area known as Montavilla is fairly large. It is more rundown the further north you go.
No. I've never been to the Montavilla neighborhood. Here is a tweet from Montavilla(Portland Police) Sgt. Pete Simpson which is consistent with my previous post. Sergeant Simpson
has been to the Montavilla neighborhood recently. In this post, I will refer to the Sergeant as Montavilla Sgt. Pete Simpson.
My post: "150 rounds is not the norm. There is a heightened climate of violence in the Portland area. When was the last time there were 150 shots fired in that area....."
Montavilla Sgt. Pete Simpson's Twitter post: "I worked violent crimes from 1998 to 2010, focusing on gun violence. I cannot recall a single case where we had this many shots fired in one incident. Insanity. "
Montavilla Police Sgt. Pete Simpson is saying that 150 shots fired in one incident is WAY out of the ordinary in Montavilla.
Here is a Montavilla resident named Stephanie. She tweets: "This is my neighborhood. I heard and called in the shots. Feels like a war zone here
lately."
They key word in Stephanie's post is "
lately". She didn't say "last night", she said "
lately" and she was referring to Montavilla, which is where she lives. Along with Sgt. Simpson, Stephanie is also saying that there is an uptake in violent crime in Montavilla
lately.
Based on Sgt. Simpson's and Stephanie's observations and experiences, it would be reasonable to suggest that there is an unusual increase in violence in Montavilla coinciding with the unusual increased level of violence happening in Portland where the riots are occurring.
To reiterate, I have not been to the Montavilla neighborhood lately but both Montavilla Sgt. Pete Simpson and Montavilla resident Stephanie have.
