This is the moment a pro-crime Portland activist begs vagrants to give her iPhone back because she is not rich.
Independent journalist Kevin Dahlgren captured the moment the unidentified woman pleads with several men who she believed had her phone.
‘If you stole it from rich sc*m, by all means keep it and sell it, but I’m, like, really [lovely],’ the woman said in the clip taken by photographer Tara Faul.
‘If you guys come up with my iPhone, I will give you more than… Like, I’m an honest person,’ she added.
Dahlgren later reported that, despite her pleas, the woman did not get her phone back.
The woman also claimed she would not call the police, according to the journalist.
It’s not clear what the woman was doing in the area or how her phone was stolen, but Dahlgren described her as a liberal activist.
Portland and other cities across the western US have struggled to address a growing number of homeless encampments.
Many officials say they need to be able to manage encampments to keep streets safe and sanitary, while advocacy groups say people shouldn’t be criminally punished for lacking housing.
A pro-crime Portland activist is seen begging vagrants to give her iPhone back because she is not rich
Dahlgren later reported that, despite her pleas, the woman did not get her phone back from the men, one of them pictured above
Last month Portland voters elected Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments, open drug use and quality of life concerns.
Wilson, the CEO of a trucking company and founder of a nonprofit working to increase homeless shelter capacity, ran on an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness within a year of taking office.
The Portland native says he will accomplish this in part by increasing the number of nighttime walk-in emergency shelters in existing facilities such as churches and community centers.
His message appears to have resonated in a city where surveys conducted over the past few years have shown that residents view homelessness as a top issue.
Last month Portland voters elected Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments
‘It’s time to end unsheltered homelessness and open drug use, and it’s time to restore public safety in Portland,’ he said in his acceptance speech.
‘Voters aren’t interested in pointing fingers. They just want us to get things done.’
