Residents in Portland, Oregon neighborhood concerned about man carrying sword, nunchucks 

The city has no problem tracki g me down for parking tickets. I wish theyd put the same effort into saving the city.

Why are you blocking his face?

He's prolly just a ninja fighting crime

We all know for damn sure that they won’t do anything to address his mental illness

Everyone concerned about the sword, im more concerned about him driving around that car

Why hasn't he been arrested? The cops are insane? They didn't even look at the video?

Show his face

Soo very happy we left portland last spring. We sold our home and are thankful everyday we left…

You need to forget 911 and learn to take care of and protect yourselves. I don’t think law and order exists in Oregon anymore.

stop calling the cops, be the cop!

It’s all about what you’re willing to tolerate. Portland tolerates ANYTHING. They vote for that tolerance at every opportunity.

his plate is expired, tell the cops that, they will do something about that

During Covid - I was calling the police non-stop about homeless men running around with SWORDS - and I was told a sword is legal.

You literally get what you vote for.

where is Tina Kotek, the TROPHY GOVERNOR ?

The ninja turtles aren’t doing so great these days…

Didn’t the Portland authorities say don’t call 911 unless it was a life/death emergency?

😂😂😂 Reporter outing the neighbours.

It's directly tied to our far left city government.

First we had a guy with a hatchet and a Machete... now this?

And it also doesn't help that Ted Wheeler and Jo Ann Hardesty defunded the police.

But we want to keep Portland Weird I thought !?

Afraid of homeless, afraid of pitbullls, afraid afraid afraid. Grow up Americans. You have to bind together as a neighborhood and take care of these problems because no one else will.

Maybe you neighbors should ban together and deal with it. Has anyone talked with this man?

As a city neighborhood you should have the right to pass parking ordinaces, so do it the Californian way- issue permits to residents with physical adresses there only and tow away everyone else. Maybe you give guests 2 hr leeway before tow?

Leave Portland or vote Red this election. Voting blue no matter what has gotten ya'll into this situation. Stop living the life of insanity and facilitate a change. This starts with a change in leadership. TRUMP 2024

Hey Portland it’s time to open your INSANE ALYSSUM !!

I can think of something that would take care of that problem, but we can't fix our own problems, we are expected to be helpless and dependent on others that really couldn't care less about our problems

Police should be able to do a check on him since the car is there probably with expired tags in front of a house thats getting vandelized. If he is doing illegal drugs then there needs to be something done.

The ppb will not do anything! You are completely on your own so you may want to get your own weapons. My bf saw a lady literally run someone over on the sidewalk and the police let her drive home. Person lived thank goodness but was horribly injured. They just let her leave. I think partially their hands are tied and partially they just have stopped caring and honestly i don't blame them. The peole here have their priorities all out of order.

Portlandians will destroy public and private property while throwing fits of rage but run and cower when its time to protect their neighbors and neighborhoods. Pathetic.

It's a dangerous world. You better carry your own sword too. Stop being naive. If the guy breaks into your window then plug him. This is a non story.

Portlandians, you made your bed and then shat in it. Sleep well.

On how the Portland voters vote you guys voted for this.And now you're seeing the consequences to your vote and not knowing how the system works leads to your own hell.

Homeless started carrying swords a couple years ago in north Portland. Guess what it's legal carry. Get yourself one.

If they knew what time it was,they would have a 🗡️ too

Call the Community organizer! They'll fix it!

Oregon citizens getting what they voted for?

well it's pretty obvious the anonymous person talking to reporter lives right next to the abandoned house lmao

Please, just "wake up" - before someone is, indeed, harmed.

Get what ya vote for Portland.

Thank you for looking into this case and person.

It,s portland Oregon... obviously they won't bother calling cops and wasting time.

The fact that I’m watching these and the police have no concern let’s use taxpayers know where we stand in this state

The reporter should not be talking to him, unless he has some protection to protect himself. You never know how this person may react.

I appreciate coverage of these concerns. This city doesn't feel safe in most areas.

Where is that Portland compassion?

Guessing we’ll see a report that neighbors had enough and took matters into their own hands soon enough.

I'm sure City Hall will help. Call them. This is unheard of.

DO NOT BLUR HIS FACE

I witnessed a road rage incident yesterday afternoon and filmed it with my dashcam. I didn't bother calling police, because in the recent past they did absolutely nothing in a timely fashion (on hold forever). So I don't call in anyway anymore, because it's useless. True story.

It's not illegal to walk around with swords and if you keep voting the same way then the same things gonna keep happening I don't know why people on the West Coast don't get that through their heads don't wine and complain about the stuff you voted for it enjoy it now

It's about time the neighbors step up and carry Tiki torches.

If he can get a job he can save money.

I decided to leave. Moving to the midwest to get away from insane prices and insane people. When I first moved to Portland, in 2014, it was night and day different from today.

IT'S CONSPICUOUS...That a majority of the comments have little to no sympathy for the residents of the street. Is it possible that these individuals voted for this but just didn't want it in their Backyard?😂

Good plates and tires on his vehicle, a fresh haircut...this guy is probably the least of Portland's worries, really.

If the cops don't take care of this they are NOT doing there job.

The Reporter has more nads than the Police in Portland, apparently.

You get what you vote for...........

My street I grew up on wow unimaginable back then 😟

The only important thing I gathered from this is that there's one neighborhood out there that isn't under the thumb of an h.o.a. well done indeed

I live a block from where this guy’s car is. Every morning I walk my dog by there and by the more permanent/intermittent agglomerations of untreated unhoused mental patients. They usually seem grateful that I say “Hi” and ask how they’re doing. Meanwhile, down the block here there’s signs on people’s lawns threatening to shoot people, something about an amendment to the constitution that supposedly supports threatening your neighbors with homicide. I feel much more threatened by my gun toting openly threatening neighbors then the untreated mental patients. My son and daughter in law are down visiting from Canada. They’re doctors. They’re out for a bike ride. When they return they’ll again express indignation and confusion about seeing schizophrenics standing on the street corners, yelling to somebody we can’t see, flailing around with a plastic sword. They ask me why this is happening. I try to explain that, to perhaps a majority of Americans, offering people health care is immoral, something about socialism and nanny states. It’s difficult to explain that, although everybody recognized that it’s cheaper to provide medical care to the needy as opposed to incarcerating them, somehow to a large percentage of America that’s somehow more moral. Hence we have guys like that suffering on the street. They get terribly abused in jail, but, hey..it’s their fault they suffer from mental illness. The police are put in a terrible position. Sleeping in a car, yelling at the sky, having knives and stuff…it’s not illegal. Then they have to respond to crazy people and make split second decisions. We need a health care system like civilized countries have.

10+ years of people warning this would happen, and the smoothbrains act surprised.

I have no sympathy for Portland, they voted for and allowed this for years

City of Roses renamed themselves to City of Weird with OPB backing on air. 🌹to 🥀.

Start funding assistance programs… how about low rent housing instead of people living in the street while houses are vacant? Not all homeless people are dangerous, some are. There are also a lot of people who have places to live that are dangerous as hell.

Priority 6 - means nuffin and it means nuffin! But yet peeps live in absolute denial and no fear !

2A you are your own first responder. Get used to it.

You voted for this liberal Oregon.

Ah, I see 'Man with Machete' is still #1 on the Portland PD bandscanner hit list

Hire the mafia to “take care of him” 🤑🤑

Isn't the testimony of honest citizens sufficient to arrest this guy? Did the police canvas the neighborhood asking what people have seen. There has to be probable cause for arresting this guy for attempting to break in and damaging the vacant property. We saw some of it on camera. This guy needs to be locked up.

Defund the police, i remember. Thats what you get. Vote Republican, not the best answer but a step in the right direction

Oregon is an open carry state, so start carrying to protect yourselves.

So sad. I'm glad I moved away when I did.

if only they did not defund the police...

Suspect denied involvement. Ok, case closed.

Sooooooo, these people chose to live in fear knowing that the city doesn't care. Our safety starts with ourselves. Get trained, carry a weapon, and be your own first responder. It's very simple, especially when others fail to protect you.

Sounds like you're just getting more of what you voted for. Now enjoy it, quit complaining!

Vote Blue no matter who… yea you! #LiveWithYourVote

No one has the means to protect themselves? It is not just a joke that the police are minutes away when you only have seconds, so many have taken up being armed. Of course, a firearm is strictly for defense and not offense, so it would do new firearm owners well to take courses after they choose to buy one. Make sure the course discusses the laws involved in using firearms in self-defense. The homeowner of the empty home needs to make their way down there and make sure to re-secure his property. I am convinced that breaking and entering and/or burglary are not considered crimes once someone is inside a home if the criminal lies and states to the police simply, 'I am renting this place' so it would be best to be proactive.

Let him come to my neighborhood and try that!!!

You made your bed lay in it

KATU has historically been know to heavily pander to one party.';, how radical to slightly report on abysmal Portland leadership outcomes.

Investment in launching, adjusting, and maintaining a plan for residents and homeless people must be demanded by voters. A "no plan" plan is unsustainable.

*ACROSS FROM THE CAR WASH BY THE MOVIE THEATER* *CATER*

Keep voting the way you do and you'll keep getting the same thing. Ya'll get exactly what you vote for.

New tires ..nice

You get what you vote for. Blue no matter who and all that nonsense.

Vote for stupid policies, win stupid prizes.

10:1 these neighbors all vote D strsight down the mail-in ballot in November.

Metal Health...did you mean brass help?

Say it ain't so.

Oh, he must have moved from Olympia, we have a guy brandishing that here a couple years ago, I was too scared to film him!

first step to take is for voter to get that Wheeler out of office. Isn't he the "head" of the Portland police, not a question. Get that fool out of office.

Something will happen You can't walk around high on Meth with the sword & have nothing go down Give it time

This is what you voted for Portland . Enjoy

I live and work in northwest. A man walking down the street with an AR 15 DIDNT BRING THE POLICE

Hows the defunding thing going..