WOKE BROKE DOPES: Nike forced to close its flagship store in Portland because of rampant looting and theft

You reap what you’ve sown, bro. Standing with police-haters and BLM terrorists, Nike lived their credo, “sacrifice everything.”

Nike Closes Iconic Portland Location Due to Crime, Theft in City/Post Millennial: Nike has officially closed an iconic Portland store due to the city’s rampant crime and retail theft. This after the athletic shoe giant had hoped to reopen its location on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd after making the decision to temporarily close the store earlier this year. In February, Nike went to great lengths to try to salvage its MLK Community Store and sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and city officials asking for more police presence to combat ongoing retail theft. The company was open to creating an “intergovernmental agreement” with the city of Portland to directly fund full-time police officers who would be selected to police the store or would pay off-duty Portland Police Bureau officers as contracted security. That request was denied by the city due to the police department’s detrimental staffing crisis, and now the famous staple is yet another store that has succumbed to the crime-ridden city. The Soul District Business Association confirmed the location was closing on Friday, calling it “a major economic blow” (Post Millennial).

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Andy Ngo: Nike’s iconic store in Portland has closed for good due to theft & public safety issues. The store asked Mayor Wheeler if it could pay for police to be security but the request was denied due to police staffing issues stemming from the BLM-Antifa riots (X).

Iconic Nike Store In Portland Permanently Closing Because Of Lib City’s Rampant Crime

By Alejandro Avila, Outkick, September 11, 2023;

No one feels protected in Portland, not even Nike.

Another good thing has gone to waste as a result of relaxed stances on crime in liberal cities.

Nike’s flagship store in Portland will reportedly stay closed after suffering a wave of theft and crime in 2022.

Nike had tentative plans of re-opening once it figured out how to shield itself from the rising crime rates in Portland.

Looting, violence and every crime known all too well in Portland forced the store to close its doors ‘temporarily’ in November 2022.

Months later, the iconic store — located in a historically Black neighborhood — is deciding that in the best interest of safety and Nike’s business, the store will remain closed.

According to the Wilmette Week, the shuttered Nike store in Northeast Portland reported 276 instances of shoplifting last year.

Nike sought help from its liberal city leadership before making its decision — asking for elevated security for the factory store.

Progressive Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler denied Nike’s request.

The location, established on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, first opened in 1984.

Mayor Wheeler released a statement on his decision. Wheeler declared that despite the company’s concerns for safety and theft and major fiscal contributions to its surrounding Black community, Nike is not entitled to preferred treatment.

“My team and city staff have worked tirelessly and in good faith with Nike for almost a year to offer creative solutions to their safety challenges,” Wheeler said in his statement.

Wheeler added, “Ultimately, the City cannot offer Nike, or any other private business, with dedicated off-duty PPB officers due to PPB’s staffing shortage. I remain committed to supporting Nike’s future success in Portland and look forward to their future investments in our community.”

Portland Crooks Bite The Hand That Fed Them; Nike Suffers

Portland’s lack of security has not recovered since 2020, when looters and criminals amid the George Floyd riots felt empowered by the city’s lack of response to crime.

Nike founder Phil Knight pumped over $400 million in donations to non-profit, minority-led foundations across the Portland area.

Now, Knight and company are realizing that crime does not discriminate between strangers and donors.

In August, Nike’s second-quarter results cited theft as a major fault in earnings.

In the similarly-ran liberal city of Los Angeles last year, Nike reported $7 million stolen in cargo in June alone.

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Coneca

7 months ago

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ישועת ה' כהרף ע

7 months ago

It takes stupid brainwashed psychopathic dumb nuts to ruin a country from within. Tge stupidity of these people is astounding.

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Stephen Honig

7 months ago

The DemoRats wont be happy until there are no more stores.

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Tom

7 months ago

Nike is very woke…we see how that is working out. Nike is extremely liberal minded…so what’s wrong with giving out tons of free stuff? Seems like the laws of supply and demand and profit and loss accounting are in force no matter your political ideals.

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Keith1941

7 months ago

I often wonder how Portland/Oregon get to this point. Is this the result of Californians (especially hippie types from the Bay area) moving north?

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Staff Sgt

7 months ago

Good, glad one Nike store is closing. Nike is made up of racist, corrupted people anyway not to mention their shoes are ridiculously scammed prices! Would not shed a tear if Nike was no more. They have started so much turmoil among sports, players and they bring politics in where it should NEVER be!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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freefall

7 months ago

The sweat shops in China will be producing more shoes for their own as the West runs low on duct tape.

“One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.”

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