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Portland ‘defunded’ police – giving millions to ‘anti-racist’ group

Reimagine Oregon Is Not Listed With The IRS and Will Not Say How They Plan To Spend The Money

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(Portland Police Bureau Facebook)

April 25, 2023
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Portland, Oregon – The City of Portland reaffirmed its commitment to giving a $5 million grant to an “anti-racist” group that won’t say what it plans to do with the money.

In 2020, the city agreed to fund the progressive advocacy group Reimagine Oregon to the tune of $1.9 million a year, with no end date specified. At the time, Portland mayor Ted Wheeler (D.) called the grant the “centerpiece” of his budget proposal. Three years later, the organization has not said what it plans to do with the grant money and has not yet spent any of the close to five million dollars it has been given by the taxpayers.

At the same time, the city council defunded the police by fifteen million dollars, a move that plunged the city into high crime.

Formed by black activists in 2020, Reimagine Oregon outlines policy ideas to “dismantle systemic racism” through policies such as defunding the police and redistributing wealth. Last week, Portland city commissioner Mingus Mapps (D.) proposed terminating the grant and redirecting the money to other causes. But after fierce blowback from local black activists, the commission and mayor tanked his amendment on Wednesday.

Mapps, the only black member of the Portland city commission, told the Washington Free Beacon he was disappointed by the opposition to his proposal.

“I was trying to push these dollars out to African-Americans,” Mapps said. “We have to be more competent at the basics of government.”

Reimagine Oregon does not appear in the IRS directory of tax-exempt organizations and boasts just one staff member: Justice Rajee, a podcaster who is also running this year for a local school district board seat. The group was reportedly organized under the umbrella of a few nonprofits, including Urban League Portland and the Coalition of Communities of Color.


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