Portland Police Union President Says City Is ‘On the Precipice of a Gang War’

A semi-automatic handgun is displayed in a file photograph. Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

The president of Portland, Oregon’s police union said that the city is on the brink of war in a blistering new statement.

“We need to talk about the elephant in the room: gun violence. We are on the precipice of a gang war,” Daryl Turner, head of the Portland Police Association, said.