Portland City Commissioner Leading Defund Police Efforts Called 911 on Lyft Driver

Portland City Commissioner Leading Defund Police Efforts Called 911 on Lyft Driver
Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty speaks to protestors in Portland, Ore., on July 17, 2020. Mason Trinca/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A Portland city commissioner who has led efforts to slash funding to police in her city called 911 on a Lyft driver after he tried dropping her off at a gas station, according to audio of the call.

“I got a Lyft driver that decided he would just drop me off at a filling station. And he wants me to get out. And I’m not getting out of the car ... at a filling station. Not happening,” Jo Ann Hardesty, a Democrat, told the dispatcher on Nov. 1.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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