An officer-involved shooting of a knife-wielding parolee wasn’t the vibe the embattled city of Portland hoped for as Democrats welcomed President Joe Biden to Oregon on Oct. 14.
The shooting happened around 6 p.m, just blocks from the security fencing erected for the president’s visit, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
News about the shooting broke as the president made his way from Air Force One to a local service union headquarters to meet with Democratic lawmakers and campaign workers.
Minutes after the first alert was sent out by police, his motorcade arrived at the union hall “after an uneventful ride,” PPB reported….