Portland City Councilman Mingus Mapps poses in front of his house in southwest Portland, Ore., on Nov. 16, 2021. Mapps, who took office in January, has become a key voice nudging Portland to a more centrist position on police funding as Portland grapples with its identity in the post-protest era.
Mingus Mapps, a former political science professor and single dad who defeated a progressive diehard for his council seat, recently voted with the City Council to pump more than $5 million back into the Police Bureau to bolster recruitment of officers, purchase body cameras and rehire recent retirees.
Mapps' rise from obscurity to a well-known player in one of the whitest major American cities fits into a centrist shift taking place in other liberal metropolises that saw movements to defund police in a surge of activism 18 months ago. Recently, however, he voted to use some of the city's $62 million in unanticipated tax revenue for that program while stepping up police recruitment. He has aligned himself with Mayor Ted Wheeler, who wants to hire 300 new officers over three years.
Mapps’ critics fault him for a narrative they say excuses law enforcement in a city with a long history of police misconduct. They also slammed him for accepting $15,000 in campaign contributions from the police union during his campaign — a decision he has defended.
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