WATCH: Blue-city cops choose NOT to arrest armed man after long standoff

Even in blue cities where leaders advocate for defunding police forces, residents still expect the cops to arrest people acting threateningly in a public place – especially if the suspect has a knife in his pants and tries to pepper-sprays law enforcement officers.

That’s why residents of Portland, Oregon, are concerned about city police recently getting into an hours-long standoff with a seemingly crazed man … and then deciding to leave the scene with the armed man still lurking in the area.