The Portland Police Bureau responded Thursday to rumored threats to Portland's Pride Week, saying, "while the Bureau has been unable to verify any plans to disrupt events, we recognize the fear and uneasy feelings felt by many in our community."

Earlier in the week, gay nightclub Scandals PDX and dance party Blow Pony posted about possible threats from "Proud Boys/Alt Right/ White Supremacist" who may be "planning to disrupt and possibly attack individuals leaving Pride events."

"No specifics have been given to what events or locations are planned," the posts both said, nor did they say where they had heard of the threats.

Neither Blow Pony nor Scandals PDX could be reached for comment Thursday morning.

"Members of the Portland Police Bureau will be participating in Pride events as usual," Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw said in the release.

"We celebrate that we are an inclusive organization, with LGBTQ members and we want to show our support for them as well as our community," Outlaw continued. "We remind community members that we take bias crimes seriously and I want to ensure this message is clear: Portland Police Officers are sworn to protect and dedicated to serve everyone."

-- Lizzy Acker

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