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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal agents are venturing blocks from the buildings they were sent to protect
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/portland-federal-legal-jurisdiction-courts.htmlFederal Agents Push Into Portland Streets, Stretching Limits of Their Authority
Federal agents are venturing blocks from the buildings they were sent to protect. Oregon officials say they are illegally taking on the role of riot police.
By Mike Baker, Thomas Fuller and Sergio Olmos
July 25, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
PORTLAND, Ore. After flooding the streets around the federal courthouse in Portland with tear gas during Fridays early morning hours, dozens of federal officers in camouflage and tactical gear stood in formation around the front of the building.
Then, as one protester blared a soundtrack of The Imperial March, the officers started advancing. Through the acrid haze, they continued to fire flash grenades and welt-inducing marble-size balls filled with caustic chemicals. They moved down Main Street and continued up the hill, where one of the agents announced over a loudspeaker: This is an unlawful assembly.
By the time the security forces halted their advance, the federal courthouse they had been sent to protect was out of sight two blocks behind them.
The aggressive incursion of federal officers into Portland has been stretching the legal limits of federal law enforcement, as agents with batons and riot gear range deep into the streets of a city whose leadership has made it clear they are not welcome.
I think its absolutely improper, Oregons attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, said in an interview on Friday. Its absolutely beyond their authority.
The state lost its bid on Friday for a restraining order against four federal agencies on the grounds that the state attorney general lacked standing, but several other challenges are still making their way through the courts.
Federal officers who arrived this month to help control protests over racial injustice and police violence have made dozens of arrests for federal crimes, including assaults on federal officers and failing to comply with law enforcement commands. More than 40 protesters have been arrested, and dozens now face federal criminal charges.
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Federal agents are venturing blocks from the buildings they were sent to protect (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jul 2020
OP
until local and state authorities find some guts, whaat do they expect to happen and continue to
beachbumbob
Jul 2020
#1
The restraining order was only for the press and legal observors,not protestors.
vsrazdem
Jul 2020
#3
Exactly!! Please Portland don't engage them. They are the law breakers. Let that become clear
Thekaspervote
Jul 2020
#5
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)1. until local and state authorities find some guts, whaat do they expect to happen and continue to
happen? Sooner or later actions must be taken against the Federal SS when their actions become criminal
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. I thought ACLU won on . ..
restraint.
Also I'm pretty sure mingled with the federal secret police are paid contractors (mercenaries).
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)3. The restraining order was only for the press and legal observors,not protestors.
malaise
(269,054 posts)4. They're making ads for the Con
That was always the plan - create some unreality TV shit
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213804315
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)5. Exactly!! Please Portland don't engage them. They are the law breakers. Let that become clear
Dont give dotard the shit show he wants..dont play into this