Pay attention: Federal law enforcement officers without identifying badges were caught on video this week using unmarked vans to drive around downtown Portland and detain people at random. This is unconstitutional.
, federal agents shot a man in the face on Saturday with"less-than-lethal" ammunition. The man's skull was reportedly fractured, and as a result, local leaders have asked President Trump to retreat enforcement officers from the state.Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said earlier this week that they do not want the help of federal officers. “The best thing they can do is stay inside their building, or leave Portland altogether,”.
Advocates both in and out of Portland are calling the president’s occupation of the city and the ensuing violence “unconstitutional,” and are vowing to fight it. “Usually when we see people in unmarked cars forcibly grab someone off the street we call it kidnapping — what is happening now in Portland should concern everyone in the U.S.,” Jann Carson, interim executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon,In a series of tweets denouncing Trump and the deployment of unnamed officers in Portland, the ACLU wrote, “We won't rest until these federal officers are gone.
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