The US Attorney for the Oregon District requested an investigation into masked, camouflaged federal authorities without identification badges who are arresting protesters in Portland
The US Attorney for the Oregon District on Friday requested an investigation into masked, camouflaged federal authorities without identification badges who are arresting protesters in Portland.
The request is aimed specifically at the Department of Homeland Security personnel who have been captured on various videos arresting protesters and putting them in unmarked SUVs. Demonstrators in Portland have been protesting racial inequality and police brutality for the last 50 nights, US Attorney Billy J. Williams said in a statement. Federal authorities have protected the Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse and, at times, interaction between protesters and law enforcement has gotten violent.
— Senator Jeff Merkley July 16, 2020 US Customs and Border Protection admitted to being one of the agencies involved in arresting protesters. "Violent anarchists have organized events in Portland over the last several weeks with willful intent to damage and destroy federal property, as well as, injure federal officers and agents," the agency said in a statement to CNN."These criminal actions will not be tolerated.
— CBP Mark Morgan July 17, 2020 "You will not see names on their uniforms b/c these same violent criminals use this information to target them & their families, putting both at risk. As Acting Commissioner, I will not let that happen!" Morgan tweeted.Portland Mayor Tim Wheeler demanded Friday that President Donald Trump send the federal officers home. "This is not the America we want. This is not the Portland we want," Wheeler said at a news conference.
— Acting Secretary Chad Wolf July 17, 2020 "Our men and women in uniform are patriots," he said in another tweet that featured uniformed officers who looked to be similar to the ones shown in the video from earlier in the week.Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, described the arrests as"a blatant abuse of power by the federal government" in a tweet Thursday.Brown tweeted she told Wolf"that the federal government should remove all federal officers from our streets.
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