Posted on 07/12/2018 6:59:09 PM PDT by BBell
Eight protesters were arrested Wednesday morning as they blocked a van from leaving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Southwest Portland.
A video shows a band of protesters linked at the arms, blocking the van from exiting the facility. It also shows several of them being detained by federal officers, who deployed pepper balls at close range, as well as pepper spray.
One detained protester ran away, but the video appears to show authorities leading that protester back to the scene. Robert Sperling, a Federal Protective Service spokesman, said officers went after that protester but didn't know whether he or she was among the eight arrested.
The federal agency said the eight were arrested on allegations including but not limited to failure to comply and obstruction. Federal officers warned the protesters to leave the driveway multiple times, the agency said in a statement.
Stuart Tanquist, a protester who recorded the arrests, said a group of 8 to 12 people linked arms once they saw what he described as a bus holding detainees attempting to leave the front gate.
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"This is what state oppression looks like," Tanquist said.
Tony Salas, who was standing near the group of protesters who linked arms, showed a 2-inch-wide welt on his stomach from a pepper ball. He estimated about 70 pepper balls were deployed at short range.
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Sweet
The authorities in this activity were Federal Protective Service, the folks that provide security for federal civilian properties.
That’s what the cars are. Where do they detain these folks at? I’m assuming the local jail
These are feds police not Portland.
Use real bullets. The criminal commies will go away.
“Look at what they are doing!” these clowns yell...
Uh, yeah, enforcing law and order?
The federals usually have agreements with the local county. Don’t know about Multnomah, specifically. Federal law requires that they be put in front of a judge within 48 hours. It will be interesting to see whether they get federal charges or state charges. Any assault on officer charges would have to be federal.
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