Posted on 07/17/2020 11:06:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Militarized federal agents wearing camouflaged outfits took to the streets of Portland, Oregon on Friday in unmarked vans, grabbing and detaining protesters while unleashing tear gas in what state Governor Kate Brown described as “a blatant abuse of power.”
The Democratic governor of Oregon said President Donald Trump was seeking confrontation as a way of winning political points while also trying to distract citizens from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Oregon has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases recently, while a number of other states across the US have also reported significant rises in infections.
Brown’s spokesman, Charles Boyle, said that detaining people in this manner is “extraordinarily concerning and a violation of their civil liberties and constitutional rights.”
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) echoed the sentiments of Brown’s office. “Usually when we see people in unmarked cars forcibly grab someone off the street we call it kidnapping,” said Jann Carson, interim executive director of the ACLU. “The actions of the militarized federal officers are flat-out unconstitutional and will not go unanswered.”
Oregon Mayor Ted Wheeler joined the chorus of disapproval, demanding Trump recall the federal agents he deployed. …
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LoL
Got em spooked.
The little piglets are squealing.....
And used an obama era law to do it too. LOL
When little piglets squeals that means one thing and that they know who is really behind it, and it sure wasn’t President Trump. =)
And used Covid related emergency powers. Deep state backfire.
I believe one Twitter user was asserting that a threshold had been crossed when Antifa was declared a terrorist organization. At that point, certain rights are suspended and they can be detained if they are aiding, abetting or are themselves Antifa.
So who was behind it?
Time to declare “Burn, Loot, Murder” a terrorist organization too. Never mind their Democratic benefactors . . .
I”ve read a rumor that China supports BLM too so they may not be far away from some kind of designation.
Except ANTIFA was never declared a terrorist organization. (The President threatened to, but it never happened, unfortunately.)
May be a false flag operation: in the video I saw, the Antifa suspect didn’t run and they didn’t seem to really cuff him before taking him to a car. Plus another Antifa guy was just standing around, plus the excellent view of the cameraman. Suspicious.
Communists always support communists. A link to Red China almost goes without saying.
What makes them sure these are Feds?
Anything’s possible. Not even elaborate hoaxes are beyond the ability of the left.
Donald Trump slammed for taking 15 breaths in a minute instead of 17
Donald Trump slammed for waiting for the walk sign to change to ‘Walk’ before crossing the street
Donald Trump slammed for curing cancer
Donald Trump slammed for for not being verbally slammed enough
Don... oh nm- you get the picture-
Seems like a waste of resoures.
Hopefully, FBI will infiltrate the crowds and locate the political operatives.
Find the seditionists and build a case against thsm.
Mt. Rushmore will never be the same....
My N-95 mask says:
“Kate Brown is a dumb bitch”
Most of the employees at the local supermarkets seem to like it. Since they hate wearing masks, because it makes it harder to communicate with customers and are uncomfortable.
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