DOJ Inspector General Investigating Federal Agents' Actions In Portland And D.C.

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has opened an investigation into allegations that DOJ personnel have improperly used force this month in Portland, Ore., as well as an inquiry into their role in responding to mass protests in Washington, D.C., since late May.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the inquiry the day after federal agents tear-gassed Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler during a protest Wednesday night outside a federal courthouse.

At a broader level, the inspector general will review the way DOJ personnel have been used to respond to protests and civil unrest in both Portland and Washington over the past two months. The review will include agents' use of force as well as tear gas and "less-lethal munitions" — a category that often includes items such as bean bag rounds and rubber bullets.

Portland and Washington are among several large cities where federal agents' presence and aggressive tactics have stoked controversy. The mayors of at least five cities, including Portland and Washington, sent a letter to President Trump this week asking him to withdraw the agents, saying they were inflaming tensions.

The agents' deployment by the Trump administration has prompted criticism from local and state leaders, who say the move is motivated more by political goals than by a desire to preserve law and order. So far, all of the cities where agents have been deployed are led by Democrats.

The separate inquiries are in response to requests from Congress, members of the public, and a referral by U.S. Attorney Billy Williams, who heads the District of Oregon office...

Now you're being obtuse. Or don't you recognize an analogy when you see one?

So, he isn't a policeman who is undercover? You made the analogy, not me.

You know who I think he is? I don't think he is a LARP. I think he is some sort of ex-spook or NSA staffer who has morphed into winking at Anon's twitter posts and who has been promising arrests and justice for nearly 3 years now, but instead, the Deep State just keeps getting more powerful and skates from any punishment. He is more cheerleader than spook now. He might as well be a PR director.

See how OPINIONS work? Where in your OPINION you see promises being made I, and possibly others, may see something else entirely (like simple rhetorical questions).

Opinions are not facts. Q made concrete assertions and statements that even he contradicted. He made concrete promises and assertions that never came to be. That isn't opinion. You can have an "OPINION" about that, but it doesn't change the facts.

But you, you want to FORCE people into believing promises were made based solely on your OPINION when there was no ACTUAL promise in your example.

No, I am just debating you and shooting holes in your positions. Quite easily.

So, he isn't a policeman who is undercover?
You're not helping yourself with this inanity.

You made the analogy, not me.
I made an analogy regarding disinformation/distraction, which was the topic at hand at the moment.
You're trying to turn it into something else.

I think he is...yada, yada, yada.
Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Q made concrete assertions and statements that even he contradicted. He made concrete promises and assertions that never came to be.
Again, thanks for sharing your OPINION.
Your conclusions, based on everything you've shown me so far, are only your OPINIONS.

No, I am just debating you and shooting holes in your positions. Quite easily.

Riiiight! Keep on telling yourself that.

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