Posted on 08/27/2020 8:08:08 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that 74 people are facing federal charges stemming from clashes in Portland, Ore., amid protests over systemic racism and police brutality.
Portland’s months long demonstrations, sparked by the killings of Black Americans like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, have largely been peaceful, though have at times turned violent and led to looting and clashes with law enforcement, including federal agents deployed to the city this summer to protect federal property.
“Violent agitators have hijacked any semblance of First Amendment protected activity, engaging in violent criminal acts and destruction of public safety,” U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said in a statement. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our federal law enforcement partners are expeditiously working with local and state law enforcement to identify, arrest, and prosecute these individuals that are disrupting the rule of law in our communities and physically attacking our law enforcement officers and destroying property.
“Violent agitators not only delay real reform, but make our community less safe by keeping law enforcement from responding to other critical calls for service,” he added.
Since late May, federal law enforcement authorities have arrested a total of 100 people for crimes committed during local demonstrations
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Pittance
At least they are charging them unlike the useless Portland DA catch and release policy.
l8r
Antifa should be designated a terrorist organization and all should be rounded up and expelled and exiled in boxes.
Perhaps they can “Michael Flynn” them all. Lawyers are expensive
DOJ FINALLY doing something
Night after night of Tucker Carlson saying “Where’s the DOJ?” must have finally done something
Should be ten times that number.
There is no parole in the federal system, so we can hope these scum actually get sentenced to prison. Where they likely be rather surprised to learn time sentenced is time to be served.
Ten times? How about a thousand times? That would put an end to this rebellion.
They are not largely peaceful if they turn to violence.
Use RICO to seize the billions held by BLM and Antifa.
OREGON PING
If you’d like to be on the Oregon ping list, please freep mail me.
If Biden wins they are all let go.
the good part of this is the precedent that is being set.
the US attorney is citing the fact that 1st amendment rights are being denied to many...by the protestors.
will we have deprivation of rights charges? let’s hope so.
“DOJ says 74 people facing federal charges for actions committed during Portland protests”
that’s how you do it: Federal charges, not local ... the first brick, stone, balloon, bottle, fireworks, firebomb or laser that comes out: pre-staged U.S. Marshals should arrest everyone in sight on Federal charges of rioting ... this shite would stop across the nation within hours ... keep Marshals handy out all hotspots until no hotspots remain ...
I’ll believe it when I see it....
Go after the money.
Investigate the bankers.
“Pittance”
Not really. The Feds won’t do a case without ironclad evidence and they win in court the vast majority of the time. My advice to the charged: bring a toothbrush.
And soap in a rope...
Since the local Democrat Nazi Commie prosecutorial “authorities” are nothing better than agents for the violent rioters. Thank soroznazi And his evil fellow travelers directly
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