Fair enough.
it seems a lot of people are confused as to exactly who the uniformed officers are. from some of the replies at Andy Ngo’s twitter feed:
The Federal Protective Service, US Marshals, SWAT
Andy, not the military. Probably USMS SOG along with FPS.
Might be a Marshal’s SOG group... part of their (USMS) mission statement is to protect courts.
There were larger demonstrations in other parts of the city - I do not think it’s the National Guard. This has been going on for 35 nights straight, sometimes till dawn. The mayor is the police commissioner and he is a Leftist fool.
whoever, it is unbelievable that any City officials would be supporting such behaviour by rioters.
the Oregonian article posted mentions:
“Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty also called on Wheeler and Police Chief Chuck Lovell to implement several changes, including banning tear gas for any reason and advocating for charges to be dropped against journalists arrested while covering demonstrations.
“On Thursday, a judge issued a 14-day order to exempt journalists from Portland police orders requiring protesters to disperse during declared unlawful assemblies or riots.”
makes it sound like the “journalists” are part of the protests.
Andy Ngo excepted, of course.