Posted on 07/18/2020 10:01:19 PM PDT by bitt
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently deployed an elite unit of law enforcement operators to Portland this week under President Donald Trumps Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence.
The New York Times confirmed an earlier report that identified the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, as the unit that was deployed to Portland as the city has been rocked by approximately 48 consecutive days of riots. Reuters reported that in addition to BORTAC, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are helping DHSs Federal Protective Service, which provides security for federal buildings.
Reuters added, A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokeswoman said on Friday agents had been deployed to Portland to support a newly launched U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unit, tasked with enforcing last months executive order from Republican President Donald Trump to protect federal monuments and buildings.
The CBP spokeswoman also addressed a video that went viral online that showed the federal agents taking a suspect away in an unmarked vehicle.
The CBP spokeswoman said the agency had information that person was suspected of assaults against federal agents or destruction of federal property and a large and violent mob moved toward the agents once they approached the suspect, Reuters added. For everyones safety, CBP agents quickly moved the suspect to a safer location for further questioning, the spokeswoman said. She said agents wore a CBP insignia during the encounter, but that their names were not displayed to protect them against retribution.
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on the border, border patrol is called mean green, their motto is honor first. the illegals say - no chinga con la migra - dont fk with border patrol.
compassion and enforcement a tough job
Because they are Border Patrol agents who normally work out in the desert or forests. These are their regular uniforms.
How is it legal or sane for the feds to allow the rioters to burn down a federal building (even if people inside the building survive), if the fire spreads to other buildings?
our police forces are made up of men and women who have been raised on a steady diet of political correctness and the anti-America crap spewed by teachers across the country. I suspect many of them actually sympathize with the rioters. Many of the local Chiefs of Police are in democrat controlled cities are political appointees and loyal democrats who also sympathize with the rioters. Remember the anti-Trump riot in California in 2016, all the cops, including the chief of police stood by and watched the rioters attack those coming out of Trump’s rally.
Then there was the police at Charlottesville who stood back and did nothing as Antifa started a riot there. Yes, we need the police to hold down crime, but when it comes to leftists anti-American riots, we can’t put all our faith that they will stand up to the rioters.
See #43
ICE does interior enforcement too. I suspect these are not their regular uniforms. I am surprised they are not U. S. Marshals. That would seem to be the unit to defend these federal facilities. Did they duck out on this one?
our police forces are made up of men and women who have been raised on a steady diet of political correctness and the anti-America crap spewed by teachers across the country. I suspect many of them actually sympathize with the rioters.
Agree. The cavalry ain’t coming. At least until we have a genuine opposition party to the progressive-corporist Uniparty.
They’re staged actors and like I said before, you’re being punked by antifa and you don’t even realize it.......Sheesh!
The video was real. It’s been confirmed those were federal law enforcement arresting the antifa punk. All the info in this article.
“...these are Trump’s “brownshirts” (Sturmabteilung)...”
Conveniently side-stepping the fact the rioters are in actuality the democrats’ “Sturmabeilung”.
They need to be stopped, forcefully. DRT if necessary.
projection, pure projection
I am constantly amazed that people who are otherwise sane accept the media propaganda as truth.
They are their regular tactical uniforms. As for the US Marshals they are a very small agency and there simple aren't enough of them.
The Federal Protective Police (part of DHS) have primary responsibility for protecting federal property but they can ask for assistance from other federal agencies when they need it.
Thank you.
Got it - but wouldn't clothing with, say, bricks imprinted on them be a better choice in an urban setting?
That's what I was wondering - where are all these Super-Duper toys they were bragging about? At least bring in the water cann with dyed water and arrest all who are stained.
U S Marshals are quite short handed. Goes back to ‘08.
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