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1/7 What the hell kind of gestapo fascism is happening right now in Portland?
‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/17/portland-protests-federal-arrests/
‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/17/portland-protests-federal-arrests/
2/7 Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/
3/7 These videos coming out of Portland right now of police blindsiding and arresting protesters are truly disturbing.
This bicyclist could well have been seriously injured, the way they knock him over into the curb, against a streetlight! https://twitter.com/RobertDeNiroUS/status/1284180666943508481?s=20
This bicyclist could well have been seriously injured, the way they knock him over into the curb, against a streetlight! https://twitter.com/RobertDeNiroUS/status/1284180666943508481?s=20
5/7 Nobody seems to be certain what is happening to these people swept off of the streets. https://twitter.com/chipfranklin/status/1284139182408044544?s=20
6/7 The Trump Regime Is Deploying “Secret Police” Against Protesters in Portland https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/trump-administration-deploying-secret-police-against-protesters-in-portland?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=vanity-fair&utm_social-type=earned
1/2 It would seem that these arrests in Portland were not authorized by anybody on a state or local level, since both the Mayor of Portland and the US Attorney For Oregon are stepping in.
Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city https://apnews.com/95ed013d58a00db0d85ddfd14ab51d2c
Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city https://apnews.com/95ed013d58a00db0d85ddfd14ab51d2c
2/2 US Attorney For Oregon Calls For Investigation Into Portland Protester Arrests https://www.opb.org/news/article/us-attorney-oregon-investigation-portland-protester-arrests/
ACLU Adds Federal Agencies To Lawsuit Against Portland Police https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-aclu-federal-law-enforcement-portland-police-lawsuit/
1/4 Keep in mind here that the Mayor of Portland has TOLD the federal government to knock it off:
Deputy Secretary of DHS Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics they're going to take them nationwide. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-under-boss-were-taking-this-national
Deputy Secretary of DHS Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics they're going to take them nationwide. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-under-boss-were-taking-this-national
4/4 DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892393079/dhs-official-on-reports-of-federal-officers-detaining-protesters-in-portland-ore
On top of their Portland tactics, a pandemic, a depression, & a wave of police brutality they're about to make worse, DHS has mobilized a gestapo to bodyguard DAMN STATUES.
Trump doesn't care if you die but don't get your blood on his #TraitorMonuments. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/homeland-security-statues-trump.html
Trump doesn't care if you die but don't get your blood on his #TraitorMonuments. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/homeland-security-statues-trump.html
Another excellent thread following this madness in Portland, even as the Trump regime plans to expand these gestapo-like tactics, which get dangerously close to "disappearing" people, nation-wide: https://twitter.com/SixPersistsBlue/status/1283963674600890375?s=20
