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Police disperse protesters rallying against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Portland, Oregon, June 13, 2020
The US Customs and Border Protection agency has taken credit for a Portland protester's hot-button arrest this week, saying the man was a criminal suspect, while refuting claims he was 'kidnapped' by agents wearing no insignia.
The CBP sought to address the incident in a statement on Friday, noting that the protester arrested one day prior was suspected of vandalism and attacks on agents amid anti-police brutality demonstrations, which it said were organized by "violent anarchists."
"CBP agents had information indicating the person... was suspected of assaults against federal agents or destruction of federal property," the agency
said, adding that "once CBP agents approached the suspect, a large and violent mob moved toward their location."
Comment: The Democrats immediately moved to
wilfully misunderstand the situation and attempt to make hay of it:
Four Democratic lawmakers from the state - US Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well as US House members Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici - called for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to probe the "violent actions of federal forces in Portland" on Friday.
Like Mayor Ted Wheeler, who said on Tuesday that his biggest worry was the tactics that federal law enforcement officers were using against protesters, Oregon's representatives in Congress took a swipe at the Trump administration's role in quelling the unrest.
"DHS and DOJ are engaged in acts that are horrific and outrageous in our constitutional democratic republic," Merkley said. Wyden referred to federal forces as an "occupying army."
Local officials also
wanted a piece of the virtue-signal action:
[Oregon Attorney General Ellen] Rosenblum announced on Friday night that the Oregon Department of Justice had filed a lawsuit in federal court against the DHS, US Marshals Service, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Federal Protection Service. The suit claims federal law enforcement agencies have been wrongfully seizing protesters and seeks a temporary restraining order which would prohibit them from using such tactics, local media reported.
"The federal administration has chosen Portland to use their scare tactics to stop our residents from protesting police brutality and from supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Every American should be repulsed when they see this happening. If this can happen here in Portland, it can happen anywhere," the state attorney general said.
The lawsuit comes one day after interim DHS chief Chad Wolf met with law enforcement officials in Portland. Tweeting about his visit, Wolf vowed that his agency would "never surrender to violent extremists."
[...]
The presence of federal officers has been condemned by several other senior Oregon officials. Governor Kate Brown, Portland Mayor Ted Wheelers, and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called for a probe into the methods deployed by federal agents operating in the city. US Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams later announced that he would investigate the matter. He acknowledged, however, that the officers have a mandate to protect federal property, and have been attacked by protesters using "commercial fireworks, laser strikes, glass, mortars" and other projectiles.
Well thank goodness for that . . .
Comment: So any information, no matter how well researched, or based in fact, which goes against the widely-propagated bogus narrative that's been rammed down the public's throats to induce obedience, fear and hysteria - will be punished by demonetizing the site said material is posted on; censorship by the purse strings. Google wants to control how you think, and what you know.
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