This is scary.
"Why in the hell is this not a bigger story? You’d have to be out of your mind or comatose since the Fall of 2016 not to suspect that this could be a dry run for the kind of general urban mobilization" https://t.co/NLCCQ6eJv1
— Lidia Yuknavitch (@LidiaYuknavitch) July 17, 2020
This behavior from unidentified federal officers is chilling. Without identification, there can be no accountability when something goes wrong, and there is no way for citizens to tell the difference between real and fake law enforcement. https://t.co/mzK4VmtvzN
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 17, 2020
I wrote a deep dive on the Portland paradox: Progressive City, Brutal Police https://t.co/I3NA1VdEsF
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) July 17, 2020
The Trump team take on what’s been happening in Portland is a decidedly fascist document, excoriating state and local officials and advancing the conceit that everyone encountered by federal law enforcement is a “violent anarchist.” https://t.co/0QClSp8a1k
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 17, 2020
This political theater from President Trump has nothing to do with public safety. The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government. https://t.co/PdlZkmW0mQ
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) July 16, 2020
Usually when we see people in unmarked cars forcibly grab someone off the street we call it kidnapping — what is happening now in Portland should concern everyone in the US.
— ACLU (@ACLU) July 17, 2020
These actions are flat-out unconstitutional and will not go unanswered. https://t.co/1zS6u05GOK
🚨 This is not good at all. Secret police on our streets.https://t.co/7xz8SWQtwj
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) July 17, 2020
Sad! 