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These articles fail to mention the many good reasons federal officers are needed in Portland due to the attacks on government facilities. If you attack government facilities and try to face off with police and soldiers, you are putting your health and life at risk.

Everyone should know that. But of course, the game of sparking a reaction then complaining about the reaction you elicited continues in the propaganda war from the left.

05/29/2020 Violent anarchists broke a front window at the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse. Overall, the cost of damages on federal property done by the violent mob this first night was estimated at $5,000. 05/30/2020 Violent anarchists graffitied the BPA Building. Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Building. Violent anarchists graffitied the Terry Schrunk Plaza. Violent anarchists graffitied the 911 Federal Building. Violent anarchists graffitied the Pioneer Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied the Gus J. Solomon Courthouse. 06/01/2020 Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied Terry Schrunk Plaza. Violent anarchists graffitied The Pioneer Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied The Gus J Solomon Courthouse. 06/02/2020 Violent anarchists graffitied the U.S. Custom House. 06/06/2020 Violent anarchists destroyed fencing surrounding federal property. 06/07/2020 Violent anarchists damaged and breached the fence around the Hatfield Courthouse. Portland Police were forced to deploy crowd control spray to disperse a crowd that was throwing animal seed at officers. 06/08/2020 Violent anarchists broke a window at the Hatfield Courthouse while pelting the building with objects. Violent anarchists cut a hole in the fence surrounding Hatfield Courthouse. 06/10/2020 Violent anarchists removed the entire fence around Hatfield Courthouse and graffitied its front columns. Violent anarchists attempted to remove wooden barriers from a window on the Hatfield Courthouse. 06/11/2020 Violent anarchists dismantled a section of the fence protecting the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Federal Building. 06/13/2020 Violent anarchists destroyed the card reader at the Hatfield Courthouse by ripping it off its mount. Violent anarchists destroyed the fence at the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists threw metal pipes at the Hatfield Courthouse, causing Portland Police to issue a disbursal warning for unlawful assembly. 06/17/2020 Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse. 06/20/2020 Among a group of over400 protesters marching in front of the Pioneer Courthouse, violent anarchists attempted to cause eye damage to officers with commercial grade lasers. Violent anarchists graffitied the Gus J. Solomon Courthouse. 06/25/2020 Violent anarchists vandalized an FPS camera at the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists breached the fence of the Justice Center, adjacent to the courthouse. 06/30/2020 Violent anarchists ripped down plywood covering the windows at the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Building, before breaking the windows. 7/01/2020 Violent anarchists graffitied new plywood covering the windows at the Hatfield Courthouse and ripped down plywood on the other side of the building. A group of over 200 violent anarchists blocked access to the building and proceeded to launch aerial fireworks at federal property. 07/02/2020 Violent anarchists broke a front window to the Hatfield Courthouse and attempted to enter the building. Violent anarchists refused orders to vacate the Hatfield Courthouse area, and instead launched fireworks and threw objects at officers, while attempting to cause eye damage with lasers. One explosive firework was shot into the courthouse. FPS law enforcement officers were forced to utilized crowd control measures for safety. 07/03/2020 After ongoing riots around the Hatfield Courthouse, crowds were dispersed only to make a return later into the night. Violent Anarchists broke the front window of the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse and shot fireworks into the building. Violent anarchists firebombed the building. Federal law enforcement extinguished the fire. 07/04/2020 Around 1,000 violent anarchists spray painted, threw rocks, and shot fireworks (including mortar style fireworks) at the Hatfield Courthouse. They also destroyed a security camera at the facility. A CBP team supporting FPS at the courthouse arrested suspects from the graffiti and camera vandalism incidents. The mob continued to throw rocks and paint-filled balloons, while attempting to breach the doors. Teams were forced to utilize crowd control measures for safety. Multiple individuals were seen carrying rifles, including the driver of a vehicle who attempted to strike a Portland Police Bureau officer with his care in front of the Hatfield Courthouse. 07/05/2020 A hostile crowd of about 250 violent anarchists returned to the vicinity of Hatfield Courthouse to vandalize and attack numerous facilities and police, while failing to comply with dispersal order. Violent anarchists surrounded and blocked law enforcement from the area as extremists proceeded to attack police with thrown projectiles and large mortar style fireworks. Two Portland Police Bureau officers were injured by the crowd (possible concussion). Portland Police Bureau took five into custody for directing lasers against aircraft. Violent anarchists set fires in front of Hatfield Courthouse and Chapman park. At the entrance of Hatfield Courthouse, Violent Anarchists fired large fireworks and threw other dangerous objects toward the entrance and the personnel protecting it. The mob was pushed completely out of the area of Hatfield Courthouse; FPS made two arrests during push. Portland Police made multiple arrests and found a loaded weapon on one subject. Two more violent anarchists were arrested, and one was found to be carrying what appears to be a pipe bomb. Violent anarchists assaulted construction crews by targeting them with fireworks while they repaired Hatfield Building. A joint team had to be deployed to create buffer between violent anarchists and construction crew to protect construction workers. 07/06/2020 Violent anarchists attempted to cause vision damage to personnel with lasers. Five arrests were made for assaulting law enforcement. 07/07/2020 Violent anarchists held a “Night of Rage,” in which a 400-500-person protest devolved into riots, assaulting law enforcement officers and federal property. Approximately 200 violent anarchists began pursuing law enforcement officers to disrupt enforcement actions, assaulting them with rocks and bottles. Around 150 violent anarchists in front of the Justice Center began attacking personnel with lasers and peppered the area with fireworks. Three violent anarchists were arrested for attacking law enforcement. 07/08/2020 Approximately 200 violent anarchists attacked DHS law enforcement officers while apprehending a subject who was wanted for property damage. One arrest was made after three law enforcement officers were injured. Law enforcement officers’ personal information was publicly exposed, including FPS, ICE, and CBP personnel. Violent anarchists continued to attack officers with lasers. 07/09/2020 Violent anarchists attacked DHS law enforcement officers while apprehending a subject who was wanted for property damage. A violent anarchist graffitied the Hatfield courthouse. An unidentified subject fired several shots from a gun into the air from the rear seat of a passing white SUV. 07/10/2020 Crowds of approximately 300 violent anarchists vandalized federal property and cameras with spray paint, blocked roadways, and assaulted law enforcement officers. Three were arrested for Assault on a Federal Officer. Violent anarchists attempted to ambush Portland Police Department PD during their shift change, but a DHS team was deployed and able to prevent any attacks. 07/11/2020 DHS law enforcement officers supported local police to help a violent anarchist who overdosed. Four violent anarchists were arrested, including one who attempted to assault an officer with a hammer. Violent anarchists sieged the barricade of the courthouse and tried to damage it with a large hammer. A law enforcement officer was assaulted with blows from a hammer. Violent anarchists fought officers while they were arresting those responsible. 07/12/2020 Six violent anarchists were detained and cited. A mob of 300 refused to comply with directions not to trespass on federal property. Another mob of 200 individuals armed with sledgehammers, tasers and/or stun guns, gathered in Chapman Park across from the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists launched fireworks, threw fecal matter and large objects, and pointed lasers at federal law enforcement officers. Violent anarchists deployed a plywood blockade while graffitiing the Edith Green-Wenell Wyatt Federal Building, before firing wrist rockets at the facility. When an arrest team was deployed to apprehend a rioter who encroached on a police barrier and refused to leave, they were assaulted by violent anarchists. A rioter trespassed on the steps of the Hatfield Courthouse and was confronted by federal law enforcement Officers, then swallowed a large amount of narcotics. Law enforcement called medical services after the individual started to convulse. Despite more orders to stay off of federal property and to cease unlawful activity, FPS was forced to push back violent anarchists. The Portland Police Bureau declared the mob an unlawful assembly. 07/13/2020 Violent anarchists released personal information of federal law enforcement officers to the public, publishing names of those in Portland. Violent anarchists continued to assault law enforcement officers with lasers, slingshots and fireworks. Others were armed with sledge hammers, tasers, and stun guns, and dragged flaming debris into the scene. 07/14/2020 Violent anarchists set a container of liquid on fire at the Terry Schrunk Plaza. Violent anarchists jumped a fence and attempted to breach the Edith Green Federal Building. Violent anarchists assaulted federal law enforcement officers with cans and other hard objects while they attempted to unblock the entrance of the Edith Green Federal Building. 07/15/2020 Violent anarchists doxed members of federal law enforcement. Violent anarchists attempted to damage the Hatfield Courthouse by throwing objects at it and spray painting it. Numerous fireworks were also lit. Violent anarchists trespassed on federal property and destroyed a card reader at the Justice Center. # # #

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Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets

by Jonathan Levinson Follow and Conrad Wilson Follow
OPB July 16, 2020 2:45 p.m.

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In the early hours of July 15, after a night spent protesting at the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O’Shea decided to head home.

It had been a calm night compared to most protesting downtown. By 2 a.m. law enforcement hadn’t used any tear gas and, with only a few exceptions, both the Portland Police Bureau and federal law enforcement officers had stayed out of sight.

A block west of Chapman Square, Pettibone and O’Shea bumped into a group of people who warned them that people in camouflage were driving around the area in unmarked minivans grabbing people off the street.

“So that was terrifying to hear,” Pettibone said.
They had barely made it half a block when an unmarked minivan pulled up in front of them.

“I see guys in camo,” O’Shea said. “Four or five of them pop out, open the door and it was just like, ‘Oh shit. I don’t know who you are or what you want with us.’”

Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14. Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off.
The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell” nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks.

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Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, while others have been arrested and released, including Pettibone. They also left one demonstrator hospitalized with skull fractures after shooting him in the face with so-called “less lethal” munitions July 11.

Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC, have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the recent protests against racism and police brutality.

But interviews conducted by OPB show officers are also detaining people on Portland streets who aren’t near federal property, nor is it clear that all of the people being arrested have engaged in criminal activity. Demonstrators like O’Shea and Pettibone said they think they were targeted by federal officers for simply wearing black clothing in the area of the demonstration.

O’Shea said he ran when he saw people wearing camouflage jump out of an unmarked vehicle. He said he hid when a second unmarked van pursued him.

Video shot by O’Shea and provided to OPB shows a dark screen as O’Shea narrates the scene.

Metadata from the video confirms the time and place of the protesters’ account.

“Feds are driving around, grabbing people off the streets,” O’Shea said on the video. “I didn’t do anything ****ing wrong. I’m recording this. I had to let somebody know that this is what happens.”

Pettibone did not escape the federal officers.

“I am basically tossed into the van,” Pettibone said.

“And I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn’t see and they held my hands over my head.”

Pettibone and O’Shea both said they couldn’t think of anything they might have done to end up targeted by law enforcement. They attend protests regularly but they said they aren’t “instigators.”

They don’t spray paint buildings, shine laser pointers at officers or do anything else other than attend protests, which law enforcement have regularly deemed “unlawful assemblies.”

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Blinded by his hat, in an unmarked minivan full of armed people dressed in camouflage and body armor who hadn’t identified themselves, Pettibone said he was driven around downtown before being unloaded inside a building. He wouldn’t learn until after his release that he had been inside the federal courthouse. “It was basically a process of facing many walls and corners as they patted me down and took my picture and rummaged through my belongings,” Pettibone said. “One of them said, ‘This is a whole lot of nothing.’”

Pettibone said he was put into a cell. Soon after, two officers came in to read him his Miranda rights.

They didn’t tell him why he was being arrested. He said they asked him if he wanted to waive his rights and answer some questions, but Pettibone declined and said he wanted a lawyer. The interview was terminated, and about 90 minutes later he was released. He said he did not receive any paperwork, citation or record of his arrest.

“I just happened to be wearing black on a sidewalk in downtown Portland at the time,” Pettibone said.

“And that apparently is grounds for detaining me.”
In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service declined to comment on the practice of using unmarked vehicles, but said their officers had not arrested Pettibone.

“All United States Marshals Service arrestees have public records of arrest documenting their charges. Our agency did not arrest or detain Mark James Pettibone.”

Department of Homeland Security officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“It’s like stop and frisk meets Guantanamo Bay,” said attorney Juan Chavez, director of the civil rights project at the Oregon Justice Resource Center.

Chavez has worked on litigation surrounding the weeks of protests and helped lead efforts to curb local police from using tear gas and munitions on protesters. He called the arrest by federal officers “terrifying.”

“You have laws regarding probable cause that can lead to arrests,” he said. “It sounds more like abduction. It sounds like they’re kidnapping people off the streets.”

In a letter released Thursday, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said, “Portland has been under siege for 47 straight days by a violent mob while local political leaders refuse to restore order to protect their city.”

“A federal courthouse is a symbol of justice,” Wolf wrote, denigrating protests against racism in the United States’ criminal justice system as an angry mob. “To attack it is to attack America.”

KOIN reported Thursday that Wolf was visiting Portland to view damage to the federal courthouse.
This week, Trump has repeatedly spoken out about what he calls lawlessness in the city. He praised the role of federal law enforcement officers in Portland and eluded to increasing their presence in cities nationwide. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan called the protesters criminals.

“I don’t want to get ahead of the president and his announcement,” Morgan said, “but the Department of Justice is going to be involved in this, DHS is going to be involved in this; and we’re really going to take a stand across the board. And we’re going to do what needs to be done to protect the men and women of this country.”

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Early Thursday morning, Portland police tried a new approach to stop the protests. Officers cleared Lownsdale and Chapman Squares, including Riot Ribs, a barbecue stand that had been cooking free food since July 4. The city said it was closing the parks for maintenance. By early afternoon, fences had been installed around both parks.Police arrested nine people during the closure, including three of the people who ran Riot Ribs. They face a variety of charges, including trespassing and disorderly conduct.

Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office declined to offer comment on the latest events involving federal officers, but reiterated a statement from earlier in the week, saying federal officers should be restricted to guarding federal property.

“We do not need or want their help,” Wheeler said. “The best thing they can do is stay inside their building, or leave Portland altogether.”

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Federal officers use gas to clear protesters in Portland

Associated Press•July 17, 2020
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers deployed tear gas and fired less-lethal rounds into a crowd of protesters in Oregon, hours after the the head of the Department of Homeland Security visited Portland and called the demonstrators “violent anarchists.”

Also Sen. Jeff Merkley and others sharply criticized federal authorities following reports that federal law enforcement was using unmarked vehicles to arrest and detain protesters. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that federal officers were detaining people who weren’t near federal property.

“Authoritarian governments, not democratic republics, send unmarked authorities after protesters,” Merkley, a Democrat, said in a Tweet.

Video showed many protesters leaving the area near the federal courthouse late Thursday as smoke filled the air. Protests have taken place for nearly two months in Portland, since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

During a visit to Portland earlier Thursday, Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf said state and city authorities are to blame for not putting an end to the protests, angering local officials.

Mayor Ted Wheeler and other local officials have said they didn’t ask for help from federal law enforcement and have asked them to leave.

A few hundred people had gathered near the federal courthouse Thursday night, news outlets reported. Police told protesters to leave after announcing they heard some chanting about burning down the building, according to The Oregonian.

A short time later, federal officers fired rounds and deployed tear gas to break up the crowd. Some protesters remained in the area early Friday and were detained, but it was unclear whether any arrests were made, the newspaper reported.

Homeland Security acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said Friday morning on “Fox & Friends” that the federal government has a responsibility to protect buildings such as the courthouse.

“What we’ve seen around the country is where responsible policing is advanced, violence recedes," Cuccinelli said. "And Portland hasn’t gotten that memo. Nor have a lot of other cities. And the president is determined to do what we can, within our jurisdiction, to help restore peace to these beleaguered cities.”

President Donald Trump recently sent the federal officers to the city. Tensions have escalated in the past two weeks, particularly after an officer with the U.S. Marshals Service fired a less-lethal round at a protester’s head on July 11, critically injuring him.

The protests in Oregon’s largest city following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have often devolved into violent clashes between smaller groups and the police. The unrest has caused deep divisions in a city that prides itself on its activism and progressive reputation.

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05/29/2020 Violent anarchists broke a front window at the Hatfield Courthouse. Violent anarchists graffitied the Hatfield Courthouse. Overall, the cost of damages on federal property done by the violent mob this first night was estimated at $5,000. (snip)

This table is good, but they are not, "anarchists." They are COMMUNISTS.

Oh, and BTW, if you are practicing insurrection and rebellion against the government, what do you expect, the government to sit back and watch you atttack it? These scumbags should consider themselves lucky the Feds are using non-lethal rounds!!