U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland

[Nevilledog]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-agents/u-s-homeland-security-confirms-three-units-sent-paramilitary-officers-to-portland-idUSKCN24M2RL


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection arm confirmed on Tuesday it has deployed officers from three paramilitary-style units to join a federal crackdown on protests against police violence in Portland, Oregon.

“We have agents and officers from our special operations groups deployed,” a CBP official said in an email. The official did not respond to questions about the number of officers deployed.

Multiple videos posted online showed camouflage-clad officers without clear identification badges using force and unmarked vehicles to transport arrested protesters, tactics that civil-rights advocates said could violate protesters’ right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

President Donald Trump, who has been sliding in opinion polls as he seeks re-election, has vowed to also send federal agents to cities including New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, which critics said would amount to a use of federal power for political ends.

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[madamesilverspurs]

1. Einsatzgruppen.

For some reason that word just came to mind.

For some reason.


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[mitch96]

2. Rachel just had the previous head of DHS, jeh johnson on the show and he confirmed that

the Govt protection squad is made up of hired contractors....... Is the old blackwater coming back? tRumps hired guns....... Just like Hitlers brown shirts.... the muscle......
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[Nevilledog]

4. No shit?

[mitch96]

7. How much do you want to bet, before the election tRump and crew will stage a

False flag operation, clam "antifa" or some such is attacking the federal gov't. Then he will just HAVE to declare martial law and suspend elections till the "insurrection" is quelled...
Watch for ad's looking for actors to play "protesters" in a new movie..........
YMMV
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[Ms. Toad]

3. Those cities need to arrest and prosecute the paramilitary

If they don't have the integrity on their own to reject unlawful orders, set an example by making it too personally expensive to follow unlawful orders.

The costs for stopping Trump shouldn't be paid by the foot soldiers. But if there hadn't been individual nazis following orders . . .

[pecosbob]

5. I want to see the next administration outlaw the use of PMCs by the U.S. Govt.

Including the State Department.

For that matter, I also want to see ICE and DHS abolished, Bureau of Prisons dismantled and the Patriot Act revoked.

[struggle4progress]

6. Freight train