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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/22/judge-skeptical-portland-federal-agents-378440A federal judge on Wednesday gave a highly skeptical reception to the state of Oregons effort to push back against aggressive tactics the Trump administration is using in response to unrest focused on federal courthouses and buildings in Portland.
During a 90-minute hearing held by videoconference, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman sounded dubious about the states right to a temporary restraining order to combat the use of camouflage-clad agents for detaining suspects and placing them in unmarked vehicles.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed suit over the practice last week, after outrage erupted at videos depicting the abrupt detention of activists on city streets by what appeared to be quasi-military forces.
We are asking the court to declare it unconstitutional to use police-state tactics, Rosenblum said at the outset of the session.
Rosenblum and her deputies argued that the assertive federal response was discouraging protest activity and that the Trump administration was deliberately seeking such a chilling effect.
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Me.
(35,454 posts)Nevilledog
(51,112 posts)peggysue2
(10,829 posts)So kidnapping is A-okay in the USA.
Good to know.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)So that fascism could reign, but only against people with a progressive position.
captain queeg
(10,207 posts)I think they are all dirty with Russian money but even that doesnt explain the way they support trump. I think they got together and decided theyll do anything including sticking by trump to pack the courts.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)And now look at it. Portland can't even get the court to agree with them that trump/barr breaking the constitution by paving the streets with uninvited federal agents is wrong!
LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)Do they have strong evidence that federal agents are frequently leaving federal property to pursue non-violent protestors?
They cite 2 cases. One case is on video.
I wondered if Pettibone may have been picked up by RW extremists?
Emphasis on frequently. ( can't use bold font on my phone)
No injunction or restraining order issued.
Something really stinks here.