Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said

[milestogo]

Source: New York Times

PORTLAND, Ore. — The federal agents facing a growing backlash for their militarized approach to weeks of unrest in Portland were not specifically trained in riot control or mass demonstrations, an internal Department of Homeland Security memo warned this week.

The message dated Thursday was prepared by the agency for Chad F. Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, as he arrived in Portland to view the scene in person, according to a copy of the memo obtained by The New York Times. It listed federal buildings in the city and issues officers faced in protecting them.

The memo, seemingly anticipating future encounters with protesters in other cities as the department follows President Trump’s guidance to crack down on unrest, warns: “Moving forward, if this type of response is going to be the norm, specialized training and standardized equipment should be deployed to responding agencies.”

The tactical agents deployed by Homeland Security include officials from a group known as BORTAC, the Border Patrol’s equivalent of a S.W.A.T. team, a highly trained group that normally is tasked with investigating drug smuggling organizations, as opposed to protesters in cities.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/portland-protests.html

[soothsayer]

1. Who are these citizens so eager to turn on their fellow American?

[DFW]

5. In another era

They might have been called Sturm Abteilung, and after that Geheime Staatspolizei.

[Linda Ed]

19. I read

They are Eric Princes mercenaries....https://eutoday.net/news/security-defence/2020/new-entry


I Was a Mercenary. Trust Me: Erik Prince’s Plan Is Garbage.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/31/i-was-a-mercenary-trust-me-erik-princes-plan-is-garbage-215563

Chilling': Erik Prince Recruited Ex-Spies to Help Project Veritas Infiltrate Groups 'Hostile' to Trump Agenda
"They didn't succeed in their attempt to hurt our union," said American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, "but note what the right wing will do to try to eliminate workers' voice."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/07/chilling-erik-prince-recruited-ex-spies-help-project-veritas-infiltrate-groups

[Ford_Prefect]

2. In another era they'd be called "Gung Ho" meaning they were dangerous to be near in country.

They were the kind of guys who gave combat vets a bad name. They were not patient, they didn't follow command and they had a confrontational rather than tactical understanding of combat.

[Eugene]

3. For the Trump administration, this is a feature, not a bug.

Chaotic execution is how they roll. They are out to kick butts and inflict suffering. Judgment, finesse and even enlightened self interest don't figure here.

[Walleye]

4. Reminds me of Russia's little green men

[Baitball Blogger]

6. But they were handpicked warriors, if you know what I mean.

[bluestarone]

13. EXACTLY!

THEY knew exactly what their purpose is!

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Great that someone leaked this memo nt

[CanonRay]

8. Note that every single Federal agent took an oath to defend the Constitution

said oath which they are violating nightly.

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. This may sound paranoid, but I'm to that point...

Who knows if they ARE Federal Agents?
Do we REALLY know????????????

[rdking647]

9. remember all the gun nuts saying they needed their guns in case of tyranny?

where are they now. (besides in mommys basement )

[Yeehah]

11. They meant tyranny like cheaper health care....

not the kind where protestors are arrested for no cause.

[h2ebits]

18. This is where they are. . . .

ICE Offering 'Citizens Academy' Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants
Source: Newsweek

he U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is set to launch a six-week "Citizens Academy" course on immigration enforcement, which will include training for citizens on how to arrest undocumented immigrants.

A letter published online by The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) appears to show ICE Chicago Field Office Director Robert Guadian inviting shareholders to participate in the course, which includes six days of training over a six-week period starting in September.

"You have been identified as a valued member of the community who may have interest in participating in the inaugural class of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago Citizens Academy," the letter states.

Noting that the program is "the first of its kind," Guadian states that the program will "serve as a pilot for nationwide implementation."

During the training, stakeholders would receive training on a number of "facets and responsibilities of ICE/ERO operations," he says.

Included in the course would be training in "defensive tactics, firearms familiarization and targeted arrests."

The training would be "scenario-based," he states, adding that exercises would be "conducted in a safe and positive environment."

Read more:
"Defensive tactics, firearms familiarization and targeted arrests" are among the training attendees will receive, according to a letter from Chicago ICE Field Office Director Robert Guadian.
newsweek.com
ICE offering "Citizens Academy" course, with training on how to arrest immigrants
"Defensive tactics, firearms familiarization and targeted arrests" are among the training attendees will receive, according to a letter from Chicago ICE Field Office Director Robert Guadian.

[Yeehah]

10. Every single one of these criminals must be prosecuted, including Barr

if we can restore the rule of law in this country.

[stillcool]

12. "highly trained group" by who?

I guess it's good to know what kind of a country you live in, but it was nice to kind of, sort of know, but not really.

[kimbutgar]

14. I wonder where they are housing these MF45 militia thugs?

It’d be terrible if someone vandalized their cars or broke into their motel rooms.

[Captain Zero]

15. I think there may be staging going on in Zion Park Utah. Something is up.

I think they are shifting around a lot of park police and back filling with former Reserves, possibly in local law enforcement now.

I think this because as another poster in DU said they don't have the personnel to do this in every major city.
We need to start paying attention to what is going on locally for all of us. I think they may be back-filling from our local police departments in order to shift around federals that Bar is allowed to control.

See this OP of mine,


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213772968

[keithbvadu2]

17. Trump/Barr's secret police