(07-21-2020, 10:58 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-21-2020, 10:09 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The DHS guy hit the points hard today on the news, "We're only working the streets around the federal property not any other part of Portland. We expect Portland Police to do the job but they aren't. We're using the same standard police tactics that Portland PD would use if they were doing their jobs like they are supposed to be doing them. Our officers are properly uniformed, including identification, to deal with the violent environment that Portland PD and the Mayor are permitting. We aren't storm troopers or secret police like the media is intimating, we are following the law with probable cause to arrest the people we detain. If you're showing up to the Courthouse at Midnight with weapons and wearing fatigues and start committing violence then we're going to arrest you. If you're peacefully protesting we will support and protect you but you might think about the people you're around who have no intention of being peaceful and move away from them."

Good for him.

I agree with all that, but I suspect the DHS guy wasn't telling the whole truth.  Witnesses are saying that the officers are going blocks away from the federal buildings.  Also, the photo and videos we have show the officers not wearing ID and not saying who they are or who sent them.