Outraged by the federal presence, government leaders in Portland have been looking for ways to push back against the deployment. The Portland Police Bureau ousted federal representatives from the city’s command post. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who himself was hit with tear gas fired by federal agents on Wednesday night, called the federal deployment an abuse of authority.
“My colleagues and I are looking at every possible legal option we have to get the feds out of here,” Mr. Wheeler said in an interview.
In the state’s legal challenge, Ms. Rosenblum argued that the operations of federal authorities, using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters, resembled abductions. The lawsuit called on the court to order the agents to stop arresting individuals without probable cause and to clearly identify themselves and their agency before detaining or arresting “any person off the streets in Oregon.”
But in his ruling on Friday, Judge Michael W. Mosman of the U.S. District Court in Portland said the state attorney general’s office did not have standing to bring the case because it had not shown that the issue was “an interest that is specific to the state itself.”
In an interview, Ms. Rosenblum said that having federal agents battling protesters in Portland was un-American because the country does not have a tradition of a national police force.
“The police should be ideally as local as possible,” she said. “It’s about trust, relationships and community building.”
She warned that all Americans need to be concerned about what is happening in Portland.
“It could be happening in your city next,” she said.
The inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph V. Cuffari, told lawmakers in a letter that he planned to examine the authority the agency used to deploy agents to Portland.
Some of the protesters who originally focused their anger on the case of George Floyd, whose death in police custody in Minneapolis in May sparked demonstrations around the country, now have turned much of their attention to the presence of federal officers on Portland’s streets.
Jennifer Kristiansen, a family-law attorney, was one of many women who came out to the protests in recent days to join a “Wall of Moms” — hundreds of mothers who have worn yellow shirts and linked arms to challenge the presence of the federal agents. In the early morning hours on Tuesday, she said, as agents were clearing protesters from in front of the courthouse, one of them reported to another that Ms. Kristiansen had struck him.
Ms. Kristiansen said that she had done no such thing and that one of the officers ended up assaulting her, groping her chest and backside during the arrest.
“This is not creeping authoritarianism,” Ms. Kristiansen said. “The authoritarianism is here.”
A group of military veterans joined protesters in the city for the first time Friday night, standing with their hands clasped behind their backs or holding Black Lives Matter signs, according to a New York Times reporter and others from the scene. .The New Times
The Fire Devil July 25, 2020 at 11:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Roger Cohen: “No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans. For postwar Germany, the United States was savior, protector and liberal democratic model. Now, Germans, in shock, speak of the ‘American catastrophe.'
“A recent cover of the weekly magazine Der Spiegel portrays Trump in the Oval Office holding a lighted match, with a country ablaze visible through his window. The headline: ‘Der Feuerteufel,’ or, literally, ‘the Fire Devil.'” ____________
My wife returns today (Saturday) from Germany. Wonder what she'll say about what she ran into over there that the people are saying and asking about Trump?
Trump says he wants to protect law-abiding citizens. In 1933, Hitler issued his ‘Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.’
Incredible that an anti-First Amendment hate group, that promotes fascism in the United States, such as ANTIFA, has been allowed to flourish here with the assistance of liberal hack politicians. Absolutely unreal.
Blogger Roger Amick said... Outraged by the federal presence, government leaders in Portland have been looking for ways to push back against the deployment.
They are not outrage by the violence and mayhem occurring in their city instigated by mainly out of towners.
But they are outrage by the sight of a few federal marshals.
That's how fucked up things are in Portland. And I thought Seattle was the most communist city in the US.
The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices. It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jimmy Tosh, who runs a multi-million dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee, is a lifelong Republican. He is pro-gun, supports lower taxes and agrees with most of Republican President Donald Trump's agenda.
He is also spending his money to help defeat Trump in November's election.
"I agree with 80% of the things he does; I just cannot stand a liar," Tosh, 70, said of Trump.
Tosh is one of a growing number of wealthy conservative Americans who say Trump is a threat to democracy and the long-term health of the Republican Party. They are actively supporting his Democratic opponent in the Nov. 3 vote, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Several billionaire and millionaire donors to The Lincoln Project, the most prominent of Republican-backed groups opposing Trump's re-election, told Reuters that elected Republicans should also be punished for enabling him. Some even support the ouster of vulnerable Republican senators to hand control of the chamber to Democrats.
Their money has fueled an unprecedented campaign from members of a sitting president's own party to oust him from office. This is a sign that Trump has alienated some Republicans, most recently with his response to the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide protests over police brutality against Black Americans.
The ultimate impact of these actions remains to be seen in a country so deeply polarized. The "Never Trump" Republicans failed to stop his ascent in 2016 and became marginal figures as Trump came to dominate the party during his presidency. But this year could be different, some strategists from both parties said.
"The distinction in 2020 that we didn't see in 2016 is the amount of money backing their efforts and their size," said Karen Finney, a Democratic strategist and a spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
"The number of people willing to go public about Trump and put serious money behind beating him -- I don't think we've seen an effort on this scale."
You mean the majority that tolerated (If not cheered on) the presents of those thugs? Sorry, if they're not pulling out out those assholes that are ruining their protest and beating the crap out of them, then ther are really no better than the thugs.
REVEALED: New York Times Uncritically Published From Hitler’s Mein Kampf On Eve Of Largest Nazi Military Push
“The Art of Propaganda,” a full-page article written by Hitler, appeared in the New York Times Magazine on June 22, 1941, as Nazi Germany began its largest military operation: the invasion of the Soviet Union, also known as Operation Barbarossa.
The recently unearthed Hitler piece, complete with a portrait of the German leader responsible for the death of millions in the center of the page, was comprised of highlights from the Nazi chief’s seminal work Mein Kampf.
Rioters now trying to pull down fence guarding the Federal Courthouse in #Portland. 'Unlawful Assembly' declared moments ago SHORT VIDEO: https://twitter.com/VenturaReport/status/1286941195491373056
They sure don't dress up as "peaceful protestors" and sure aren't acting as such.
Federal agents likely permanently blinded by Portland protesters’ lasers, White House says
Three federal agents who were sent to Portland, Ore., to try to help quell the city’s violent protests were “likely left permanently blinded” from clashes, White House officials said Friday.
“A federal agent’s hand was impaled by planted nails, another federal agent was shot with a pellet gun, leaving a wound deep to the bone, and tragically, three federal officers were likely left permanently blinded by the rioters using lasers pointed directly into their eyes,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Friday.
All five of the injured federal agents were hurt Monday during ongoing protests at the Multnomah County Justice Center and a nearby federal courthouse in Oregon’s largest city.
The federal agents were hurt during a confrontation late Monday as a crowd of more than 1,000 protesters descended on the federal courthouse, Fox News reported.
In addition to targeting the federal agents, the demonstrators tossed fireworks at the federal courthouse, where one person also threatened to cut off the building’s water supply, according to the report.
Richard Cline, deputy director of the Federal Protective Service, told reporters at a press conference Tuesday that the 1,000-plus “rioters” also started to remove plywood coverings outside the Hatfield Federal Courthouse — and also threw objects through its windows.
Several fires also broke out during the melee and protesters vandalized the building with spray paint while blocking traffic and nearby intersections, Cline said.
“When officers responded to put out these fires, glass bottles were thrown and lasers — which can cause permanent blindness — were shined in their eyes,” Cline said. “We have three officers who currently have eye injuries, and they may not recover sight in those eyes from those laser attacks.”
FPS officials have since reportedly purchased protective eyewear for the federal officers to wear.
I compare recent incidents to an infamous event in the history of Nazi Germany – the Reichstag Fire. The burning of the German parliament was used as a pretext for Adolf Hitler’s government to rule by decree.
Their objective is to spread chaos and incite fear. This is Trump’s rolling Reichstag fire,
This is about one thing and one thing only. It is about his failing reelection campaign and his looming repudiation at the hands of the American people.
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Outraged by the federal presence, government leaders in Portland have been looking for ways to push back against the deployment. The Portland Police Bureau ousted federal representatives from the city’s command post. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who himself was hit with tear gas fired by federal agents on Wednesday night, called the federal deployment an abuse of authority.
“My colleagues and I are looking at every possible legal option we have to get the feds out of here,” Mr. Wheeler said in an interview.
In the state’s legal challenge, Ms. Rosenblum argued that the operations of federal authorities, using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters, resembled abductions. The lawsuit called on the court to order the agents to stop arresting individuals without probable cause and to clearly identify themselves and their agency before detaining or arresting “any person off the streets in Oregon.”
But in his ruling on Friday, Judge Michael W. Mosman of the U.S. District Court in Portland said the state attorney general’s office did not have standing to bring the case because it had not shown that the issue was “an interest that is specific to the state itself.”
In an interview, Ms. Rosenblum said that having federal agents battling protesters in Portland was un-American because the country does not have a tradition of a national police force.
“The police should be ideally as local as possible,” she said. “It’s about trust, relationships and community building.”
She warned that all Americans need to be concerned about what is happening in Portland.
“It could be happening in your city next,” she said.
The inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph V. Cuffari, told lawmakers in a letter that he planned to examine the authority the agency used to deploy agents to Portland.
Some of the protesters who originally focused their anger on the case of George Floyd, whose death in police custody in Minneapolis in May sparked demonstrations around the country, now have turned much of their attention to the presence of federal officers on Portland’s streets.
Jennifer Kristiansen, a family-law attorney, was one of many women who came out to the protests in recent days to join a “Wall of Moms” — hundreds of mothers who have worn yellow shirts and linked arms to challenge the presence of the federal agents. In the early morning hours on Tuesday, she said, as agents were clearing protesters from in front of the courthouse, one of them reported to another that Ms. Kristiansen had struck him.
Ms. Kristiansen said that she had done no such thing and that one of the officers ended up assaulting her, groping her chest and backside during the arrest.
“This is not creeping authoritarianism,” Ms. Kristiansen said. “The authoritarianism is here.”
If there was a crowd in Yankee stadium when he throws out the first pitch the crowd would booooooooooooooooo
When he declares the election is invalid your will say Seig Heil Mr. Twitterhitler
A group of military veterans joined protesters in the city for the first time Friday night, standing with their hands clasped behind their backs or holding Black Lives Matter signs, according to a New York Times reporter and others from the scene.
.The New Times
The Fire Devil
July 25, 2020 at 11:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Roger Cohen:
“No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans. For postwar Germany, the United States was savior, protector and liberal democratic model. Now, Germans, in shock, speak of the ‘American catastrophe.'
“A recent cover of the weekly magazine Der Spiegel portrays Trump in the Oval Office holding a lighted match, with a country ablaze visible through his window. The headline: ‘Der Feuerteufel,’ or, literally, ‘the Fire Devil.'”
____________
My wife returns today (Saturday) from Germany.
Wonder what she'll say about what she ran into over there that the people are saying and asking about Trump?
🕯A week or so ago, probably few hundred protesters in Portland.
⛽[Insert impeached Trump's DHS]
💥Fews days ago, 2000 protesters
⛽[Insert Trump and Acting Chad]
🔥Last night, minimum of 10,000 protesters.
Trump says he wants to protect law-abiding citizens. In 1933, Hitler issued his ‘Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/trump-germany.html
Dan Bongino
@dbongino
Incredible that an anti-First Amendment hate group, that promotes fascism in the United States, such as ANTIFA, has been allowed to flourish here with the assistance of liberal hack politicians. Absolutely unreal.
Hundreds of very joined the legal demonstrators in Portland last night
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Outraged by the federal presence, government leaders in Portland have been looking for ways to push back against the deployment.
They are not outrage by the violence and mayhem occurring in their city instigated by mainly out of towners.
But they are outrage by the sight of a few federal marshals.
That's how fucked up things are in Portland. And I thought Seattle was the most communist city in the US.
Hundreds of very joined the legal demonstrators in Portland last night
And they are all flocking to Portland
Thanks libs !!!
All they did was to paint graffiti.
The first amendment rights guarantees their rights
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Hundreds of very joined the legal demonstrators in Portland last night
Stopped being legal when they starting throwing rocks and frozen bottles.
Roger Amick said...
Hundreds of very joined the legal demonstrators in Portland last night
TDS on steroids, and fascism supporter, and writes like Biden talks.
Root on your fascist Antifa !!!
The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices. It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
All they did was to paint graffiti.
Did they own the wall? Did they paint the graffiti on their own signs?
If not, then defacing public or private property is vandalism and is not covered by the 1st amendment.
Stopped being legal when they starting throwing rocks and frozen bottles.
and breaking windows, assaulting officers, starting fires.
Did the 3 officers with vision destroyed by laser have any chance of seeing again???
"mostly peaceful"
bullshit
It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government.
Throwing rocks, bottles, defacing property is not a peaceful assembly.
Interfering with traffic is not a peaceful assembly it is an assault.
Sometimes it's hard to determine if Roger is legitimately ignorant and stupid or is just trolling.
"If the media seriously wanted to report the news — instead of spinning it — they could stop calling rioters 'protesters.' “ - Thomas Sowell
FAKE NEWS
Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited 'Plandemic' researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci
Pravda has been reborn since the zombie was elected by a minority popular vote
There were very few people who threw rocks and bottles of water.
The vast majority were demonstrating legally
Commonsense said...
Sometimes it's hard to determine if Roger is legitimately ignorant and stupid or is just trolling.
with the fervor and scope of his posts it's definitely TDS.
along with ignorance...
Did Democrats ever play baseball growing up?
It's like riding a bike. You never forget how to throw a baseball.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jimmy Tosh, who runs a multi-million dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee, is a lifelong Republican. He is pro-gun, supports lower taxes and agrees with most of Republican President Donald Trump's agenda.
He is also spending his money to help defeat Trump in November's election.
"I agree with 80% of the things he does; I just cannot stand a liar," Tosh, 70, said of Trump.
Tosh is one of a growing number of wealthy conservative Americans who say Trump is a threat to democracy and the long-term health of the Republican Party. They are actively supporting his Democratic opponent in the Nov. 3 vote, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Several billionaire and millionaire donors to The Lincoln Project, the most prominent of Republican-backed groups opposing Trump's re-election, told Reuters that elected Republicans should also be punished for enabling him. Some even support the ouster of vulnerable Republican senators to hand control of the chamber to Democrats.
Their money has fueled an unprecedented campaign from members of a sitting president's own party to oust him from office. This is a sign that Trump has alienated some Republicans, most recently with his response to the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide protests over police brutality against Black Americans.
The ultimate impact of these actions remains to be seen in a country so deeply polarized. The "Never Trump" Republicans failed to stop his ascent in 2016 and became marginal figures as Trump came to dominate the party during his presidency. But this year could be different, some strategists from both parties said.
"The distinction in 2020 that we didn't see in 2016 is the amount of money backing their efforts and their size," said Karen Finney, a Democratic strategist and a spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
"The number of people willing to go public about Trump and put serious money behind beating him -- I don't think we've seen an effort on this scale."
The vast majority were demonstrating legally
You mean the majority that tolerated (If not cheered on) the presents of those thugs? Sorry, if they're not pulling out out those assholes that are ruining their protest and beating the crap out of them, then ther are really no better than the thugs.
REVEALED: New York Times Uncritically Published From Hitler’s Mein Kampf On Eve Of Largest Nazi Military Push
“The Art of Propaganda,” a full-page article written by Hitler, appeared in the New York Times Magazine on June 22, 1941, as Nazi Germany began its largest military operation: the invasion of the Soviet Union, also known as Operation Barbarossa.
The news following a major National Pulse exposé of the paper’s record on black voting and slavery, wherein the Times declared “NEGRO SUFFRAGE A FAILURE”.
The recently unearthed Hitler piece, complete with a portrait of the German leader responsible for the death of millions in the center of the page, was comprised of highlights from the Nazi chief’s seminal work Mein Kampf.
https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/new-york-times-publishes-hitler/
Now they censor Cotton and fire their editors who defended his right to write.
They've just gotten a lot worse since then.
NYT = fascism and racism.
Still.
The Lincoln Project has lost credibility even among never-Trumpers.
Jorge Ventura Media
@VenturaReport
Rioters now trying to pull down fence guarding the Federal Courthouse in #Portland. 'Unlawful Assembly' declared moments ago
SHORT VIDEO: https://twitter.com/VenturaReport/status/1286941195491373056
They sure don't dress up as "peaceful protestors" and sure aren't acting as such.
Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited 'Plandemic' researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci
So let's censure them says the media who pushed to phony Russian conspiracy theory.
Federal agents likely permanently blinded by Portland protesters’ lasers, White House says
Three federal agents who were sent to Portland, Ore., to try to help quell the city’s violent protests were “likely left permanently blinded” from clashes, White House officials said Friday.
“A federal agent’s hand was impaled by planted nails, another federal agent was shot with a pellet gun, leaving a wound deep to the bone, and tragically, three federal officers were likely left permanently blinded by the rioters using lasers pointed directly into their eyes,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Friday.
All five of the injured federal agents were hurt Monday during ongoing protests at the Multnomah County Justice Center and a nearby federal courthouse in Oregon’s largest city.
The federal agents were hurt during a confrontation late Monday as a crowd of more than 1,000 protesters descended on the federal courthouse, Fox News reported.
In addition to targeting the federal agents, the demonstrators tossed fireworks at the federal courthouse, where one person also threatened to cut off the building’s water supply, according to the report.
Richard Cline, deputy director of the Federal Protective Service, told reporters at a press conference Tuesday that the 1,000-plus “rioters” also started to remove plywood coverings outside the Hatfield Federal Courthouse — and also threw objects through its windows.
Several fires also broke out during the melee and protesters vandalized the building with spray paint while blocking traffic and nearby intersections, Cline said.
“When officers responded to put out these fires, glass bottles were thrown and lasers — which can cause permanent blindness — were shined in their eyes,” Cline said. “We have three officers who currently have eye injuries, and they may not recover sight in those eyes from those laser attacks.”
FPS officials have since reportedly purchased protective eyewear for the federal officers to wear.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/3-fed-agents-likely-blinded-by-lasers-pointed-at-them-in-portland-wh/
Its war, pick a side.
Its the 1972 election all over again.
Commonsense said...
So let's censure them says the media who pushed to phony Russian conspiracy theory.
for over 3 years.
non-stop.
and many still are.
And don't want to even have a smidgen of a look into the OBAMAGATE spying. Schiff lying, or a scandal that dwarfs watergate.
Right in plain sight.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
All they did was to paint graffiti.
The first amendment rights guarantees their rights
graffiti is illegal you drunken sot.
Fauci is a 79 year old man whose worked from Saint Ronald Reagan until today
I compare recent incidents to an infamous event in the history of Nazi Germany – the Reichstag Fire. The burning of the German parliament was used as a pretext for Adolf Hitler’s government to rule by decree.
Their objective is to spread chaos and incite fear. This is Trump’s rolling Reichstag fire,
This is about one thing and one thing only. It is about his failing reelection campaign and his looming repudiation at the hands of the American people.
I grew playing baseball
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