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Awake Goy Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets
July 17th, 2020
Via: Oregon Public Broadcasting:
Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14. Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off.
The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell� nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks.
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Blinded by his hat, in an unmarked minivan full of armed people dressed in camouflage and body armor who hadn’t identified themselves, Pettibone said he was driven around downtown before being unloaded inside a building. He wouldn’t learn until after his release that he had been inside the federal courthouse.
“It was basically a process of facing many walls and corners as they patted me down and took my picture and rummaged through my belongings,� Pettibone said. “One of them said, ‘This is a whole lot of nothing.’�
Pettibone said he was put into a cell. Soon after, two officers came in to read him his Miranda rights. They didn’t tell him why he was being arrested. He said they asked him if he wanted to waive his rights and answer some questions, but Pettibone declined and said he wanted a lawyer. The interview was terminated, and about 90 minutes later he was released. He said he did not receive any paperwork, citation or record of his arrest.
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“It’s like stop and frisk meets Guantanamo Bay,� said attorney Juan Chavez, director of the civil rights project at the Oregon Justice Resource Center.
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