"What also raises eyebrows among Portland lawyers is the feds' rationale for claiming jurisdiction: Because Portland and Multnomah County are recipients of federal aid, including COVID relief funding, the federal government has authority to prosecute crimes on those properties." ...
""I believe that Portland is Trump's petri dish," says Sean Riddell, a former Multnomah County prosecutor. "His people know, 'When we test a controversial policy out, we test it in Portland and see how it plays.' I think they're gonna see how this plays.""
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2020/08/12/federal-prosecutors-arent-waiting-to-find-out-if-a-progressive-da-will-charge-portland-protesters-theyre-doing-it-themselves/
""I believe that Portland is Trump's petri dish," says Sean Riddell, a former Multnomah County prosecutor. "His people know, 'When we test a controversial policy out, we test it in Portland and see how it plays.' I think they're gonna see how this plays.""
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2020/08/12/federal-prosecutors-arent-waiting-to-find-out-if-a-progressive-da-will-charge-portland-protesters-theyre-doing-it-themselves/
Willamette Week
Federal Prosecutors Aren’t Waiting to Find Out if a Progressive DA Will Charge Portland Protesters. They’re Doing It Themselves.
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https://abc-belarus.org/?p=12980&lang=en
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The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
#Bend https://twitter.com/GarrettGAndrews/status/1293781363510763521
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Emily Cureton
as officers march away after getting the bus driver theres confusion about who remains in the bus where two long time residents of central oregon have been detained for over 12 hours
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ethan b.
@LCRWnews https://t.co/Wk5fuTGxcU
Live stream #Portland as police move on protestors right now: https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1293799552013590528?s=20
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Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans)
the Portland Police are attacking. https://t.co/oVgtAKyhZA
Uncomfirmed reports that the cops in #Portland may have been maced after attacking the crowd. What is certain is that the police declared a riot and then all left in a cloud of smoke, for the time being.
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This rings true. They needed fresh meat in the smoker.
https://twitter.com/TawasiSoce/status/1293805650649051139?s=19
https://twitter.com/TawasiSoce/status/1293805650649051139?s=19
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Tawasi
Pretty sure this whole push was just so they could finish their shift change. We had the exit for the shift that was leaving blocked. #PortlandProtests