Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC, have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the recent protests against racism and police brutality.
“Feds are driving around, grabbing people off the streets,” O’Shea said on the video. “I didn’t do anything fucking wrong. I’m recording this. I had to let somebody know that this is what happens.”“I am basically tossed into the van,” Pettibone said. “And I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn’t see and they held my hands over my head.”
“I just happened to be wearing black on a sidewalk in downtown Portland at the time,” Pettibone said. “And that apparently is grounds for detaining me.” After 7 p.m. Thursday, a DHS spokesperson responded, on background, that they could confirm Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf was in Portland during the day. The spokesperson didn’t acknowledge the remaining questions.
Ashlee Albies, a civil rights attorney with the National Lawyers Guild, said Pettibone’s detention is an example of intimidation by federal law enforcement, and noted that people have a First Amendment right to demonstrate. She also said law enforcement officials have to follow procedures when they detain someone.
This week, Trump has repeatedly spoken out about what he calls lawlessness in the city. He praised the role of federal law enforcement officers in Portland and alluded to increasing their presence in cities nationwide. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan called the protesters criminals.
OPB STOP LYING. These RIOTERS were trying to destroy a Federal Courthouse (MY property).
OPB How do you tell their officers? What legal ramifications if we retaliate when they grab you? Assault is the unwanted laying on of hands. We have a right to defend our selves and no one says anything bout that?
OPB This is about as state despotism vs socialist fascism as it gets. This is what happens when the curtain of American proganda meets the hard road of ugly truth.
OPB They were not grabbing “protesters”, but insurgents against the lawfully elected government who were suspected of destroying federal property and assaulting federal employees.
OPB Is not that “ kidnapping”
OPB Great tactic, keep it up. These protesters are criminals and should be labeled domestic terrorists.
Trojan_Excelens OPB Bullshit. Videos are clearly staged.
OPB The Marxist leaders of Portland are not providing their citizens any police protection so the Federal Government has to step in.
OPB Gestapo....
OPB So when will someone do something about this?
OPB Just like in oppressive regimes. What is happening to the American leadership?
OPB This is real Handmaid’s Tale stuff.
OPB I vote, that if someone comes after you, armed to the teeth, with no Badge, no proper identification- you run your fucking ass off, screaming for help, from the TERRORIST chasing you.
OPB Wake up from your nap, SpeakerPelosi.
OPB Get real NPR. Knock off the lying by omission. The people apprehended are in a riot zone. Federal buildings have been under nightly siege with officers assaulted and public property destroyed. This is obvious to any honest person.
OPB Gestapo style!
OPB Newsflash: 'Rioters' are not 'protestors.' Got narrative, NPR?
OPB Not one word from your supposed “news” outlets about the nightly terror on our streets in downtown Portland and the total defacement of every federal building. And then you have an issue with those who are bringing order? Shame on you!
OPB Thank God for los federales! Remove the Trash (Basura)!
OPB Who do they need to explain it to?
OPB TrumpCrimeSyndicate
OPB This is unlawful!! Hello Congress, attorneys, Consitution law scholars the Country needs you !!
OPB My man!!!
OPB So we’re Russia now?
OPB 🇺🇸
AmyDoeNut OPB Autocratic police state. Dictatorship uses gestapo tactics. & M$M still give him deference/benefit of doubt b/c respect for the office. Thug Criminal Racist Demagogue NOT a president.
OPB Do they have patio torches, btw?
OPB How does anyone KNOW their officers? No id, no markings, unmarked vehicles. Must be proud of their work.
OPB Is anyone getting license plates? Who are these cars going to back to?
OPB The videos I saw the people arrested were wearing all black or all black military style clothes which are signs they’re Antifa. Protest all you want but don’t destroy people’s business etc
OPB Where are the guns right people who are afraid the government is going to use the military against the people? They are awfully quiet. These actions are against everything we stood for before Trump took over. He is more than dangerous in so many ways. RepDavid SenMcSallyAZ
OPB The creation of Republican America
OPB Trumplican Storm Troopers
OPB Nazism in the move,soon they come to our houses or hrab us in street.
OPB Y'all continue to romp around in words and deeds of the serious situation facing the nation. WAKE UP b4 it's 2 late.
OPB FREE HONG KONG y mean FREE PORTLAND
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OPB So this is actually whats happening... get your story straight.
OPB Locals need to be treating them as armed insurgents. That is what they are. Both mayor and governor have told them to get the hell out.
OPB Not protesters. Criminals.
OPB Sounds like kidnapping.
OPB SS?
OPB Patriots SUPPORT THIS !!! ANTFY BLM has braught this on there selves let’s see the tables turn before our Malaysia takes charge it wouldn’t be pretty end !
OPB Shame! What kind of country does this?
OPB Get them off the streets
OPB This is just one giant experiment, playing out in front of our eyes. Keep focused, keep your POV and don't follow someone else's narrative, develop your own. We live in the world created by your ancestors, and one day you'll be an ancestor too. What will be your legacy?
OPB Where are the multiple videos? I’ve seen one, personally. Any links?
OPB they are there to create mayhem, as an excuse for more illegal intrusion. impeach Barr, sue DHS, remove Trump on the 25th amendment.
OPB Good. That is exactly what the police do. Except you anarchists don't believe in police. Until you're being threatened.
OPB Maybe we should wait for the officers explanation before saying there was no official explanation? Come on NPR: just report the news. There are plenty other media outlets doing their part with speculation and stirring the pot.
OPB The actions of a third world despot!
OPB I have now seen video on Twitter that purports to be the same thing happening in San Diego CA.
OPB NPR clutching their pearls again.
OPB Second Amendment.
OPB Can some explain the difference between those who are now against the construction and these folks in the picture.
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davidmwessel OPB Rounding up anarchist
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OPB Dictatorship is on. Wake up!!!!
OPB Gestapo in America!
OPB Ya'll say 'detaining' when it really looks like kidnaping.
OPB If you stay home and mind your fkn business no one will snatch you up.
OPB What’s the federal crime. Since when have conservatives been ok with the feds encroaching on state and local responsibility. The GOP is no longer comprised of conservatives. It’s comprised almost entirely of wackos.
OPB TrumpsAmerica TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
OPB And isnt it funny how it's happening right before a major satanic ritual time frame. Funny how major corps are also mandating masks nationally in that same week time frame? Almost like it's all one giant satanic ritual!
OPB Police cars are being attacked
OPB The actions of a third world de6spot!
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OPB Oh well. Let's watch some NASCAR!
OPB “Arresting rioters” is what you meant.
OPB NPR's truthful as Communist Party daily
OPB So. When will it be stopped
OPB Good. This sh+t has got to be ended Enough mob bullsh+t
OPB Doubleplusungood rewrite
OPB Thugs
OPB I hear that Oregon's governor, Kate Brown might call in the National Guard. This would let the Feds back away, retreat to inside the Fed Courthouse, or disperse. But it might upset Mayor Wheeler, as he thinks he has things under control as his city burns. and it looks bad.....
OPB If it's an unmarked car, how do you know their friends aren't picking them up and taking them somewhere and you just weren't invited. .Car door opens.. Dude, got a bag of pot, hop in. .. cool. . check everyone later.. Zooooom....
OPB There's always a way to de-escalate.. kidnapping isn't part of it... Are you a 3rd world country?
OPB Gestapo?
OPB Many thanks to them for keeping the good people of the city safe, which is the job of the mayor.
OPB Good lock them up
OPB You forgot the photos of the destruction they've caused. No worries. Here you go...
OPB lol at Antifa. Feds in your ranks for weeks now, gathering intel. And now the US Marshals and the DHS show up and pull your big shots off the street. Federal charges, soy boys. Fifty nights of fucking around. Mandatory minimum ten years of finding out.
OPB ❤️❤️❤️
OPB Serious question: 1) Since it’s legal to defend yourself from being kidnapped with whatever force is required, and 2) Since these thugs aren’t wearing badges or otherwise conducting legal arrests, 3) Would a person be within their rights to shoot them in self-defense?
OPB Heartfelt solidarity from Germany to Portland/USA. Let us fight together against right-wing development, fascism and war. I support the building of an international anti-imperialist united front mlpd Icor
OPB One step closer to fascism. This cannot stand.
OPB Portland will be the first city of Trumerica if we don’t stop this.
OPB Who can secure the voting process? Secure the voting process! Trump will supress the vote! Trump is Afraid of the American voter! Go vote! Take Election Day off! Take 10! Take a lawn chair! Where is Bloomberg's money Drop-off ballots Mail in voting paper ballots work be counted
OPB Boycott whatever car rental company is complicit
OPB 🐷🐖🖕🏼
OPB Oh yes, they’re just walking around arresting punks for no reason.. You really life up to the name (National Pubic Radio)..
OPB Tell me more about Hong Kong. Oh, this is the US? My bad. Could’ve fooled me 😌
OPB So what's happened to the people detained? Have they been arraigned? Due process?
OPB Antifa and BLM protesters have occupied, rioted, and destroyed downtown Portland for 50 straight days. It looks like a war zone. The mayor and governor have been complicit.
OPB Very effective law enforcement tactic with high level of safety and low risk to suspect and officer. 😎😎
OPB NPR blacked out the story but the Portland government has allowed 48 straight days of riots, attacks on citizens, massive vandalism, and violence towards police--AND HAVE DONE NOTHING to stop it. Finally the feds have stepped in to return PDX to the rule of law.
OPB Badges badges I got to show you no stinking badges get in the van dirtbag or I’ll crack your head again the procedure, de louse, neuter, chip, clip ear and return to their natural environment wandering the streets humping parking meters and making annoying noises MAGA
OPB Banana Republica States of America
OPB A more accurate headline would be 'Unidentified armed gangs have been using unmarked vehicles....'
OPB Federal Marshals executing warrants. It takes time to gather evidence and get an arrest warrant. Its most likely acts committed weeks ago. Just going through the due processes. Mayors are spreading lies because they look like idiots.
OPB Oh does law and Order hurt your Feelings?
OPB Is NPR opposed to criminals getting arrested? It's hard to tell.
OPB This is really scary.
OPB The Governor should arrest trump's S.S.
OPB The Dream Police they come out of your head. The Dream Police. The Dream Police. The Dream Police.
OPB Didn't the last president actually order the execution of Americans without trial? And didn't his CIA actually spy on Congress? Of course none of you crazy libs were worried about that...
OPB I keep asking, WHO has the power to change this? Apparently the answer is no one or not me. Same answer my kids give when I find a broken lamp or spilled milk. The inaction from DC is mind boggling. Back in the day, I said this would never happen here. Words are not enough.
OPB If one of them is assaulted or shot, Would someone be held for a crime against an officer? How would anyone know if they are official or someone pretending?
OPB You mean rioters?
OPB I would like to hear from one random person walking down the street, committing no crime, who was stopped and thrown into an unmarked car.
OPB I don't know why the governor of Oregon does call on the National Guard, state's rights, and surround all Fed. Bldg's and place the guard surrounding the Fed. Bldg's and refuse to allow anyone in or out until Trump's Gestapos exit from the state. Governor should assert herself.
OPB You misspelled terrorists
OPB Fascism on full display.
OPB This is awesome
OPB Wonder why
OPB Democrats haven't been this mad at a Republican since the Republicans destroyed the Democratic led Klan.
OPB Not Pertaining Republicans
OPB No explanation ! What’s not to understand?
OPB Rioters. Rioters. Rioters. The people writing for can't possibly be this stupid.
OPB This is the DICTATOR IN CHIEF! This is the way Putin treats the Russians! Trump wants to be exactly PUTIN! DOMINATE DOMINATE DOMINATE! CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL!
OPB Where are all the “good guys with guns” who swore they needed them in case of a police state
OPB Have ANY of them been released? Do we know where they’re taking them? This is the scariest thing I’ve ever heard. We really need to have answers. If you know something please post it.
OPB Arrest them
OPB Thank God. Arrest the rioters!!!
OPB It's the same thing Hitler did with his Brownshirts in the 1930's billbarrsgestapo
OPB Looks like our monstrous state policy started manufacturing their Terminators. I thought Republicans were against FEMA camps.
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OPB Retweet. July 18th, the start of an Anti Trumpism Movement. We need help on forming protests.
OPB How is it known they are federal law enforcement?
OPB If you're upset about what's happening in Portland please contact the public affairs staffer assigned to it at stephanie.malincbp.dhs.gov
OPB You mean Kidnapping?
OPB what? officers aren't responsible to explain to the public around them why they're arresting a suspect. they told the suspect, he was a suspect in vandalizing federal property. There is no major conspiracy theory here
OPB Nice work
OPB You misspelled Leftist anarchists.
OPB Good stuff!
MaraLiasson OPB My son and his family live there. Will he be snatched off the street? Sixteen-year-old grandson w/ parttime job - someone going to grab him? This is serious, grave, outrageous! Where’s America?
OPB I lived in Communist Vietnam for a while, these practices were common there back then (and maybe still are). But at least the police was clearly identified as the police... i can’t even believe this is happening.
OPB What has our democracy come to?
OPB What’s next? The U.S. Capitol on fire? Only registered Republicans can own firearms? How many pages from the Hitler playbook will it take for Americans to recognize where this leads?
OPB Trump and his cronies are trying to insight more rioting so he can declaire Marshall law and stop November's election... Just sayin
EmpathyNow OPB They won't terrorize a city where MS-13 is active. The pigs are afraid of them.
EmpathyNow OPB Disturbing and frightening. Reaction Congress?
OPB This has terrible echoes of Hitler’s Brown Shirts.
MaraLiasson OPB You can't hold Court in a Federal Court, if it remains closed due to repeated break-ins and fires. Which is the intent of these 'Protests.'
Atencio1Ron OPB those guys belong to Barr. the presidents personal attorney.
OPB Vans came from what rental place? And those rentals didn't raise a flag with someone?
AkashaThorne OPB 😩
OPB Were the unmarked mimivans used rentals? If so, which rental company? They must refuse DHS future rentals (and other car rental companies must do likewise). If rented vehicles were ,in fact, used to abduct citizens, corporate America can draw bright line publicly condemning it.
RitaJoyNoTrump OPB
OPB The unit deployed to Portland is BORTAC, an elite DHS tactical unit based & trained at Ft. Bliss, Texas. They are trained in US Army Special Forces tactics & deploy against terrorists & drug cartels globally. Only insane dictator Trump would send them against US graffiti taggers.
OPB Great tactics! Keep it up, these protesters are criminals that should be labeled domestic terrorists and treated as such.
OPB Should they stop and chat with protesters first, seeking consensus on the arrest? And have you considered why they are in unmarked cars? I know liberals want the country to burn, but some still want to save it. defundNPR
OPB 'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...'
OPB SenToomey RepScottPerry any comment on this one? Since I still haven’t heard back on the Russian head hunting, care to make a comment on this?
OPB Is there any indication they’re from the government?
OPB Orders from on high and no political mechanism to stop them. Clear signs odf a police state. Behold we r loosin our democracy.
OPB This is crazy
OPB Quit perpetuating lies.
gemluvr257 OPB THIS is absolutely terrifying! I guess they need more people to either fill their sex trafficking ring or brainwash them?!? Maybe they're just killing them? Who knows?!?! Please ProjectLincoln find out what they're doing!!!
MaraLiasson OPB You mean thugs
nlyonne OPB Sounds like they need armed guards
kellyannegoebb OPB trump does not understand the constitution or the United States of America. I'm sure Russia could find a nice place for him.
MaraLiasson OPB Kidnapping! Keep your kids inside! Trump/Epstein
MaraLiasson OPB Portland stay strong. We are watching...... This is an outrage!
OPB Arrest them!
HappyHermit2020 OPB Barr's secret army is testing the waters. Who will push back?
OPB I saw something that said they are doing this to protesters by federal buildings. There are a lot of fed buildings that are unmarked in my state. Is that true of Portland?
OPB So let’s see if they haul away families that come in peace and sit quietly? WTF Wake up America. resist
OPB Storm troopers.
nlyonne OPB Isn’t this called kidnapping
wildweatherdan OPB Portland, OR, is not Nazi Germany. Time to end this BS. Now.
OPB It’s like kidnapping.
OPB “Protesters” . another “journalist” in action. What’s next? Communist Manifesto as “self help” ?
OPB It’s a dry run for America’s Dirty War.
OPB This is some gestapo sh*t. DHS_Wolf - you realize this makes you look like a weak coward right? Wait, no, this shows that you ARE a weak coward (just like your Russian asset boss) OregonAttorneys - please investigate the Acting DHS secretary for these blatant abuses of power.
OPB “I want my lawyer”
OPB They grab a short end of a gun if they pulled up on me like that no insignia no understanding of who they were in a car that you could rent at Avis.
OPB It’s the SS, people.
OPB Careful Iowa, NorthCarolina, Alabama etc...You're up next. The black shirts are out. Fascism is not far behind. You won't be left out when the round ups start.
OPB NPR is fully on board with this. Their puppet masters use NPR to soften you up for the pain and suffering they have in store for you. Not to alert you to the danger or call anyone responsible out. It's all a rich man's lie. Psyops, brought to you by the Robber Barron owners.
OPB Get the rioters out of the city.
OPB ...land of the free?
OPB How do we know they are 'federal law enforcement'
angephalange OPB This is such a good thing. I’m so glad someone is taking action and holding these people accountable. Peaceful protestors... yea right
OPB THIS = FACISM
OPB Crooked cops. Hope Portland takes care of them!
OPB wtf
OPB US Customes and Border Patrol TrumpsGestapo
OPB The GOP has stated numerous times they are for LIMITED government intervention so they can 'keep their guns'so....why are they okay with this again? How quickly they have become Trumpian. TrumpFailsAmerica
OPB Yes, it's called undercover cop cars.
OPB Now they’ve shot a protester in the head
OPB Gestapo Brown Shirts (camo).
davidhogg111 OPB Still wondering how you know yhey are federal if they are unmarked?
OPB RepJoeNeguse don't you dare wait until these thugs show up in Colorado to investigate.
davidhogg111 OPB I always tell my kids... if a guy in camo and no identification tells you to get in a van, just do it. Find the van, hop in. It's gotta be safe, right? I mean, the military wears camo. They are the good guys, right? Especially if they tell you they have a lost kitten or candy.
OPB Despicable
OPB Good, someone needs to restore order.
OPB This is ted wheelers and gov kate browns fault if they dont allow the police to fo there job then feds are needed to protect.
OPB We tout America as the beacon of freedom until the people actually demand freedom and take to the streets. Then those asking for freedom those oppressed asking for change asking to be heard are labeled as a mob, and the just like that your neighbor is a criminal.
OPB Any 2A nut jobs have shit to say about these gestapo tactics?
OPB Radical left is the enemy of the USA!!!
OPB Portland residents must plan on seeing a large portion of their misguided GENZ children detained; they should be detained for months to years!
OPB This is scary. If they want to clear out protests the need to do it the right way. Late night kidnappings are not the way. Someone is gonna get hurt or killed doing this
OPB How’s that senate confirmation going DHS_Wolf senatemajldr?
OPB They are on the way to Kansas City next. Reportedly showing up there already.
OPB Is it possible to interview dome of those detained?
thedavidcrosby OPB Excellent
OPB This is fucking scary shit.
smartlyjoan OPB ‼️
OPB Where is the Oregon Gov? Trump’s Gestapo kidnapping Oregonians? I’d ask bout the party who spent decades claiming they love the constitution most but now know it’s all lies gop. :| PortlandKidnappings
OPB The Republic is dead
OPB Hey remember that time when a bunch of ranchers took over a bird sanctuary in the middle of nowhere, harmed no one, and leftists across the country were cheering Obama's feds when they stormed the place and started shooting people? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
davidhogg111 OPB They are sending police brutality to people protesting police brutality. Isn't this against the law?
OPB Protect yourselves, defend yourselves. If these fuckers come at you do whatever it takes to stop them. Whatever it takes.
thedavidcrosby OPB Do they speak English or Russian?
OPB Since when did law enforcement officers have to explain their activities to people in the street?
OPB Give them the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Arrest every person wear all black including the bogeyed ones
davidhogg111 OPB I live in Portland and my daily life is unaffected by this as it’s happening in a small portion of downtown but HOLY FUCK where are they taking these people?! It’s disgusting, illegal (?) and horrifying that we don’t know where they are or what they are being charged with
OPB You mean kidnapping americans
matthewmercer OPB Some 'Secret Police'-level shit right here.
davidhogg111 OPB Not law enforcement ... just clowns in camo playing as cops.
OPB Awesome.
davidhogg111 OPB If they are destroying Federal property they have a right to confront and arrest them. Get your shit together teenager.
Tesscatbird OPB WHERE IS THE HOUSE?
OPB Welcome to the “MAGA Police State”. trumpneedstogo TrumpIsATraitor TrumpIsKillingUs DictatorTrump PoliceState
davidhogg111 OPB That’s what they do in fascist countries. May it happen to trumpies. Then they’ll know what loss of liberties mean.
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OPB The more info that comes out the scarier it is.
OPB aka: kidnapping
davidhogg111 OPB this sounds suspiciously similar to just straight-up kidnapping
OPB 1938 Germany The Brownshirts are back.
OPB Glade feds are arresting this rioters. Throw a book at them. Max prison sentence.
davidhogg111 OPB Handmaid’s Tale episode one.
davidhogg111 OPB Black Lives Matter GLOBAL Network?
davidhogg111 OPB How can it be legal to allow people in unmarked uniforms and vehicles kidnap people off the street? And with no due process or Miranda rights? Aren’t they required to prove that they are legally allowed to do what they are doing?
OPB Thank you for reporting on this. Please keep it up!
davidhogg111 And?
davidhogg111 OPB
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davidhogg111 OPB Nothing makes sense in this country anymore.
davidhogg111 OPB If they are unmarked how do you know they are federal officers? Got one if thos 'magic dources' do ya.
OPB
OPB Is there any proof of this?
OPB It is illegal when the police detained or arrested someone is a report and PD have a record of it but if you illegal detained they can disappear people like in Hong Kong.
OPB The reason that CNN, MSNBC and foxnewstalk aren't talking about it is because the RNC, the DNC and their propaganda arm masquerading as the media are all working together. Knowing this, you should look at everything differently.
matthewmercer OPB trumps brown shirts
OPB hey i'm just sayin' there was a political party in germany that did this exact same thing quite a few years ago
DocDarnell OPB this can't be legal.
OPB Is that desert camo for Portland? Really official Federal troops?
OPB In 1933 the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspended the provisions of the German constitution that protected basic individual rights, including freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly. This is tRump's America.
OPB Why pay them the honor of calling them 'federal law enforcement.' If they are showing no proof during the action, then they are federal terrorists, kidnapping people to impose their own Trumpian Sharia law.
OPB Dictators do this. Speak up everyone!!!
OPB If only Trump had the balls to use kind of force against Putin for placing a bounty on the heads of our sons and daughters in uniform. He is a weak ball less man with no courage. He would never stand up to Russia the way he has attacked our fellow Americans. Domestic Abuser!
OPB If he could only care this much about the American Soldiers who Putin is assassinating! To date he hasn't express one sentiment about this. Why? Because he doesn't give a damn about this country or our Soldiers. Wake up! Every reporter out there this should be the only question!
OPB And!...... what happened to the people that were abducted ? Complete the story please
OPB America is gone. The Federal government is fighting citizens! Is a sad day I. America
OPB Government over reach!!!
matthewmercer OPB Don't care. More than half the 'protesters' are trouble makers breaking the law.
OPB Gestapo terrorists.
OPB While attending a course of military instruction conducted by the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, a civilian may wear the uniform prescribed by that armed force if the wear of such uniform is specifically authorized under regulations prescribed by the Secretary
OPB Explanation please. What is going on ? Who authorized this action ? Who is in charge and what is the mission ? This is bizarre.
OPB RepAdamSchiff Really?!!! The Democrats are going to allow this to go unchecked? Why aren’t you on the steps of the Capitol holding protests and screaming? Anarchy and tyranny as well as treason for four years but you want people to vote? Vote for what?
OPB Local police need to arrest them
OPB Are they officers? From where? Russia, Isreal?
OPB Our Democracy Dies! WAKE up USA GOPComplicitTraitors GOPCorruptionOverCountry TrumpKillsUs American Democracy At A Boilling Point realDonaldTrump Kills Our Democracy GOP Complict. If you don't want a Civil War 2020 We Must VoteBlueToSaveAmerica NOV 3,2020 GOPforJoe Resist
OPB This what happens in authoritarianism regimes.The KGB and the Stasi used the same tactics.
OPB Who ordered them to Portland ? And why unmarked no ID tags
OPB Waddup Gestapo
OPB THANK GOD someone is trying to stop the Savages
OPB
OPB How is this occurring?
OPB We have some authoritarian stuff happening in the U.S.A. under Trump. If only there was a system to keep him in check and make sure there was a balance to the government...RepKinzinger
OPB The folks picked up were observed defacing federal property & consequently picked up. They can feign ignorance all they wish. They know what they did...
matthewmercer OPB Yeah, there's a chance that people are just dressing up and abducting protestors for organ harvesting or human trafficking. With no identification, it can't be proven otherwise. Unidentified police cannot be trusted to be legitimate.
OPB It’s our stupid government at work. DHS_Wolf Oregon didn’t ask for this help.
OPB Are they now doing this to protect the officers from mob retaliation to their homes and families
OPB Marshalls say it's not them. DHS refuses comment. How exactly do we know these are Federal Agents?
OPB The USGovernment has been helping females kidnap children for years now, while forcing children into foster homes and sending them to Idaho, so why is seeing people being abducted so surprising? CorruptGovernment EndTheChokeHold PayTheMen4DNA ReformOregon
OPB maddow NicolleDWallace jaketapper ChrisCuomo donlemon NewYorkStateAG ACLU JoeBiden SpeakerPelosi HouseDemocrats
OPB So like we are just taking these guys word for this odd sounding “arrest”? I’m antifa but skeptical of this rn.
OPB Good. They deserve whatever they get.
OPB y'all think they know karma can be a Bitch?
OPB oregon defend yourselves!!!!
OPB 😂
OPB Will their mothers really miss them?
OPB Welcome to the United States of America, circa 2020. Yikes.
OPB Welcome to America. The latest fascist dictatorship 25thAmendmentNow
NedraEldridge OPB This is gestapo tactics!
OPB Wtf is this?
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OPB Sounds like Belarus
OPB Get the state National Guard to protect American citizens. Trump declared war on Americans.
OPB This seems illegal
OPB Governors suing mayors...ignoring CDC guidelines..said CDC overtaken/sidelined in worst health crisis in our country...WHERE YALL BEEN? THIS IS NOW PUTINS AMERICA! THIS POS has turned US into 3rd world communist country in 3years! ImpeachTrumpAgain
3L3V3NTH OPB
OPB We are now a police state complete with storm troopers
OPB 1. Who has been detained? 2. Under what authority can federal 'law enforcement' (please define) detain U.S. citizens?
sandibachom OPB How do know they are officers?
OPB NPR referring to Antifa arsonist/terrorists as protestors is another example of liberals in the media living up to everyone's expectations.
OPB Thank you for reporting this
sandibachom OPB Totally illegal ... no rights being read ... gestopo in America and no Oathkeepers insight !
OPB This just feels very unAmerican. I don’t like it. At all.
OPB Thank you DHSgov for working to restore law and order to Portland.
caseyworks OPB This is great🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
OPB I'm not saying that this isn't a crisis worthy of media attention, but, he knows that sending forces in to harass people for a few minutes is worth getting the media's attention off of Russia paying to have troops killed. Stop taking the bait!
sandibachom OPB Posse Comitatus act?
OPB “Just Following orders” is not an excuse. Who the fukk thinks this is okay?
OPB Another example of a police state we are becoming.
sandibachom OPB The apocalypse in Trumpland.
natasharothwell OPB Are they officers? Because Last a checked, an officer is supposed to have a visible ID. Literally anybody now could just randomly dress up on military garb and drive around kidnapping people.
OPB Americans don’t know what they’re in for. I do though, I lost half my family to the fascist death squads in El Salvador during the 70s and 80s. Funded by the USA why wouldn’t they do it here too?
OPB There is no LAW and ORDER.....There is only TRUMP!
OPB So if an unmarked vehicle pulls up, a group of unidentifed guys jump out and try to grab you and you're legally carrying it's self defense right?
asmamk OPB It's it's starting to look like 'ANTIFA' will be the conservative rallying call, much like 'EMAILS' and 'BENGAZI' was in 2016.
OPB It won’t be long before people start disappearing. It’s a short step away.
OPB JL_Chapman Dictators often use remote police/military to attack local protesters. Tiananmen Square Massacre was conducted by military units usually stationed far from Beijing. Texas prison guards 'protecting' the White House. US Border Patrol snatching Portland residents.
OPB SenDuckworth SenatorDurbin please find out what is happening in Oregon before it comes to Illinois!!
OPB Any of these people been seen again? Interview them! Do we know who they are or who they were with who could speak to what they saw? Shitshow in a shithole country.
OPB Send these thugs home
CoolHipgrandma OPB are they impersonators?
OPB Guess what the only person who needs a explanation is the person being arrested not the people screaming and video taping
OPB Has Portland outsourced riot control to NGOs to avoid responsibility? These are contract military and cartel tactics.
thotlinemiamiii OPB Anyone in black bloc is an enemy combatant.
matthewmercer OPB Doubt
OPB Don't call them 'officers'. They are not identified.
screamandletyou OPB Typical barr n trumpy approach. Destroy first amendment while pushing 2nd amendment assault rifles. Vote these republiKKK-Ants out this Nov.
OPB This is great. Ted Wheeler is an incompetent failure. He needs someone to show him how use those tax dollars to protect the citizenry. Commies are garbage and have no place in America. Now NPR, before you spaz out, you are financially supported by Google. Remember that.
OPB They’re using rented minivans, who’s renting them out to them?
TheScrede OPB Hello how are you ? I sincerely hope that you are well. I would like to invite you to have a drink if possible just to get to know each other!
OPB Federal law enforcement have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around nationwide. I’ve seen multiple traffic stops within the last week from unmarked law enforcement vehicles.
eveillecosplay OPB I officially feel threatened by these actions and will now start to exercise my second amendments rights to protect myself. I suggest others do the same. Locked and loaded! Game on!
OPB Isn’t that exactly what conservatives and republicans were afraid of? State controlled brutes? Needing a militia for this exact reason
OPB His the governor replied?
OPB Dunno, but shouldn't this Gestapo-ish stuff be, like, TOP news, MSNBC? maddow allinwithchris JoyAnnReid lawrence DeadlineWH?
OPB So the Feds are kidnapping people. BillionsTV2
OPB First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a trade unionist.
OPB This should terrify EVERYONE - “This week, Trump has repeatedly spoken out about what he calls lawlessness in the city. He praised the role of federal law enforcement officers in Portland and alluded to increasing their presence in cities nationwide.”
OPB Is this America?!? Someone talks about protecting 2nd Amendment right but what about 1st Amendment? Seems like we are picking and choosing what to defend. Lots of laws suits coming for unlawful arrests against person who ordered it?
OPB There’s no difference between Trump and Xi Jinping. Another China in the making!
OPB And they wonder why gun sales are thru the roof!!!
RowdyPrimate OPB Antifa terrorists do not deserve an explanation.
OPB What proof that these people are law enforcement?
Texchilipepper OPB The US has become Stalin’s Russia.
OPB 'Protesters'.
OPB WTF. This group’s head (prince) is Betsy DeVos’s brother. This is f*****g insane. Inexcusable. Horrendous
OPB gut this fish Send a message to repressive and elitists leaders by charging Trump with CrimesAgainstHumanity
matthewmercer OPB Just to put a different point of view in this (I maybe agree with 50% of points). This is over exaggerating but do make points relevant to the article
OPB What authority do these federal thugs have? The must be severely resisted with whatever force is necessary.
OPB unfuckingbelievable
OPB ErikPrince
TweetingYarnie OPB
OPB We can’t wait to January 2021 to replace this President. I repeat we can’t wait till January 2021 to remove this President. ImpeachTrumpAgain DNC GOP HouseGOPEUSA HouseDemocrats SenateGOP SenateDems HouseJudiciary JerryNadler SpeakerPelosi joebiden realDonaldTrump
OPB Under whose orders?
OPB This is what the hardcore 2A heads have been waiting on right?
OPB How do we know they are federal or even real law enforcement? Anybody can dress up in tactical gear and kidnap people. Where are they taking these people to?
OPB The GOP now stands for Government Of PUTIN!
OPB Which Feds? By whose authority?
OPB .have you assclowns never heard of undercover policing? These people cam move in and out of a crowd and grab people as they record then doing illegal acts. Don't forget these people are vandals looters and thugs. They are _destructive_ anarchists NOT PROTESTORS outnumbered
OPB Tiktok has been talking about this and asking for help for several weeks now. Get on the ball NPR.
OPB This sounds like something that would happen in other countries. This is America and needs to stop!
OPB Crazy America
OPB This is TrumpsGestapo kidnapping peaceful protestors. WhoAreThey
OPB What?
EsmeAlaki OPB Since when are we Chile..?
OPB
OPB Federal Officers are protecting Federal property from violent protestors and rioters. Property that has sustained hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage in the last 40+ days from rioters. No conspiracy here.
OPB Gestapo
OPB HouseDemocrats SenateDems Why is nothing being done about this? I thought the Gestapo was abolished years ago? If these are ‘police’, it’s no wonder we need reform!
OPB There appears to be a group of people (none of whom live in Portland, as far as I can tell) whose main argument is that 'local police aren't stopping the protests/riots.' Even granting this premise... (1/2)
OPB And how does that make you feel? Sad?
MaggiJeffcoat OPB This is awful. WE CAN'T LET THIS GO ON. This isn't my America and if you are okay with this, then you aren't my Americans.
OPB 'protestors' -- you mean antifa rioters? That pesky organization that was just declared a terrorist organization?
OPB Going to put this here for people who want to understand what's going on in our nation.
OPB maddow
OPB You know, they look alot like military and less like the police... Has anyone asked the Pentagon what war they are fighting in
OPB Sounds like they hauling folks off and putting them in FEMA camps smdh. Y'all better get hip!!!
OPB Maybe we can use them to extract Trump from the White House on January 20th!
OPB This is horrifying. Where are they taking these people they are kidnapping?
d___nobes I’m so torn, I hate big government, but I also hate a lot of extreme left Portlanders.
OPB naziwhitehouse realDonaldTrump using the Gestapo to disappear American citizens. First to Latinos with their camps , now protestors and innocents.
OPB While this is sad and scary, can’t say I am all that surprised. Register to vote than do it!
OPB Salt Lake City, 6/2. Arrestees were apparently led to believe these 'soldiers' were military police. Only ID was 'police' on back of uniform. No badges. Turned out to be SLCPD SWAT. SLCPD told me they 'needed' camo ... in an unmarked van, in downtown SLC.
OPB Good
OPB Gov Kay Brown and Mayor Wheeler has told DHS sec to remove these federal goon squads from Oregon.
OPB Finally. Law & Order!
OPB Antifa is a terrorist organization and they are systematically being arrested along with rioters breaking federal laws. Notice that other 'protesters' are not being arrested..
OPB More evidence of the USA's further descent into nazi fascism. We should all be outraged by this and all other heavy-handed, anti-rule-of-law behavior exercised by realDonaldTrump and the corruptGOP 😡 We are a democratic republic dammit not a theocratic budding fascist state!
Patbagley OPB RepublicanGestapo
OPB I’d love to see some reporting of this by maddow and washingtonpost
OPB How do we know they are even Americans?
OPB Good! Those idiots have been trashing the city for a month. About time someone stepped in to get it under control.
OPB Why do the police stand clear & say nothing?
OPB Fascist state
OPB
OPB No, no no. This is so bad.
OPB I went to sleep and woke up in friggin Russia.....ffs......🥺🤯
OPB cnn msnbc this needs your attention
OPB So we’re officially becoming Russia with our own KGB TrumpFailedAmerica TrumpDictatorship TrumpVirus TrumpIsNotWell
Mykes2nyce OPB Terrifying, our country now withholds pandemic statistics to coerce people into dangerous situations Now we're bagging people off the street into unmarked vans We are living in the dystopian novel
OPB This isn't illegal or different than other countries
OPB This was not a statue. Do you like to see destruction? Is that peaceful? PortlandProtest PortlandRiots
OPB Portland = Mogadishu
OPB who said they’re “law enforcement”? source? These are boogaloo larpers. not cops.
OPB This is not acceptable.,.what is the difference between democracy and communism/autocracy?
OPB Nice! Now USA is working full dictatorial style. America aren’t your tired of wining yet? How sad is all this. America wake up, they will come for you too tomorrow, is the way it works and it always happens.
OPB Petfect
OPB Pinochet would be proud
OPB How is this not felony kidnapping?
OPB lisamurkowski SenDanSullivan This is clearly illegal and federal overreach. Stand up for citizen's rights. Push back on this now and tell DHS_Wolf to back off and stand down.
OPB Everyone out there please remember there are still real libertarians out there disgusted by this. Not all of us are right wingers.
OPB Good
OPB This is just a precursor for November. There will be no election.
OPB A republic, if you can keep it.
OPB I bet the Qanon nutjobs are creaming their panties right now.
OPB Can we stop just assuming they are officers? If someone in an unmarked vehicle doesn't identify themselves and tries to kidnap me or my family I'm putting him 6 feet under.
OPB The feds are trying to cancel Portland's newest reality show. We're 51 episodes into PortlandiaNights and it would really suck if Trump's Department of Homeland Security cancels it. tedwheeler please don't let DHS stop the riots!
OPB Trump’s Shock Troops under indicted murderer Eric Prince.
OPB About time!!!
OPB Federal law enforcement? NO! GESTAPO!
OPB i guess we're done talking about Bari Weiss
OPB
OPB WTF
OPB How did we get to such a state in this great country? Lifelong patriots have allowed Trump to destroy the values and institutions that made our democracy work. He’s created a conspiracy theory based form of government that cannot survive
OPB Illegal searches and seizures is always broken in our constitution.
OPB Sounds like a Mr Creedy black bag operation as head of the secret police in the Movie V for Vendetta.
SurfingBlue2020 OPB Thugmps America
carolkimSD OPB Isn't this what the Gestapo did in 1939?
OPB Where is the governor? Where is the mayor
OPB Trump and Barr ss troops
OPB What is anyone doing about it
OPB
OPB Those same “protesters” were shown on different videos destroying federal building, harming federal officers.
OPB Good, they need to be taken off and put in a Federal institution so they cannot bond out. The Mayor needs to be drug out of his office and thrown to the wolves he created and put an American in his place that loves this Country.
OPB Where are all of the conservatives that warned me about heavy-handed police states now? Oh? They're for this? Right. All totalitarianism needed to do was wrap itself in the flag and say it's a Republican.
OPB Fat boys with fanny packs... JFC
UniteBlue OPB What rental company is providing the cars and vans? boycott
OPB Isn't this what Pinochet did in Chile? Are we okay with people being kidnapped and disappeared by an unknown federal agency? This needs to stop. Now.
OPB Lol “protestors” these are rioters that are destroying Portland and the gov isn’t doing anything.
OPB Putin's playbook, as in Ukrain.
OPB BenSasse yet another step toward authoritarianism. Disgusting. When will you speak up?
OPB That's awesome! Locals are doing fuck all about it.
OPB Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters how about write is like this Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain rioters
OPB You and your media counterparts have spent the last month conflating peaceful protestors with rioters, looters, and anarchists. I would be more concerned if I wasn’t skeptical you are now doing more of the same.
OPB There should be crowdsourcing of business & personal video in areas where this is occurring. Citizens should not be detained without warrant or in the act of committing a crime. If the City of Portland is aware why isn’t there more of a local presence to prevent gestapo tactics
OPB The dhsgov under dhs_wolf and realDonaldTrump gop has become an authoritarian arm of the government, emulating realDonaldTrump mentor, Putin. PortlandProtests GOPBetrayedAmerica GOPComplicitTraitors
OPB Awesome! Next stop, Guantanamo. Antifa BlackLivesMatter
OPB America went from defeating Facist to enabling Facist. Truly remarkable how much a country can betray itself just one generation removed.
OPB If you think you might be a target, have your FB Live going if you can. Expose these power trippers.
OPB So what? It's only communists anarchists and antifa they're arresting.
OPB These men have broken laws. They should be identified and warrants issued. Local police should be on the lookout for these behaviors so they can be arrested in the act.
OPB This is trumps fascism on full display — this is an emergency FascistTrump
OPB Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf admits that Portland officials including Mayor Ted Wheeler and the governor asked them to leave. Instead, they responded with a hostile military occupation. How is this ok? What country is this? GOP this is on you. All of it.
OPB trump's gestapo Trump, Barr and Moscow Mitch are putting unqualified judged in place to set up their nazi like dictatorship. THIS IS SCARY ask the Germans Quote Tweet
OPB Love to see it.
OPB Don’s gestapo
OPB About time
OPB Ahh, yes, the 'mostly' peaceful protestors being targeted.
OPB How do you know they are federal law enforcement?
OPB Just more Putin behavior by Donald J Trump. I just don't believe his cult truly understand what it will be like living under a dictatorship once it gets fully entrenched with 4 more yrs. Once he comes for THEIR freedom though, they will.
OPB It’s crazy how evil & stupid the left has become, ppl who were libertarians 4 years ago are welcoming federal troops because they see what the globalists & marxists will do...
OPB First Amendment Violation, stripped of civil liberties! Outrage! Revolt!
OPB Executive overreach comes in many flavors, from draconian “directives” issued from the offices of state governors, to this. You can’t approve of one without approving of the other, regardless of the intent of either.
OPB Okay. Unmarked rioters have been destroying public property for some time now. Meeting farce with force?
OPB Basically, KIDNAPPING. Still waiting for the 2006 FBI report on white supremacists infiltrating the police force.
OPB Nazis Germany here in the US. Is your city next, are you next. Remember this is classic Hitler tactic to rid the country of those who he labeled a “problem “. If your not outraged, you may be next. 😡
OPB Are they detaining people, or are they picking up their agents provocateur and driving them someplace they can be debriefed and get cleaned up?
OPB This is what I would expect to see in Russia or China.
OPB What Federal agency Sounds very suspicious at best.
OPB Detaining people with no explanation is by definition not law enforcement. WordsMatter
OPB Well you know when things just get 'so bad', it's Super Trump to the rescue! He can fix things. Don't you trust this one man (and his people who back him up) to Make America Great Again? Umm ... when exactly did America the Beautiful become 'un-great'? (O.o)
OPB SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer maybe you guys should be trying to figure this out before people have to take care of it themselves
OPB If I see “militia” crawling out of rented unmarked vans, I see that as a threat to my person. Not identifying as police (anyone can acquire cop clothing on internet. I am a legal conceal carrier and I would defend myself. They would have killed me as I would be protecting myself.
OPB Totally illegal and unconstitutional.
OPB They aren’t protestors but just keep using that word I guess.
OPB Whatever happened to States' Rights?
OPB They can’t just go kidnapping people off the streets.
OPB Looks just like Hitler’s brown shirts!!!
OPB Play commie revolutionary games, win commie revolutionary prizes.
OPB How nice of you to catch up.
OPB Too bad. The goon squads should be coming for journalists.
OPB Open fascism
OPB How long until loses all public funding? Or is shut down by the FCC? Wouldn’t that be a predictable next step for these authoritarian times? That the FCC is overseen by Congress gives me little comfort, these days.
OPB There are way too many parallels to 1940s Germany.
OPB This is FASCISM!
OPB Donald Trump's SS.
OPB The accurate word is *kidnapping*
OPB This is a red flag on American liberties. Please keep reporting on this. Trump is testing the waters.
OPB No badges, no authority.
OPB Surely all the rednecks with AR-15s are gonna show up and save us, right? This is what they've said they're for after all.
OPB USA2020
OPB We’ve seen videos of this. How is this legal !?
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