Ninth Circuit Rules Federal Agents Can’t Target Journalists at Portland Protests https://t.co/hOc2WkSciH @karinapdx pic.twitter.com/0f3GanviPE

— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) October 10, 2020

CNN has obtained documents reported by NPR that show D.C. National Guard was asked by military officer whether his unit had a “heat ray” that could be used on protesters at Lafayette Square on June 1, when Trump held Bible outside church. w/ @mkraju pic.twitter.com/QKIWAwjesx

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 17, 2020

Breaking WaPo: Hours before law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette Square, federal officials began to stockpile ammunition and seek devices that could emit deafening sounds and make anyone within range feel like their skin is on fire. https://t.co/ylREadj25V

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 17, 2020

After my discussions with VP Pence and others, the federal government has agreed to withdraw federal officers from Portland. They have acted as an occupying force & brought violence. Starting tomorrow, all Customs and Border Protection & ICE officers will leave downtown Portland.

— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) July 29, 2020

As tensions continue to rise over the Department of Homeland Security's involvement in suppressing protests in Portland, President Trump has shown no signs of scaling back the effort, but has instead tweeted they could extend to other cities https://t.co/hVC8uS7Wcx

— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2020

Rep. Jayapal hammers AG Barr pic.twitter.com/LvWHUkTvLf

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 28, 2020

The mayors of six U.S. cities appeal to Congress to make illegal for the federal government to deploy militarized federal agents to cities that don’t want them, even as the Trump administration is considering sending more of them to Portland, Oregon. https://t.co/IAEa8CxTjJ pic.twitter.com/8hLV787Bf2

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) July 27, 2020

CBP admits its agents were behind mysterious detentions at Portland protests. @joshscampbell reports pic.twitter.com/8z8IvMK7WM

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 17, 2020

New: These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Most departments refused to share details about investigations and discipline or even officers’ names. Here’s what we learned about each case. https://t.co/InhkjTxYPX

— ProPublica (@propublica) July 29, 2020

National Geographic videographer, Trip Jennings, was shot in the face by an impact munition in Portland. The round went through the eye of his gas mask, causing eye lacerations, and he was pepper sprayed so bad that the doctor had to wear a respirator. His account posted on FB: pic.twitter.com/71ic0m7LlV

— Alexander Reid Ross (@areidross) July 27, 2020

My very old friend and colleague Maureen Healy–a fellow historian and Chair of History at Lewis and Clark College in Portland–was shot above her eye by Trump's federal officers last night in #Portland. Please take a moment to read her statement. #BlackLivesMatter #Vote pic.twitter.com/IhJMo81iwA

— Michael Yudell (@PublicsHealth) July 22, 2020

The violence is the point. https://t.co/m2Rv8Wsln0

— David Roberts (@drvolts) July 26, 2020

"These are people who don't have training in riot control, who aren't used to dealing with political protests, and whose main goal seems to be to create more chaos," The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum says about federal officers in Portland.https://t.co/CTUQ1CNAnq

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 25, 2020

Another huge crowd tonight in Portland, including a new "wall" on the front lines: a Wall of Vets.

Here's a look at the line of military veterans getting set up here in front of the federal courthouse. Behind them, the Wall of Moms and the Wall of Dads are arriving. pic.twitter.com/gGnXHjI3k2

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 25, 2020

Feds started abducting protesters and a wall of moms formed.

They gassed the moms, so dads brought leaf blowers.

They beat a Navy veteran who just wanted to speak with them, then a wall of vets came together.

They attacked volunteer medics, so nurses showed up in scrubs. https://t.co/cQBCjojxq2

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 25, 2020

For context:
Currently,
-About 8600 US soldiers in Afghanistan
-About 11,000 soldiers in 82d Airborne Division
-About 30,000 soldiers serving in all of Europe

Before deploying, soldiers spend time training, gaining intelligence, building teams, preparing to work with allies. https://t.co/gfAiPwnjOq

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) July 25, 2020

Portland crowd singing “hands up please don’t shoot me” tonight pic.twitter.com/G90EKJttL2

— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) July 24, 2020

A grandpa from Olympia, Washington drove down to join the Portland protesters out of his dismay with Trump's goons. He brought his leaf blower to combat the tear gas. 👏👏👏 via @MrOlmos pic.twitter.com/8h8VWfYk9c

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) July 24, 2020

Hugely important piece by ⁦@JoyceWhiteVance⁩ about Trump/Barr’s abuse of federal law enforcement for seemingly political purposes & the dangers that presents. https://t.co/sUkE4oHdHr

— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) July 25, 2020

Trump is now consulting with the man who wrote the torture memos on his presidential powers. This is the part where everyone needs to be paying attention.https://t.co/ofiV0U36bU

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 25, 2020

Chad Wolf launched a small war in Portland. He’s just getting started, @MaxBoot says https://t.co/zKeDuArgI8

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 24, 2020

Trump’s deployment of federal agents in cities has everything to do with his reelection, the Editorial Board writes https://t.co/E9U9PApjTN

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 24, 2020

BREAKING: A federal court just issued a restraining order on the federal agents in Portland, Oregon.

We said we would deploy the full firepower of the ACLU in this fight to save our democracy — and we meant it.

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 24, 2020

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler says the tear gas stings. Says egregious overreaction from feds. Calls it urban warfare. pic.twitter.com/hrRICiNGHn

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 23, 2020

Trump, struggling in his re-election bid against Democratic challenger Joe Biden, said he would expand a Justice Department program known as "Operation Legend" to Chicago and other cities, including Albuquerque, New Mexico.https://t.co/QeKuIEAdn8

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 22, 2020

Portland right now. Everyone in yellow is a Mom. Portland Moms are freaking amazing.

https://t.co/jkHsjawbu7

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) July 22, 2020

Moms have been joined by Dads — organizing as "PDX Dad Pod." Here are some, seen wearing orange. The crowd is growing. (video by @tedsickinger) pic.twitter.com/qq6OL1bGV9

— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) July 21, 2020

Navy vet seen in viral vid clashing w/federal officers in Portland tells @ABC he wants to use attention on him "to refocus this whole discussion back to Black Lives Matter."

“If I had been a black veteran…do you think I would have gotten as much attention as I did?” pic.twitter.com/OZHsFCqkE3

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) July 22, 2020

Nothing can justify this intervention. The President's actions are unconstitutional. https://t.co/3fxXTprBwi

— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) July 22, 2020

This great @AaronBlake piece underscores how much depends on a president following the law. Trump keeps violating the Federal Vacancies Reform Act but who's going to sue and how long would that take? So he keeps getting away with this stuff. https://t.co/b9K6MRLXyE

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 22, 2020

Trump is using law enforcement to manufacture a campaign lie about Biden. He told us so himself, straight from the Oval Office! This is what got him impeached: Manipulating govt to invent Biden smears. In both cases, his own TV ads confirm the point. https://t.co/wVze81eZvC

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) July 21, 2020

Good ⁦@AlexHortonTX⁩ piece on military veterans uncomfortable with scenes of federal agents wearing tactical gear on US streets and resembling soldiers https://t.co/53neMMTCF5

— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) July 22, 2020

The crowd is clapping for the #PortlandMoms, they are welcomed back into the crowd as heroes for holding the line. #PortlandProtest #Portland #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/A3kWlaDt91

— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) July 22, 2020

Today on TV, the Deputy Director of the federal paramilitary force in #PDX discussed the infamous van video. He described a textbook example of an unconstitutional arrest.

But… he doesn’t seem to know it.

That is a BIG PROBLEM. Let’s unpack this. It’s important.
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— Andrew Crespo (@AndrewMCrespo) July 22, 2020

PA’s former governor says it perfectly: the DHS was created to fight terrorism, not be Trump’s personal militia. https://t.co/Ir9EhhLvZX

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 22, 2020

Tom Ridge, appointed by GW Bush to be America’s first Director of Homeland Security, blasts Trump’s use of federal agents in Portland, saying DHS was formed to protect us from another 9-11: “It was not established to be the president’s personal militia.” https://t.co/syKvOuD8ep

— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) July 22, 2020

"I wasn’t even paying attention to the protests at all until the feds came in."

A Navy veteran had a question for the feds. Instead of answering him, they beat him and broke his hand.

via @johnismay. https://t.co/y4Iq2WNL3v

— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (@NickAtNews) July 20, 2020

As Cory Alexander and her daughter Nevaeh Belka stroll through downtown Portland, a mural catches the 9-year-old’s eye. (1/14)

— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) July 18, 2020

The US Attorney for the Oregon District requested an investigation into masked, camouflaged federal authorities without identification badges who are arresting protesters in Portlandhttps://t.co/QXEBwqx6Ly

— CNN (@CNN) July 18, 2020

Incredible scene in Portland right now. A group of Moms are chanting, “Feds stay clear! Moms are here!” at the federal courthouse.

https://t.co/gexQJJM6ck

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) July 19, 2020

A major American city is being softly Pinochet’ed in broad daylight. https://t.co/U7edVD9CYq via @CharlesPPierce

— Esquire (@esquire) July 17, 2020

The consequences of Donald Trump unilaterally dispatching fed’l law enforcement into U.S. cities played out in Portland w/a peaceful protester shot in the head. Trump & Homeland Security must now answer why fed’l officers are acting like an occupying army https://t.co/tnLz0nddGw

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) July 12, 2020

WARNING: I can’t believe I have to say this! An adhoc Federal Secret Police group is arresting Americans w/o cause or warrant. 1) Set a Defiant Resistance posture: Don’t answer questions. Demand a Lawyer & your release. Document everything. Get all names, orgs. #CallThisOut https://t.co/YIm5kxhyPe

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) July 17, 2020

"Portland is being used as a bellwether to see what this administration can get away with." I spoke with @IwriteOK who has been on the ground since unrest started there 50 nights ago https://t.co/X1kgeJN2fS pic.twitter.com/Dgo5nrmxUC

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) July 18, 2020

Tonight we will file a lawsuit in federal court against U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Federal Protection Service alleging they seized and detained Oregonians without probable cause.

Statement here: pic.twitter.com/Lzsw3XFN7x

— Ellen Rosenblum (@ORDOJ) July 18, 2020

Summary of our letter to Barr and Wolf: Your authoritarian police state is not welcome here. Get out of Oregon. pic.twitter.com/kL7aXBlcZR

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) July 18, 2020

I wrote a short thing about Donald Trump's favorite Chad, a former airport security bureaucrat who now oversees special agents picking protesters off the streets of Portland.https://t.co/A6J3khDV9O

— Noah Lanard (@nlanard) July 17, 2020

CBP admits its agents were behind mysterious detentions at Portland protests. @joshscampbell reports pic.twitter.com/8z8IvMK7WM

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 17, 2020

NEW FOIAs: In recent days, news reports have described unidentified federal officers in unmarked vans detaining protesters in Portland, Oregon. DHS has deployed agents to suppress ongoing protests against police brutality.

We’re demanding answers.https://t.co/YUw5s0vE89

— American Oversight (@weareoversight) July 17, 2020

Something terrible, something dangerous — and, yes, something unconstitutional — is happening in Portland. It must be stopped. https://t.co/OI43sb4cuU

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) July 17, 2020

"Federal agents dressed in camouflage and tactical gear have taken to the streets of Portland in unmarked vans, seizing and detaining protesters and unleashing tear gas in what Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has called “a blatant abuse of power.” https://t.co/FN1u4jxFP7

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) July 17, 2020

This political theater from President Trump has nothing to do with public safety. The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government. https://t.co/PdlZkmW0mQ

— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) July 16, 2020

Dear @DHS_Wolf & @TheJusticeDept units: You should leave Portland.

-Federal units are not the graffiti police.
-Just because a person engages in graffiti does not mean you can arrest other protestors who did nothing wrong.
-Stop using unmarked cars. We are not a banana republic. https://t.co/Dtjpo34as2

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 17, 2020

Oregon Public Broadcasting confirms tweets today that federal officers in camouflage but no agency identification or badges, driving unmarked non-government rental cars, are grabbing protestors off streets in Portland and not talking w local authoritieshttps://t.co/sfY9TUkbDI

— David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) (@dburbach) July 17, 2020