Oregon Attorney General Sues to Stop Federal Arrests of Portland Protesters

[struggle4progress]

July 17, 2020
By Aaron Mesh | Published 9:42 PM Updated 10:49 PM

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will file a lawsuit in federal court tonight seeking a temporary restraining order barring the Department of Homeland Security and other federal law enforcement agencies from seizing and detaining Portland protesters without probable cause.

Her announcement follows a July 16 report by Oregon Public Broadcasting that federal officers whisked away protesters in unmarked vans—rental vehicles, it now appears.

She also announced that the Oregon Department of Justice and the Multnomah County district attorney would open a criminal investigation into the July 11 injury of Donavan LaBella, whom a U.S. Marshals Service officer shot in the face with a munition.

Rosenblum announced her intention to file the lawsuit in U.S. District Court tonight, as a federal police crackdown on Portland continues against the wishes of local elected officials for the 15th consecutive night ...

https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2020/07/17/oregon-attorney-general-sues-to-stop-federal-arrests-of-portland-protesters/

[Cha]

1. Thank you, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum!

[scarletwoman]

2. Glad to know this. Good for the Oregon AG - and good for Oregon Public Broadcasting for their

reporting about this,

[burrowowl]

3. Good on Oregon AG!

[duforsure]

4. Who didn't see this coming from trump, a Gestopo polce force

Used against peaceful protesters. Now judges need to throw the book at trump on all legal cases he's using to stall justice against him. Civil suits now should be filed to prevent this from escalating from more trump attacks on Americans. If they don't they will be soon completely bypassed , and ignored by trump.

[True Blue American]

5. The ACLU

Should be all over this

[DSandra]

6. These actions are not to be tolerated