Federal agents in Portland continue crackdown; protesters and local leaders shout 'Go home'
Undeterred by civil rights lawsuits and pleas from local officials to stand down, federal agents in camouflage have continued their crackdown against demonstrators into the weekend, launching impact explosives and tear gas late Friday at downtown protesters shouting, "Go home."
Since early in the week, agents dispatched by the Trump administration, some in unmarked vehicles, have confronted and detained activists, according to Oregon state officials, charging at least 13 with crimes related to demonstrations. One protester was hospitalized with skull fractures July 11 after a federal agent shot him in the face with a projectile.
Angered by the move to make Portland an example in a national law-and-order initiative just months before the presidential election, the conduct of federal forces here has accomplished what weeks of strife between protesters and Oregon officials had failed to do — uniting them, at least momentarily, in common cause.
“Every American should be repulsed when they see this happening,” state Atty. Gen. Ellen Rosenblum said in a statement. “If this can happen here in Portland, it can happen anywhere.”
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Well, it's happening in Portland...and will soon be happening anywhere Trump decides isn't sufficiently "obedient." 
The only hope lies in the courts -- and I have to wonder, even if they rule quickly against this, what are the odds the White House ignores the ruling, orders the crackdowns to continue, and tells critics that, if they don't like it, they can always try impeachment again?
