Local Portland news source on the Fed invasion...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

News Blog Link: https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/07/17/28649587/good-afternoon-news-feds-meet-with-police-union-instead-of-mayor-your-social-gatherings-are-killing-us-and-not-another-rbg-scare

Good Afternoon, News: Feds Meet with Police Union Instead of Mayor, Your Social Gatherings Are Killing Us, and Not Another RBG Scare!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey • Jul 17, 2020 at 5:32 pm

Typical posts:

• In great news for us media types who law enforcement loves to tear gas and harass, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon has allowed the ACLU to lump federal officers in with the Portland Police in a lawsuit designed to make them stop targeting journalists (like the Mercury who's listed as one of the plaintiffs) as well as legal observers. Kelly Simon of the ACLU had this to say: "[Federal and local officers] cannot disperse, or target with direct force, those trying to document the truth about what is happening in our communities.”

• U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams has asked for an investigation into the federal officers (the same ones who swooped in and snatched up law-abiding protesters into an unmarked van) for detaining Portland civilians without probable cause.

• In a move that's not shady at all (jk, it's super shady), Portland Police Union boss Daryl Turner met with Trump cohort/DHS head Chad "CHAD!" Wolf who, by the way, refused to invite Mayor Wheeler or Police Chief Lovell to the meeting. Our Alex Zielinski has more on this totally shady meet-up.

Portland Mercury web site: https://www.portlandmercury.com/

Trump and Barr done poked the bear with this one.......

KY..........

[Cha]

1. KICK! Thank you, KY!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. You're welcome, Cha.

I enjoy searching for local sources for the best scoop on any event and that Portland Mercury source along with some of the local Twitter pages are about as close to being there as we can get!

Bit-by-bit, I'm learning more about the history and foundations of the protest movement in Portland, as it seems to be quite complex.


KY........ .......

[Cha]

5. Good idea.. give this a KICK!

[kentuck]

2. Does anyone know firsthand what is going on in Portland?

Is there really a security problem there?

Are the protests peaceful or violent?

Who are the leaders? Perhaps they are willing to discuss their grievances and demands?

[Hekate]

4. Kick. Rec. Bookmark.