Top U.S. Homeland Security official insists arrests in Portland are lawful

[Nevilledog]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-wolf/top-u-s-homeland-security-official-insists-arrests-in-portland-are-lawful-idUSKCN24M2TU

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday defended federal agents who have cracked down on protesters in Portland, Oregon, claiming the agents were making lawful arrests and properly identifying themselves as law enforcement.

“We are only targeting and arresting those who have been identified as committing crime,” Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said at a press conference, noting that “all officers are identified as police law enforcement officers.”

Federal officers last week started cracking down on crowds gathering in Portland to protest police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, part of DHS, has come under fire after videos surfaced online capturing camouflaged officers carrying guns without clear insignia on their uniforms identifying them as legitimate law enforcement officers.

In the videos, they can be seen arresting people without any explanation and hauling them off in unmarked vehicles.

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This guy really needs to be dick punched. I volunteer.

[superpatriotman]

1. This 'acting' head needs to go away

Which agency can make that happen?

[Nevilledog]

2. One led by a Democrat.

[RockRaven]

3. Say it under oath, motherfucker. The video shows you are lying.

The federal statute of limitations for perjury is longer than Trump has left. Say it under oath. I dare you.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Have any charges actually been filed?

I’ve only heard of people being abducted/detained, and then released.

[Bev54]

5. Here is what he said on Fox news

Not word for word - We cannot tell who has done what (protesters) so we proactively arrest them. That does not sound lawful to me. They are arresting people because they might commit a crime? Or maybe they committed a crime but we didn't see it? That is not lawful arrests.

[Cha]

6. Consider the source.. Lying Fascist Assholes Covering

their Criminal tracks.