Seattle man hospitalized after protesting in Portland sues President Trump, Homeland Security

[Nevilledog]

Seattle man hospitalized after protesting in Portland sues President Trump, Homeland Security secretary

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/07/seattle-man-hospitalized-after-protesting-in-portland-sues-president-trump-homeland-security-secretary.html

A Seattle man who came to Portland to protest Saturday night and ended up in a hospital emergency room after he said he was assaulted by federal agents is suing President Donald Trump and the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The complaint, filed in the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse that’s been the backdrop of nightly demonstrations in downtown Portland, alleges federal law enforcement at Trump’s direction have used excessive force and violated Seattle resident Jeff Paul’s freedom of speech and assembly.

The suit was filed Tuesday, the same day acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf held a news conference, rebuking Portland officials for failing to curb the nightly “lawlessness'' in and around the downtown federal courthouse and defending federal officers’ actions.

On Saturday night, after peaceful marchers demonstrated against police brutality and systemic racism, federal officers physically charged at protesters, including Paul, to remove them from the area outside the Justice Center, and used chemical agents, batons and shields, the suit says.

It alleges Wolf conspired with Trump and federal law enforcement officers to violate Paul’s civil rights.

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[Cha]

1. Best of Legal Luck to hero, Jeff Paul, from Seattle!

[mjvpi]

2. It seems like there is visual evidence of peaceful protesters being brutalized.

It seems like something that could be handled for many people by a central group of lawyers. I don’t really know what makes a judge rule that something can become a class action. The individual officers should be named as well. They take an oath to defend the constitution. If they don’t have the conscience or the aptitude to question what they are being asked to do, they need to be held accountable as well. The American hero with the Navy sweatshirt should get three names right off the bat.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Hear, hear!

[smirkymonkey]

4. Good.

I hope he destroys the bastards. This is all so wrong.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. The way that I see this unfolding is that one of these para-military dick bags are

going to kill a civilian and shit's gonna hit the fan, even more. Or they're gonna kill an actual LEO and the shit's gonna hit the wind turbine.

[elias7]

6. For the acronym challenged, LEO law enforcement officer

Hope you don’t mind my addendum. I always have to look those things up.