https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-mayor-demands-trump-keep-federal-agents-in-your-own-buildings-or-have-them-leave-our-city
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is demanding that President Trump remove federal agents
deployed to the city amid criticisms of a heavy-handed response against
protesters and journalists and reports that militarized law enforcement
personnel have refused to identify themselves.
“Keep
your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city,”
Wheeler said at a news conference Friday. "This is part of the core
media strategy out of Trump’s White House: to use federal troops to
bolster his sagging polling data. And it is an absolute abuse of federal
law enforcement officials.”
His remarks came on the same day the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a lawsuit
against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Marshals
Service for allegedly violating the rights of journalists and legal
observers. The suit adds the federal agencies to an existing complaint
to halt crowd control measures and the use of tear gas, rubber bullets
against the media and legal observers during protests.
The last mayor to use that line was humiliated into watching part of the city declare itself an autonomous zone and have to deal with protesters vandalizing her front lawn. Maybe Trump should listen and let Portland rot.
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