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Federal officers have flooded the streets of Portland, seizing and detaining protesters in what Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has called “a blatant abuse of power.”
Dressed in camouflage and tactical gear with no markings or identification, officers have patrolled the streets in unmarked vans and unleashed tear gas. Federal officers also shot one protester in the head with an apparent impact munition, leaving the man with severe head injuries.
President Trump said last week that he sent Homeland Security personnel to Portland because “the locals couldn’t handle it.” The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, arrived in the city on Thursday, calling the people who initially gathered to protest George Floyd’s death a “violent mob” of anarchists emboldened by a lack of local enforcement.
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