⁍ Oregon officials are suing to stop federal agents from ‘unlawfully detaining’ people in Portland.
⁍ The lawsuit said unidentified federal agents have grabbed people off Portland’s streets ‘without warning or explanation, without a warrant, and without providing any way to determine who is directing this action’
The arrests come amid weeks of nightly protests, and the agents have been seen using tear gas to break up crowds.

– Oregon’s attorney general is seeking an order to stop militarized federal agents from arresting people in Portland as the city continues to be convulsed by nightly protests that have gone on for seven weeks and have now pitted local officials against the Trump administration, the AP reports. Federal agents, some wearing camouflage and some wearing dark Homeland Security uniforms, used tear gas at least twice to break up crowds late Friday night, the Oregonian reports.Demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality have happened every day in Oregon’s largest city since Minneapolis police killed George Floyd on May 25. President Donald Trump has decried the disorder, and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blasted the protesters as ‘lawless anarchists’ in a visit to the city. Before the aggressive language and action from federal officials, the unrest hadfrustrated Mayor Ted Wheeler and other local authorities, who had said a small cadre of violent activists were drowning out the message of peaceful protesters in the city. But Wheeler said the federal presence in the city is now exacerbating a tense situation and he has told them to depart.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/oregon-sues-feds-over-agents-grabbing-people-off-streets-2020-7