Video appears to show authorities beating and pepper spraying Chris Davis, a 53-year-old Navy veteran who attended a protest in Portland, Oregon I just love CNN's description of the video. Chris Davis is obviously being beaten by federal law enforcement officers and what does CNN say? It appears!
Gov. Brown: “This is absolutely unacceptable. This was purely a photo opportunity for political theater for the Trump administration. He is trying to distract. … They only want to escalate. They want to dominate the streets.”
Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the recent protests.
Trump is no normal president, and sending unidentified troops into the streets of a major city to quell peaceful protests is highly unusual. What's even more unusual is they seem to be taking people into custody for no apparent reason. Via Oregon Public Broadcasting:
The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell” nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks.
Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, while others have been arrested and released, including Pettibone. They also left one demonstrator hospitalized with skull fractures after shooting him in the face with so-called “less lethal” munitions July 11.
Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC, have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the recent protests against racism and police brutality.
The Portland Police have declared the protest a civil disturbance and are ordering all protesters to disband or they'll be subject to arrest and nonlethal measures.
The person providing the commentary is an idiot who believes that rule of law and government are unnecessary. Yet, if it wasn't for those protections provided by the government (The First Amendment) he wouldn't be able to freely voice his opinions.
