This is truly frightening.

[TDale313]

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Guilded Lilly]

1. Pretty much everything about this current America is frightening. This even more than normal.

[ecstatic]

3. Yep. Has the CDC hospital data fiasco been resolved yet?

Or are we really about to be blocked from seeing information regarding virus deaths, etc?

Frightening, indeed. And still, Mitch does NOTHING to stop it.

[Skittles]

2. why are they never deployed to grab gun and confederate flag-waving morons?

or are those the ones doing the grabbing?

[canuckledragger]

7. I think you hit the nail on the head.

Because, as we all know, Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses. (and that's the way things have ALWAYS been.)

[North Shore Chicago]

37. +1000!

[DSandra]

4. I really don't want to say this, but if your not willing to fight, you face the consequences...

Democrats and the left have been too weak for too long against the right wing and conservatives, and this monster seems to have been the end result.

Long ago, during war, you either won, or lost and everyone on your side either died or became a slave. It looks like it's coming down to this again...

[KPN]

10. Don't underestimate us. I'm inclined to agree on the legislative

front. But this is way different. The boil occupying our WH is about to burst and be eradicated. Frightening events maybe, but we will prevail and destroy him and his supporters.

[marlakay]

13. The last dem tough like that was President Johnson

And reading biography about him he used tactics that current dems won't do. He dug up secrets on senators and threatened them for votes.

[canetoad]

17. An electoral solution is imminent

Won/Lost: black/white.

Do you support a violent uprising?

[DSandra]

23. The other side believes in "Might makes Right"

We've been way too nice to them, and a lot of people have paid the price for it in suffering and lives lost.

[LizBeth]

5. This is what Gov Brown says...

Governor Kate Brown
6h ·
This political theater from President Trump has nothing to do with public safety. The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government.

I told Acting Secretary Wolf that the federal government should remove all federal officers from our streets. His response showed me he is on a mission to provoke confrontation for political purposes. He is putting both Oregonians and local law enforcement officers in harm’s way.

This, coming from the same President who used tear gas to clear out peaceful protesters in Washington, DC to engineer a photo opportunity.

Trump is looking for a confrontation in Oregon in the hopes of winning political points in Ohio or Iowa.

https://katu.com/news/local/acting-homeland-security-secretary-says-portland-has-been-under-siege?fbclid=IwAR1t1Yu3M6ZyBMy7TOdOfMXDg1VPAfWmEKY70sOAX24CgiwHZ2ilHnFeqzc

[BigmanPigman]

6. Yep, DC protest redux.

Did Barr have a hand in this too?

[dchill]

9. Both hands, I'm sure.

[KPN]

8. KGOP!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. What's happening to the people being taken?

Have they been heard from and who are they?

I would also be concerned that some of the "officers" could be part of militant right-wing group, pulling stunts like this to scare protesters in support of Trump.

KY.............

[Grokenstein]

14. More discussion on this thread:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2539224

This is from the other thread's linked article:

“I am basically tossed into the van,” Pettibone said. “And I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn’t see and they held my hands over my head.”

Pettibone and O’Shea both said they couldn’t think of anything they might have done to end up targeted by law enforcement. They attend protests regularly but they said they aren’t “instigators.” They don’t spray paint buildings, shine laser pointers at officers or do anything else other than attend protests, which law enforcement have regularly deemed “unlawful assemblies.”

Blinded by his hat, in an unmarked minivan full of armed people dressed in camouflage and body armor who hadn’t identified themselves, Pettibone said he was driven around downtown before being unloaded inside a building. He wouldn’t learn until after his release that he had been inside the federal courthouse.

“It was basically a process of facing many walls and corners as they patted me down and took my picture and rummaged through my belongings,” Pettibone said. “One of them said, ‘This is a whole lot of nothing.’”

Pettibone said he was put into a cell. Soon after, two officers came in to read him his Miranda rights. They didn’t tell him why he was being arrested. He said they asked him if he wanted to waive his rights and answer some questions, but Pettibone declined and said he wanted a lawyer. The interview was terminated, and about 90 minutes later he was released. He said he did not receive any paperwork, citation or record of his arrest.

“I just happened to be wearing black on a sidewalk in downtown Portland at the time,” Pettibone said. “And that apparently is grounds for detaining me.”

If this is for real, it's just a trial run for far, far worse.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. Thanks, very informative.

I hope a group of those arrested can work with the ACLU or some other support organization and take this travesty to court.

KY

[Captain Zero]

15. from another thread on this topic

Pettibone said he was put into a cell. Soon after, two officers came in to read him his Miranda rights. They didn’t tell him why he was being arrested. He said they asked him if he wanted to waive his rights and answer some questions, but Pettibone declined and said he wanted a lawyer. The interview was terminated, and about 90 minutes later he was released. He said he did not receive any paperwork, citation or record of his arrest.

“I just happened to be wearing black on a sidewalk in downtown Portland at the time,” Pettibone said. “And that apparently is grounds for detaining me.”

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MY ADDITION: After you are detained for 15 minutes ASK THEM THIS >> I have been detained over 15 minutes. Why am I being detained? After a few more minutes repeat this and ask if you are under arrest or are you free to leave? Start asking for names, agencies and ranks of detaining officers. Ask: If I am under arrest, I have a right to know the charge. If you don't have a charge am I free to go? It will speed up their processes. Don't answer ANY questions. Say no I want a lawyer, and I want to know the charges in writing on letterhead.

[ffr]

12. Not certain if we have a name for tRump's forces, but in Germany they were called the Gestapo

Hope the 77,000 who made the difference not to vote for Hillary are proud of themselves tonight, yet again, to all that they have fostered.

[DSandra]

26. I am angry at the Dems who did not vote for Hillary back then...

Especially in battleground states.

Yes they had issues with Hillary, but by them not voting for her, they essentially joined the Trumpers in burning down this country. Just because a candidate does not put you in first place doesn't mean that you should press the self destruct button.

[Cha]

18. JFHC! Rt.. TY TD! #Oregon..

Link to tweet

[Cha]

19. #TreasonoustrumpGestpo&BEANS

Link to tweet

[Crunchy Frog]

20. If we win this election, there will need to be prosecutions of people who obeyed illegal orders.

[duforsure]

21. This only makes it more important

That judges rule to let his taxes be exposed so we can determine if this is from trump , or really done for putin. The longer they allow him to hide who is behind these policies , the more destruction of our way of life will be destroyed.

[BSdetect]

22. These "security forces" are infested with RW nutjobs. Ghouliani has friends in the FBS for example.

[DSandra]

24. The big red flag was when Ivana said that Trump liked to read Hitler's speeches

And by the direction early on of using demagogue tactics, one should've known that Trump was looking to Hitler has his inspiration.

[Champp]

25. Republican secret police attacking American democracy

The very essence of evil.

[LastDemocratInSC]

29. Correct.

[malaise]

27. This should have 500 recs

This is his private army

[Kaleva]

28. What identified them as federal officials?

How do they know the cars are rentals? Have missing persons reports been filed on the abducted protectors?

[uponit7771]

30. How do we know they're federal officers?

[GoCubsGo]

32. One of the protesters said they were taken to a federal courthouse.

See post #14.

[uponit7771]

34. That doesn't mean the people who took them there were federal officers, this is dangerous cause

... they being unmarked could get someone who knows how to handle themselves and things get out of hand

[GoCubsGo]

35. If they weren't federal officers, they were contracted by the federal government.

Either way, the federal government is behind this. And, yes. I agree this is dangerous. It's like a fucking Gestapo.

[Kaleva]

36. What are the names of the protesters taken?

Surely that would be known.

[superpatriotman]

33. Kick

Keep kicked because 2020 is only half over

[intheflow]

38. I'm betting Erik Prince has his hands in this.

Smells like Blackwater Domestic Ops.