Black activists in Portland call federal crackdown a 'distraction' from police reform efforts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

PORTLAND, Ore. - Near the front lines of protests in downtown Portland, longtime Black Lives Matter activist Danialle James recently found herself behind a large group surging toward the federal courthouse, chanting "Feds go home!"

James said it was then that she realized the federal intervention had "overshadowed" the original reason why protesters poured onto the city's streets every night for over 50 days: police killings of Black people.

Aggressive crowd control tactics by agents sent to protect federal buildings have reinvigorated protests in Portland, which has seen daily demonstrations since the May 25 death of George Floyd. Though the initial protests were mostly composed of young people, newly formed groups of mothers, fathers, military veterans, medical workers and others have formed human "walls" against federal agents.

Protests have now spread to other cities in solidarity with the demonstrators in Portland.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-activists-in-portland-call-federal-crackdown-a-distraction-from-police-reform-efforts/ar-BB17f6uC?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

[mr_lebowski]

1. I'm sure she's right that's exactly what's happening

And is probably what Trump hoped for. It puts him right at the center of attention, which as we know that man-child loves more than anything in the world.

[HotTeaBag]

2. White protesters seem to be getting in the way.

"The president of the Portland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), ED Mondainé, warned that the Black Lives Matter movement in the city is being coopted by “privileged white people” with other agendas."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/26/portland-federal-agents-teargas-protesters-black-lives-matter