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  1. Big Steve

    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    ....I'm sorry, but WTF does that mean, because those last six letters (well, seven) spell out a really disgusting word.
  2. Big Steve

    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    So that justifies behaving like a dictatorship? Ah, so we should tear it down ourselves fighting them, then? I'm not as sanguine as you that law enforcement authorities are recognizing distinctions between peaceful protestors and rioters, for one. And I did comment about the issue of...
  3. Big Steve

    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    I did. Let's all read it, shall we? I'm going to leave aside the fact that even an active peaceful protest movement can easily be defined as "civil unrest", since it usually reflects - shockingly - a lack of restfulness among a section of the populace. This statement is otherwise fine. It's...
  4. Big Steve

    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    The article does state they were protestors at the federal courthouse, and that they claim they were peaceful protestors. So, let's assume Pettibone wasn't just a peaceful protestor but committed a crime, or is suspected of committing a crime. Vandalism on federal property or some such. Are...
  5. Big Steve

    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    Yeah, use of unmarked police vehicles is done in a variety of operations, but typically speaking, they're supposed to be used for things like clandestine surveillance, not snatching people off the streets. Or are you going to say you have no problem with an unmarked van full of armed men...
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    United States Unidentified Federal Agents conducting unmarked vehicle snatches of protestors in Portland

    https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/17/portland-protests-federal-arrests/ My only comment is that this is such a bad idea and such a questionable use of authority that whoever's behind...
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