- Reaction score
- 19,507
- Location
- Dick’s Drive-In
Key takeaways from independent firm’s assessment of Portland’s response to 2020 protests
Trump’s deployment of federal officers “significantly escalated” the 2020 protests
On June 26, 2020, amid the protests, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to “protect American monuments, memorials and statues” and to combat “recent criminal violence.” The order deployed more than 700* federal officers to the streets of Portland, which Independent Monitor, LLC says intensified conflict in the city.During the period PPB only had about the same number of sworn officers*
“During the review period, the Federal government sent more than 700 federal officers to Portland, which from our review of the available evidence, significantly escalated the level of street conflict,” Mitchell said.
The deployment resulted in highly publicized clashes between protesters and law enforcement that shifted toward federal buildings around the city.
“People were angry, and we needed leaders out there, and we needed them out there to say that ‘We hear you,’” said community member Ashley Schofield. “Instead, we were thrown bullets.”
The months-long riots resulted in serious injury to both protesters and law enforcement.
“During much of July, there were notable clashes with federal law enforcement officers at the Hatfield Courthouse that included attempts by persons to penetrate it, set fires, and in some cases, assault federal officers,” the report reads. “Significant amounts of force were used by federal authorities, including large volumes of CS gas and other less-lethal munitions, including, in well-publicized cases, less-lethal munitions that caused grievous injury to persons who were not engaged in any violence.”
Unmarked Vans were grabbing civilians off the street and taking them away.
But Andy Ngo said it was all Anteefas fault?
