Barr Denies Trump's Gestapo Abuse Power In Portland!
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Protesters have a first Amendment right to demonstrate but that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump and AG Bill Barr from using secret police to illegally detain Americans in Portland, Oregon.
Barr referred to peaceful protesters as rioters on Tuesday in his hearing before the House, “Largely absent from these scenes of destruction are even superficial attempts by the rioters to connect their actions to George Floyd’s death or any legitimate call for reform. Nor could such brazen acts of lawlessness plausibly be justified by a concern that police officers in Minnesota or elsewhere defied the law.”
George Floyd protesters report being grabbed off the streets by men who refuse to identify themselves and then being tossed into an unmarked van. Videos of men brutalizing peaceful protesters have flooded social media.
Last week, U.S. Attorney for the Oregon District Billy J. Williams called for an investigation into unmarked officers who have been kidnapping George Floyd protesters in Portland.
William stated, "Based on news accounts circulating that allege federal law enforcement detained two protesters without probable cause, I have requested the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General to open a separate investigation directed specifically at the actions of DHS personnel.”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler also verifies that his office didn’t request assistance from federal officers and went on to demand that they leave. Wheeler stated, "Keep your troops in your own buildings or have them leave our city.”
Trump’s secret police didn’t leave and proceeded to gas peaceful protesters.
Multiple Oregon leaders stepped up their demand that Trump’s secret police leave. Oregon Governor Kate Brown stated that, "having federal troops here is like pouring gasoline on a fire."
Senator Jeff Merkley Tweeted @realDonaldTrump : “Get your DHS lackey and uninvited paramilitary actions out of my state. Our communities are not a stage for your twisted reelection campaign.”
Senator Ron Wyden Tweeted, “A peaceful protester in Portland was shot in the head by one of Donald Trump’s secret police. Now Trump and Chad Wolf are weaponizing the DHS as their own occupying army to provoke violence on the streets of my hometown because they think it plays well with right-wing media.”
Most lawmakers describe Trump’s actions as illegal. Moreover, many believe that Trump let the coronavirus pandemic spread unchecked so he can use it as an excuse to violate American’s rights. While others believe Trump is doing this simply to score cheap points with his base.
Trump’s Gestapo tactics are evocative of Hermann Gorings’ secret police of Nazi Germany. Americans and their leaders are speaking out to let the world know that Trump and his ICE Gestapo are not welcome.
Meanwhile, Barr proved again that he is not interested in upholding demonstrators First Amendment rights—he is too busy doing Trump’s dirty work.
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