{"id":79888,"date":"2020-07-26T17:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79888"},"modified":"2020-07-26T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T07:05:14","slug":"04-05-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79888","title":{"rendered":"US Charges 18 Portland Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>US Charges 18 Portland Protesters as It Sends Tactical Police to Seattle<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Reuters<\/strong> and Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

People hold a sign during a demonstration against police violence and racial inequality in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., July 24, 2020. Photo:\u00a0 \/ REUTERS\/Shannon Stapleton.<\/span><\/p>\n

US prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing, a day after the\u00a0Trump\u00a0<\/span>administration expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrests came this week during clashes with specially-equipped federal police agents sent to Portland, where 56 straight days of anti-racism demonstrations have captured national attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

The federal forces have drawn criticism from Democrats and civil liberties groups who allege excessive force and federal overreach by President Donald\u00a0Trump<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deployment of federal officers has also drawn the scrutiny of the Justice Department inspector general, who announced an investigation of their use of force, and prompted a federal judge to issue a temporary order limiting their use of force and blocking them from arresting journalists and legal observers of street protests.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Trump\u00a0<\/span>administration sent a tactical team to Seattle on Thursday in anticipation of protests this weekend despite the objections of the Seattle mayor and Washington state governor, who warned of a Portland-like escalation of tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

US Attorney for the Western District of Washington Brian Moran said in a statement that federal agents are stationed in Seattle to protect federal properties and the work done in those buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not let the violence that has marred the Portland protests damage peaceful movements here for a more just society,\u201d Moran said. \u201cMy hope is our community will speak with one voice to discourage those who seek to hijack peaceful protests with damage and destruction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Trump\u00a0<\/span>administration has also sent federal police to Chicago, Kansas City and Albuquerque over the objections of those mayors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump<\/span>, who is running for reelection on November 3 in part on a campaign of law and order, has threatened to deploy federal forces in more cities run by Democratic mayors, who he accuses of being soft on crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Portland team of tactically equipped, camouflaged officers fired tear gas canisters at Black Lives Matter demonstrators in central Portland early on Friday, taking on a policing role typically reserved for local law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI made clear to Acting Secretary (Chad) Wolf that deployments in Seattle \u2014 like we have seen in Portland \u2014 would undermine public safety and break community trust,\u201d Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said on Twitter late on Thursday, referring to the acting secretary of Homeland Security.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee warned that federal officers might \u201cmake the thing worse and throw gasoline on a fire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Portland has been rocked by nearly two months of demonstrations for racial equality and against police brutality, part of a movement that has swept the United States since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an African American, in the custody of Minneapolis police.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Justice Department said all 18 of those charged in Portland had made a first appearance in federal court and were released pending trial or other proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five people were charged with suspicion of assaulting a federal officer, trespassing and creating a disturbance during protests on the night of July 20-21, said Billy Williams, the US Attorney for the District of Oregon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven people have been charged in connection with criminal conduct during a July 21-22 night protest, including one person charged with arson. Another six were charged over events from the night of July 22-23.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em>
\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion’68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.
\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:
\n<\/em>webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Charges 18 Portland Protesters as It Sends Tactical Police to Seattle Reuters and Algemeiner Staff People hold a sign during a demonstration against police violence and racial inequality in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., July 24, 2020. Photo:\u00a0 \/ REUTERS\/Shannon Stapleton. US prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79897,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888\/revisions\/79897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}