{"id":176303,"date":"2020-07-17T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/07\/17\/yeah-fascism\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T23:29:00","slug":"yeah-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/07\/17\/yeah-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, Fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roving bands of masked federal agents are jumping out of unmarked cars and dragging people away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Portland, the governor of Oregon, the Portland PD, and the Oregon State police have received no notice about this:<\/p>\n

In the early hours of July 15, after a night spent protesting at the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O\u2019Shea decided to head home.<\/span>

<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span>

<\/span>A block west of Chapman Square, Pettibone and O\u2019Shea bumped into a group of people who warned them that people in camouflage were driving around the area in unmarked minivans grabbing people off the street.<\/span>

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<\/span>They had barely made it half a block when an unmarked minivan pulled up in front of them.<\/span>

<\/span>\u201cI see guys in camo,\u201d O\u2019Shea said. \u201cFour or five of them pop out, open the door and it was just like, \u2018Oh sh%$. I don\u2019t know who you are or what you want with us.\u2019\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14. Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off.<\/span>

<\/span>The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to \u201cquell\u201d nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks.<\/span>

<\/span>Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, while others have been arrested and released, including Pettibone. They also left one demonstrator hospitalized with skull fractures after shooting him in the face<\/a> with so-called \u201cless lethal\u201d munitions July 11. <\/span>

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<\/span>But interviews conducted by OPB show officers are also detaining people on Portland streets who aren\u2019t near federal property, nor is it clear that all of the people being arrested have engaged in criminal activity. Demonstrators like O\u2019Shea and Pettibone said they think they were targeted by federal officers for simply wearing black clothing in the area of the demonstration. <\/span>

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<\/span>\u201cFeds are driving around, grabbing people off the streets,\u201d O\u2019Shea said on the video. \u201cI didn\u2019t do anything f%$#ing wrong. I\u2019m recording this. I had to let somebody know that this is what happens.\u201d <\/span>

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<\/span>\u201cI am basically tossed into the van,\u201d Pettibone said. \u201cAnd I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn\u2019t see and they held my hands over my head.\u201d <\/span>

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<\/span>Pettibone said he was put into a cell. Soon after, two officers came in to read him his Miranda rights. They didn\u2019t tell him why he was being arrested. He said they asked him if he wanted to waive his rights and answer some questions, but Pettibone declined and said he wanted a lawyer. The interview was terminated, and about 90 minutes later he was released. He said he did not receive any paperwork, citation or record of his arrest.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(%$#<\/i> mine)<\/p>\n

I’m trying to figure out whether or not this is Brownshirt sh%$, or if it’s Blackshirt sh%$.<\/p>\n

In either case, there area a lot of “Good Germans” out there who need to be dealt with when Trump goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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