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This article offers scant evidence that this occurred. A man claims that he was arrested "as he was walking home from a peaceful protest" and taken to the cour
by marcusverus 6y ago
This article offers scant evidence that this occurred.
A man claims that he was arrested "as he was walking home from a peaceful protest" and taken to the courthouse in an unmarked vehicle. This strikes me as unlikely to be the full story, but it is presented as the gospel truth. The entire thing is based on the word of this guy. What did the Washington Post do to verify the truth of this story? Anything?
The WaPo article refrences Oregon Public Broadcasting as a source, and their article[0] contains more allegations:
> Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14.
and
> 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.
Neither article links to these videos. So, in terms of supporting evidence, we're left with the word of one man and a perfectly credulous article written in a local publication.
Has anyone seen one of these videos?
[0]https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/ https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unm...
- ianleeclark 6y ago> Has anyone seen any of these videos? https://twitter.com/matcha_chai/status/1283328232033411072 https://twitter.com/matcha_chai/status/1283328232033411072 Is the one I've seen going around
- woopwoop 6y agoHere's one: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/hry8db/armed_troops_in_portland_oregon_are_taking_people/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/hry8db/arme...
- dTal 6y agoMany of the comments note a number of highly suspicious irregularities which point towards this being some kind of asset extraction, as opposed to a genuine arrest.
- marcusverus 6y agoThank you for the link. That's some scary stuff.
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