Thread by JesseDamiani: Need more context for what’s going on in Portland right now? Here’s what we know so far. THREAD 1/ Beginning a few days ago, first-hand repo…
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Need more context for what’s going on in Portland right now? Here’s what we know so far.
Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues – Mother Jones
▻https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/federal-agents-portland-border-patrol-chad-wolf-statues
Mark Pettibone, who the Washington Post identified as the protester referenced in the CBP statement, has said he was detained without cause.
“I am basically tossed into the van,” Mark Pettibone told Oregon Public Broadcasting Thursday. “And I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn’t see and they held my hands over my head.”
Pettibone, who said he did nothing illegal and didn’t know why he was detained, recounted being taken to a building he later learned was Oregon’s federal courthouse, where he was Mirandized and searched. He said that after he declined to answer questions and asked for a lawyer, the interview ended and he was released after 90 minutes with no explanation or paperwork.
J’ai vu passer ça il y a deux-trois jours et je n’ai pas jugé bon de transmettre, c’était tellement chelou.
