These forces are not local unmarked police. They are camouflaged federal Homeland Security forces that were not invited by the local government into Portland. Soon they are supposed to be deployed to Chicago and other big cities without invitation by the local governments.
I have no doubt that unless this is stopped in the courts, these squads will be showing up on November 3rd in mostly minority neighborhoods to ensure "free and fair" elections. Sad that we have learned nothing from Italy and Germany of the 1920s and 1930s, and the rise of authoritarianism in modern day Europe.
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