Do the rioters ware a uniform identifying themselves, where they are from and who funded their trip? I thought not. Maybe they should ware something with a bank account # to pay for all of their destruction. Only fair for police to also be unidentified.

Very similar to terrorists.
Lie in wait, taking lives, ruining lives, destroying property....anonymous COWARDS!!!!
Cuff 'em and jail 'em........treat them like war criminals until proven other wise....figure out later who they are.

We are long past the time to restore law and order...thanks to the spineless politicians and special interest groups that dictate to them.

It's not just BLM at these......um........"protests". ANTIFA is there in force and they are deemed a terrorist organization, hence the Feds involvement I would think.

Steve

Their are unnamed persons dressed in Black riot gear outfits carrying bats, Skate boards, bricks, matches and who knows what else in their back-packs. These Black outfit persons wear no Identifying insignia nor any name tags, are these terrorist infiltrating our country.. :shrug:

Reports indicate that these unmarked personnel were being used to protect the Federal Court House which was under siege by the protesters.

If the reports are correct, should we have just allowed the protesters take over the Court House? Like Seattle?

If a Federal Building is being attacked shouldn't it be a Federal Security Agency the ones to protect it, Mayor should haves NO SAY?

When a person walks up to people who are obviously in authority and antagonizes them and this person is a big guy and wearing a shirt that says Navy.( Does that really mean he was a veteran??? Maybe, Maybe not) I don't know. I have to rely on what people tell me and not too many veterans flip the bird at someone who is sent to keep order and is identified by a patch that says police and is wearing fatigues.

Those guys who had the batons were in the midst of an out of control crowd and they were sent to restore order and they were issued those batons. They just didn't amass themselves together and try to beat up the protestors. I would have to think that the guy in the Navy shirt really yelled awful things at them and kept walking toward them advancing on them and to me the guys in the fatigues represent authority. They represent parents and teachers and bosses and laws that say when a police officer says stop, STOP.

I wonder why I feel so strongly and this whole conversation has made me boiling mad almost to tears. Perhaps because I do believe in the laws of this land and I do think that most police officers are in the right.

They don’t need an invitation by local government to protect federal buildings from burning, graffiti, fireworks, etc. Funny how the people complaining about inequality and racial injustice are the same people destroying property. They are not going to have equality if they destroy while others build. For those that are advocating lawlessness, try living in Mexico or Somalia. Let the people in Chicago kill each other until there are none left. Let the people in Portland riot until there is no more Portland. Unfortunately, the people against this are not represented by the media and decent people are staying away from cities. I don’t even know why I responded to this because it is so absurd.

I feel the same way. Has our country gone mad? If this country is so bad, why does the whole world want to come here other than for their own power grab.

Bingo Gracie. You have hit upon the reason the Federal gov't is using persons untrained in civilian law enforcement protocols in Portland. It is a bald faced attempt to rile up a segment of the population to be upset about law and order. It has been that way since Nixon at least. Nothing would help more than to instigate conflict between protestors and military to make that an issue. Take the focus off police brutality and shift the discussion to law and order. Both the governor and the mayor did not want this and spoke out that things were improving. The escalation now is entirely because of the introduction of outside agitators into the mix. Look at all the posts on this thread about antifa which does not exist as an organization.

By the way. You certainly can use Google to prove to yourself that the man beaten while standing in the street talking at the troops is a Navy vet. I won't post a link. I support peaceful protest. I support good policing. I reject violent protest and I also reject violent policing. But I also hold the police to at least the same standard as a protestor. Hit someone standing there talking with a baton.. go to jail. Kidnap someone, I don't care what color clothes the person is wearing, go to jail. Kneel on someone's neck until they stop moving.. go to jail.

Oh, please!! Give me a break!!

WOW, quite a stretch you just made. First, the local "authorities" have no right nor jurisdiction regarding Federal property. That is why CBP and DHS are there- to protect Federal -our- assets. To take that LAWFUL endeavor and extrapolate it to National Socialist Germany is a really big stretch. The only recent case of pure voter intimidation I recall was in Philadelphia... By the New Black Panthers.

YEP. Good idea. The people getting a chance to smell pepper gas are criminals. They are not protesters.

Nothing in common with Nazis. Anyone who thinks so needs to listen to more than the mainstream media. Try adding NEWSMAX to your news stations and hear more than one side of the story!

I'm not sure what the problem is with that. Don't break the law and you don't have to worry about it.