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[–]Questionable 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Yes, they are called federal agents, and the people disappearing are being arrested..

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    [–]Questionable 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Here is what I have for you.

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/16/acting-secretary-wolf-condemns-rampant-long-lasting-violence-portland

    https://twitter.com/CBPMarkMorgan/status/1284206662434402305

    CBP will continue to arrest the violent criminals that are destroying federal property & injuring our agents/officers in Portland. CBP will restore and maintain law & order. Our personnel are clearly marked as federal LEOs & have unique identifiers. You will not see names on their uniforms b/c these same violent criminals use this information to target them & their families, putting both at risk. As Acting Commissioner, I will not let that happen!

    [–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

    I mean it is pretty messed up in some ways, and people have been sent to secret torture sites like the one uncovered in Chicago in 2015: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site

    There's reasons we have accountability for things like this. It's one thing to take a person to prison so they can be prosecuted. It's another to put a person in an unmarked civilian car and whisk them off to god-knows-where for an undetermined amount of time for reasons that may or may not be legal.

    [–]notdelusional 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    The distinction comes down to insurrection. The feds don’t put up with that shit.

    [–]gof-urself2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    [–]Turn0ffy0urmind 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    This could also be a way to get undercover officers out of the area without outing them as cops. Either way who cares, this is local government's responsibility and these assholes aren't protesters. Call them what they are rioters or insurgents, arrest them all charge them with terrorism then arrest the people who are funding this operation.

    [–]Questionable 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Now if people start telling me these are CIA agents, I'll start to worry. But to the best of my knowledge, these are agents working under the authority of the FBI...

    [–]Shadow_Death 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The furthest I'd go on the conspiracy theory train is they're being extracted. Even then that's not too far out of the norm. It's possible they're eyes on the ground.

    But this... I'd say they're being arrested. The gear they're wearing isn't the typical.... "I'm a protester" gear.

    [–]goobandit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Is this possible because of the “indefinite detention” thing added in 2012 to the NDAA?

    [–]Questionable 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Correction They are working under custom and border control

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/16/acting-secretary-wolf-condemns-rampant-long-lasting-violence-portland

    https://twitter.com/CBPMarkMorgan/status/1284206662434402305

    CBP will continue to arrest the violent criminals that are destroying federal property & injuring our agents/officers in Portland. CBP will restore and maintain law & order. Our personnel are clearly marked as federal LEOs & have unique identifiers. You will not see names on their uniforms b/c these same violent criminals use this information to target them & their families, putting both at risk. As Acting Commissioner, I will not let that happen!

    [–]Questionable 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    No, it's more to the fact that these are FBI agents, and agents working under their authority. Now if you told me these were CIA agents.... I might start to panic.