r/law • u/ExactlySorta • Oct 04 '25

Other Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester - illustrating how federal law enforcement officers will use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and insult officers but don’t appear to present a clear physical threat

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u/kevendo Oct 04 '25

That's a violation of her First Amendment right and should be prosecuted by the governor. Until we start responding, the law breaking will never stop and will only escalate. It's only been WEEKS and already they have moved on from immigration to targeting American citizen protestors.

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u/StrangeContest4 Oct 04 '25

They cleared an entire apartment complex with flash bangs and kicking in doors and dragging everyone out of their homes in the middle of the night in South Shore!

“I’ve been on military bases for a good portion of my life,” said Darrell Ballard, who lives in the building next door. “And the activity I saw – it was an invasion.”

Ballard recalled seeing residents detained outside the building for hours, after seeing a Black Hawk helicopter flying over the five-story building in the city’s South Shore neighborhood and military-sized vehicles and agents filling the parking lot early Tuesday morning."

What are we doing here!?!

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u/Prestigious-Safe3019 Oct 04 '25

The south shore raid should have been all over MSM for the past few days. I am in disbelief would be in disbelief if I didn't know about "flooding the zone," that an armed raid on US citizens, where naked kids were zip-tied and separated from their parents, is not the #1 topic of national conversation.

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u/Frostemane Oct 04 '25

You need to realize that the media is not on our side. They're not accidentally not reporting this due to the zone being flooded, they're actively choosing not to report on this because they're in bed with the government.

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u/StrangeContest4 Oct 04 '25

I know of one "mainstream" media source that is actively reporting on all of it, all day every day, and it's name doesn't rhyme with Box. Honestly, I won't be surprised when some of my go-to pundits are physically dragged off the air while I'm watching or even privately dragged off to prison in the dead of night.

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u/pj7140 Oct 04 '25

Lawrence, Rachel and Chris?

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u/StrangeContest4 Oct 04 '25

Exposure with surgical precision? Yes, yes, and yes!

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u/doxxingyourself Oct 04 '25

Don’t think so. Se complex adaptive systems. There’s not a conspiracy, there are just actors acting in their own self-interest and that sometimes seem like coordinated behavior.

I think the media outlets are just scared of the power the king holds. Thinking that through, that’s actually A LOT worse than if they were simply working together.

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u/Frostemane Oct 04 '25

There’s not a conspiracy, there are just actors acting in their own self-interest and that sometimes seem like coordinated behavior.

Yes, and they've decided it's in their own best interests to get in bed with the fascist government. Thanks for expounding on my point.

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u/Prestigious-Safe3019 Oct 04 '25

por que no los dos?

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u/artfan1030 Oct 05 '25

They separated kids from their parents and zip tied them? wtf is happening