俄勒冈州波特兰。——美国众议院最高领导人周日表示，他们对特朗普政府在波特兰、俄勒冈州和包括华盛顿特区在内的其他城市针对抗议者的策略感到“震惊”，并呼吁联邦监察长展开调查。
纽约众议院司法委员会主席杰罗德·纳德勒、密西西比州国土安全委员会主席本尼·g·汤普森和纽约监督改革委员会主席卡罗琳·b·马洛尼在给司法部和国土安全部监察长的信中写道:“这是一个极其紧迫的问题。”
民主党议员正在寻求调查“司法部长和国土安全部代理部长利用联邦执法机构在华盛顿特区、波特兰和美国其他社区压制第一修正案保护的活动。”
俄勒冈州最大城市市长周日表示，联邦特工的出现加剧了波特兰的紧张局势。自乔治·弗洛伊德在明尼阿波利斯被杀以来，波特兰已经经历了近两个月的夜间抗议。
民主党市长泰德·惠勒在接受美国有线电视新闻网“国情咨文”采访时说，联邦官员“在这里不受欢迎。”我们没有在这里问过他们。事实上，我们希望他们离开。”
总统唐纳德·特朗普在周四对该市的访问中，国土安全部部长查德·沃尔夫抨击抗议者是“无法无天的无政府主义者”。
特朗普周日在推特上写道:“我们正在努力帮助波特兰，而不是伤害它。”“几个月来，他们的领导层已经失去了对无政府主义者和煽动者的控制。他们在行动中失踪了。我们必须保护联邦财产和我们的人民。这些不仅仅是抗议者，这些才是真正的交易!”
警方称，周六晚些时候，抗议者闯入一栋建筑，放火焚烧，并开始焚烧垃圾。
波特兰警方在推特上说，波特兰警察协会大楼的大火不久后被扑灭。该部门宣布这次集会为暴乱，并开始清理北波特兰地区。
“随着人群的散去，人群中的几个人被逮捕，警察能够灭火。波特兰警方没有使用任何化学毒气。”
警方表示，抗议者首先聚集在波特兰警察局的北分局，破坏巡逻车，并在报到上班时辱骂警察。警察驱散了这群人，然后他们去了波特兰警察协会大楼。
据俄勒冈/俄勒冈现场报道，周六晚上，在波特兰市中心的联邦法院附近，对另一群示威者使用了催泪瓦斯。警方在推特上称，法院周围的围栏也被抗议者拆除，并被设置成路障。
在联邦官员发表攻击性言论和采取行动之前，骚乱让惠勒和其他地方当局感到沮丧，他们表示，一小批暴力活动分子正在淹没该市和平抗议者的信息。但是惠勒说，联邦政府在该市的存在正在加剧紧张局势。
惠勒周日说:“我们看到的是联邦政府公然滥用警察战术。”
周五晚些时候，俄勒冈州司法部长艾伦·罗森布鲁姆在联邦法院起诉了国土安全部和法警署。诉状称，身份不明的联邦特工在波特兰街头抓人，“没有任何警告或解释，没有搜查令，也没有提供任何方式来确定谁在指挥这一行动。”
罗森布鲁姆说，她正在寻求一个临时限制令，以“立即停止联邦当局非法拘留俄勒冈人。”
然而，周六早些时候，联邦官员和波特兰警方同时向示威者推进，要求他们清理街道，并在抗议者投掷瓶子和金属栅栏时实施逮捕。
波特兰警方的行动遭到了市议会著名议员乔·安·哈德斯蒂的谴责。哈德斯蒂星期六说，当地警方“参与了对和平抗议的积极镇压。”
哈德斯蒂还抨击惠勒，告诉市长，他需要更好地控制当地执法。哈德斯蒂负责监督该市的消防部门和其他急救机构，他在给惠勒的一封公开信中说，“如果你不能控制警察，就给我波特兰警察局。”
波特兰警方在周六的一份声明中称，一些联邦机构在“他们自己的监督和指导下”采取了行动，以应对夜间的抗议活动波特兰警方称，市政府官员逮捕了7人，一名官员受了轻伤。
House leaders 'alarmed' federal officers policing protests
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Top leaders in the U.S. House said Sunday they were “alarmed” by the Trump administration’s tactics against protesters in Portland, Oregon, and other cities, including Washington, D.C., and called on federal inspectors general investigate.
“This is a matter of utmost urgency,” wrote House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-New York, in a letter to the inspectors general of Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security.
The Democratic lawmakers are seeking an investigation “into the use of federal law enforcement agencies by the Attorney General and the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security to suppress First Amendment protected activities in Washington, D.C., Portland, and other communities across the United States.”
The mayor of Oregon's largest city said Sunday the presence of federal agents is exacerbating tensions in Portland, which has seen nearly two months of nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Speaking on CNN's ‘State of the Union,’ Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler said federal officers “are not wanted here. We haven't asked them here. In fact, we want them to leave.”
PresidentDonald Trumphas decried the demonstrations, and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blasted the protesters as “lawless anarchists” in a visit to the city on Thursday.
“We are trying to help Portland, not hurt it,” Trump tweeted Sunday. “Their leadership has, for months, lost control of the anarchists and agitators. They are missing in action. We must protect Federal property, AND OUR PEOPLE. These were not merely protesters, these are the real deal!”
Late Saturday, protesters broke into a building, set it on fire and started dumpster fires, police said.
The fire at the Portland Police Association building was put out a short time later, Portland police said on Twitter. The department declared the gathering a riot, and began working to clear the area in North Portland.
“As the crowd was dispersed, several people in the crowd were arrested and officers were able to extinguish the fire. Portland Police did not use any CS gas,” the bureau said in a statement early Sunday.
Police said protesters had first gathered at the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct, vandalizing patrol vehicles and taunting officers as they reported for work. Police dispersed the group, which then went to the Portland Police Association building.
Tear gas was deployed against another group of demonstrators near the federal courthouse in downtown Portland on Saturday night, the Oregonian/Oregon Live reported. Fencing that had been placed around the courthouse had also been removed by protesters and made into barricades, police tweeted.
Before the aggressive language and action from federal officials, the unrest had frustrated Wheeler and other local authorities, who had said a small cadre of violent activists were drowning out the message of peaceful protesters in the city. But Wheeler said the federal presence in the city is now exacerbating a tense situation.
"What we're seeing is a blatant abuse of police tactics by the federal government, Wheeler said Sunday.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued Homeland Security and the Marshals Service in federal court late Friday. The complaint said unidentified federal agents have grabbed people off Portland’s streets “without warning or explanation, without a warrant, and without providing any way to determine who is directing this action.”
Rosenblum said she was seeking a temporary restraining order to “immediately stop federal authorities from unlawfully detaining Oregonians.”
However, federal officers and Portland police advanced simultaneously on demonstrators to clear the streets early Saturday, making arrests as protesters threw bottles and pieces of metal fencing.
The action by Portland's police was condemned by Jo Ann Hardesty, a prominent member of the City Council. Hardesty said Saturday that local police “joined in the aggressive clampdown of peaceful protest.”
Hardesty also slammed Wheeler, telling the mayor he needed to better control local law enforcement. Hardesty, who oversees the city's fire department and other first-responder agencies, said in an open letter to Wheeler if "you can’t control the police, give me the Portland Police Bureau.”
In a statement Saturday, Portland Police said as they responded to the overnight protests some federal agencies took action “under their own supervision and direction.” Portland Police said city officers arrested seven people, and one officer sustained a minor injury.
