Why are Customs and border patrol police being used to arrest protesters in Portland? washingtonpost.com/national-…

Portland officials decry aggressive tactics of federal agents in their city

“I was terrified” says man who was apprehended, driven away in an unmarked minivan, then later released by Customs and Border Protection agents.

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the deployment of paramilitaries, wearing unmarked or unclearly marked uniforms, is a classic authoritarian police tacitc. Not appropriate in the US, for any reason
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am wondering whether there is also an element of performative authoritarianism: whether Trump is doing this in order to show his followers that he is imposing "law and order"
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Replying to @anneapplebaum
Clearly.

Jul 19, 2020 · 5:43 PM UTC

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James Woods
 @RealJamesWoods
18 Jul 2020
If you are as confused as Nancy Pelosi is about why law enforcement uses unmarked vehicles in the war against domestic terrorism...
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Totalitarian theater. Just as we have security theater at the lines at the airport.
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