Officials say they have reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions in Portland, but the details of an exit remained unclear.
Both sides say the agreement between Oregon and the Trump administration seeks to replace the highly scrutinized federal forces with state troopers and local police. The broader aim of the accord is to turn down the temperature by removing the most prominent symbols of the Trump administration: Homeland Security forces in tactical gear.
“These protests were never about Donald Trump, so the feds could leave tomorrow and the protests would continue. National media could leave tomorrow and the protests would continue. And that won’t stop until there’s massive changes to the PPB,” said Gregory McKelvey, 27, a community organizer who has attended ongoing demonstrations in Portland since they began, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May.McKelvey said Portland police had used heavy-handed tactics in the past.
Also on Wednesday, the Justice Department said it will send additional federal officers into major cities, including Milwaukee, Cleveland and Detroit, to address violent crime through a separate program dubbed “Operation Legend.” Wolf also blamed local officials for having failed to do more to protect the courthouse in the past. Oregon officials have said it was the aggressive action of federal agents that inflamed the protests.“No other city in the country has refused to work with federal law enforcement like Portland has,” Wolf said.
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