A group including two Oregon lawmakers sued four federal law enforcement agencies over their response to protests in Portland.
July 21 (UPI) — A group including two Oregon lawmakers sued four law enforcement agencies Tuesday over the deployment of militarized federal officers in response to Black Lives Matter protests in Portland. The lawsuit filed by state Reps. Janelle Bynum and Karin Power, Portland lawyer Sare Eddie, the First Unitarian Church of Portland, and Western States Center, which assists social justice organizations, seeks an order restricting federal officers‘ actions to the federal courthouse and requiring that they identify themselves and have probable cause for arrests. The suit against the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, U. S. Customs and Border Protection, Federal Protective Service and U. S. Marshals Service declares that states and their municipalities have the right to determine how to police their residents and the federal government cannot change those policies.
