Federal judge denies Oregon AG’s demand to stop DHS arrests in Portland
July 25, 2020 | Frieda Powers
A federal judge denied a request by Oregon’s attorney general for a temporary restraining order against federal officers in a victory for President Trump.
U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman ruled Friday that the state lacked standing and had not shown any evidence to back claims of widespread arrests by federal officers in the lawsuit brought last week. The decision comes as Trump announced Thursday that federal agents would be dispatched to a number of U.S. cities to quell violence and just as Antifa groups are planning a day of action “against the Federal invasion.â€
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum alleged that federal officers have been “secretly†detaining or arresting people in the city of Portland without probable cause in the lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Protection Service.
The complaint stated that federal officers “have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland, detain protesters, and place them into the officers’ unmarked vehicles, removing them from public without either arresting them or stating the basis for an arrest, since at least Tuesday, July 14.â€
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