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- May 16, 2019
Are the feds even there anymore though? Every other place has been PD. It would be kinda funny if the feds bounced and let Portland PD deal with this.
Feds only protect the federal buildings in Portland: the courthouse, the IRS building, and I think 1 more. They only come out if the fence is being attacked, push back protesters 1 block, then retreat again. It'll probably be the same tonight, unless the protesters get another angle grinder.
TBH they could end the whole thing quickly if they ever keep a squad stationed across the street, to hit the protests from the back and front simultaneously. But they've been purely defensive since the "unmarked feds" hysteria went national.
The feds might need to act quicker then they normal do, like once they start shaking/fucking around with the fence they need to respond, instead of waiting for the fence to break given the numbers.
Last night they almost lost the fence to the angle grinder and just the overwhelming crush on it. It was bent down to a 45 degree angle before the feds cleared it. They can NOT afford to let that happen again with a larger crowd.
Also, the stream of the Aurora courthouse getting attacked is here (timestamped to 3:02:21). I can't seem to download it for some reason.