Several dozen additional out-of-town federal law enforcement officers are deploying to Portland as they look to make additional arrests in the coming days, while also shifting tactics from the use of tear gas, according to multiple federal law enforcement sources…
In the span of two weeks, U.S. Marshals shot Donavan La Bella, 26, in the head with a crowd control weapon. Federal officers also faced sharp criticism for beating Navy-veteran Christopher David, who had not threatened officers in any way. David required surgery to repair a broken arm and La Bella was hospitalized for two weeks with a skull fracture. Countless others have been injured by impact munitions used on a nightly basis.
“Crowds were very small and the incident with La Bella — that was a flare up point that the government tried to deescalate,” one federal law enforcement source stated…
“The van arrests that happened overnight on July 14 — after that, everything went to hell,” a federal law enforcement officer stated. “It happened twice in one night. As far as I know, if mistakes were made, it hasn’t been repeated.”
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