Oregon Seeks Emergency Order Blocking U.S. Agent Arrests
Federal police on Salmon Street after pushing protesters away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on July 21, 2020.
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Oregon asked a judge to block U.S. agents from detaining Black Lives Matter demonstrators without probable cause, saying the actions of federal authorities violate free-speech rights and may increase the occurrence of kidnappings in Portland.
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in her request for a temporary restraining order Monday that the agents’ actions are “not just belligerent but repressive.”