# Feds 'black-bagging people' in Portland

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**Created:** [July 18, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638 "2020-07-18T03:19:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638/1134 "2020-08-22T21:15:31Z")

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…for those wondering whats happening in Portland today, here is Washington Post’s Katie Shepard’s live feed on twitter.

The Proud Boys are marching.

> <https://twitter.com/katemshepherd/status/1297258632938102785>

The Proud Boys are shooting pellet guns at counter protestors. The police aren’t stopping them. The police aren’t there.

> <https://twitter.com/katemshepherd/status/1297266841018970112>

The Proud Boys are deploying pepper spray.

> <https://twitter.com/katemshepherd/status/1297269781502951425>

The Proud Boys are clubbing counter protestors.

> <https://twitter.com/katemshepherd/status/1297274760074629120>

The Proud Boys are pointing guns.

> <https://twitter.com/MrOlmos/status/1297273640052912128>

And what are the police doing?

> <https://twitter.com/katemshepherd/status/1297267908720996352>

But sure. Lets shoot a protestor holding a boombox in the head. For the crime of not standing completely still.

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