# Feds 'black-bagging people' in Portland **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 18, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638 "2020-07-18T03:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 589
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638/589 "2020-07-23T16:11:52Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > But I’m not surprised that with as much unrest and destruction that the left has engaged in that won’t ever be prosecuted or even arrested for by local leader that the Federal government is taking over the role. Its interesting that this one case of ignoring federal law is so important. I think it’s because it’s politically inconvenient for citizens armed with spray paint, trash bags, and umbrellas to demonstrate some minor form of balance of power. I have noticed the right finds it awfully convenient to ignore the federal laws broken by Cliven Bundy. Where’s the intellectual consistency? Where did I hear an argument like that from before? Oh yeah, that’s right… > [@When will Cliven Bundy (et. al.) be arrested by the federal government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-cliven-bundy-et-al-be-arrested-by-the-federal-government/717521/189): > > Interesting that this one case of ignoring federal law is so important. I think it’s because it’s politically inconvenient for armed citizens to demonstrate some minor form of balance of power. I have noticed that the left finds it awfully convenient for the federal laws concerning immigration or marijuana possession are ignored. Where’s the intellectual consistency? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638)._