# What happened to the people taken into "unmarked vans"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-people-taken-into-unmarked-vans/919647 "2020-09-02T22:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-people-taken-into-unmarked-vans/919647/1 "2020-09-02T22:27:13Z")

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A few weeks ago there were reports that men in uniforms with no insignia were taking protesters in Portland into custody in unmarked vans. Have those protesters been identified? What happened to them? Were they arrested, or just taken away from the protest area? What is the follow=up?

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-people-taken-into-unmarked-vans/919647/2 "2020-09-03T02:30:42Z")

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Snopes seems pretty comprehensive

> **[Were Portland Protesters 'Kidnapped' by Federal Officers in Unmarked Vans?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/feds-unmarked-vans-portland/)**
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> The claim surfaced as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to deploy federal law enforcement agents in Chicago and other cities.