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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal officers have left WA, confirmed by @DHSgov .
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Today, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan received confirmation that the Department of Homeland Securitys Border Patrol Tactical Unit has demobilized and left the Seattle area.
Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee and local officials expressed significant concerns regarding the deployment of an undetermined number of federal forces to Washington state, without the consultation or consent of state and local officials. On Friday, Durkan, King County Executive Dow Constantine, King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney Brian Moran, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeking clarification on the intended scope of their potential actions in Seattle.
"This demobilization means Washingtonians no longer have to worry about the White House's aim to provoke confrontation and undermine peaceful protests," Inslee said. "Those peacefully protesting have raised the public's consciousness of the urgent need for racial justice, and I have no doubt they will continue to use their voices to call for action. We must continue making progress toward a better and more just Washington for everyone."
The presidents actions to target and dominate Democratic cities through the use of federal forces is chilling. It has increased violence in Portland, Seattle and other cities across the country, which was what the president intended. Policing decisions in Seattle should be made by Chief Best not Donald Trump, and we can rest assured that they will be, Durkan said. "We will continue to heed this moment in history and to work with the community to make systemic and generational changes to make Seattle more just."
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/28/1964646/-Washingtonians-WIN-as-DHS-removes-Federal-Forces-from-our-state
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)Glad they've figured it out.
PatSeg
(47,613 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Five will get you ten they're on their way down I-5 to relieve the Portland troops. Trump can back down in Seattle, but Portland remains his first fascist love.
Still ready for you, Lord Littlehands. Hey, maybe the Portland Pickles will ask you to throw out the first pitch on Bat Day. Wouldn't that be fun?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Response to NCjack (Reply #6)
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NCjack
(10,279 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Stop gun violence, not place goons on the streets. She also said that if dotard goons were to show up on the streets as in Portland she would be in the courts the next day.
Dotard and his ilk are touting lies to make her look like a weak black woman mayor running a major dem city
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)at the direction of the president. And they're impossible, not just hard, to "get rid of" until and if a federal court orders them out for some violation of the law.
Blaming Democrats for Republican crimes is a huge part of what has gone wrong with our elections. Big no.
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that's in no way insulting to Democrats, who have no duty to be competent. Got it.
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IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Response to Thekaspervote (Reply #15)
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McKim
(2,412 posts)It was just not a good optic and maybe they already got the video they needed for the campaign ads. Portland protestors should move to a new location and leave the goons all dressed up with no place to go and nothing to do. By the way military jets flew over the Portland this afternoon, a testosterone gesture to make sure we know who is boss? We have heard them also at night sometimes.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
pnwest
(3,266 posts)from the conservatives here, their hatred of him is visceral - and my respect for the man is equal in proportion to their hate. He's excellent! Swift in decision-making, real constitutionalist,
.......believes in science, LOL He's practically Canadian.
Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Has already gotten a lot done
Has really done a good job with covid. Weve had days recently where deaths were 1, 5, 8.
Certainly was impressed with Inslee during the primary
albacore
(2,406 posts)Response to pnwest (Reply #12)
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Sanity Claws
(21,854 posts)Oregon's governor and Portland's mayor said similar things, didn't they?
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)not welcome here and to get out of town.
Wyden and Merkley have both been all over it and so has Blumenauer (Congressional rep for Portland area. )
Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Of brutality.
Also, the mayor might just as well be a repuke. Hes backed the police chief who needs to be fired over instances of brutality. A very weak mayor for a great dem city
ananda
(28,877 posts)..
grantcart
(53,061 posts)If Portland protestors moved 6 blocks the Fed agents would be stuck at the Fed building
matt819
(10,749 posts)Define leaving
Define federal
Define officers
Define federal officers
Define Washington
We shall see
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Tactical agents who have gone through extended application and training and by contract are not tied down to a specific location although 95% of the time they are assigned to their home PST.
Normal BP and Customs Officers are assigned to particular positions at particular posts and cannot be forcibly reassigned out of area. They do not have tactical training, weapons or equipment.
Guessing total BP tactical is about 500 agents maximum. Customs, ICE and others maybe another 500.
Usually the tactical agents have 2-3 days a month training with very infrequent actual engagement. Their most frequent use would be to back up local sheriff/police in an active fire or barricaded/hostage situation, perhaps 2-3 times a year.
BP also has another specially trained group BORSTAR for search and rescue for both migrants in distress and helping local communities for search and rescue.
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)MissB
(15,812 posts)So theres that. I assume resources are being shifted to another part of the country, because they dont have enough Assholes to staff everywhere there are protests.
Lonestarblue
(10,085 posts)He usually creates a crisis to see if it helps him. If it doesnt, he changes tactics and comes up with the next asinine scheme.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)triron
(22,023 posts)This has a funny scent.
intheflow
(28,504 posts)Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Starbucks, etc., etc. I bet some heavy donors told Barr to back off for their safety. Having stock in most if not all of of these companies, Barr & 45 decided it was too dangerous for their pocketbooks if, say, Seattle burned.