Federal Officers Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab People In Portland, DHS Confirms https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-use-unmarked-vehicles-to-grab-protesters-in-portland Two men bumped into a group warning them that people in camouflage were driving around the area in unmarked minivans grabbing individuals off the street. They had barely made it half a block when an unmarked minivan pulled up in front of them. "I see guys in camo," O'Shea said. "Four or five of them pop out, open the door and it was just like, 'Oh s**t. I don't know who you are or what you want with us.'" Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters . Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation about why they are being arrested, and driving off. The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland as federal officials and President Trump have said they plan to quell nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol Tactical Unit have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the protests against racism and police brutality. U.S. Marshals Service declined to comment. Depart of Homeland Security spokesperson said on background that the agency could confirm Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf was in Portland during the day.  Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary acknowledged that federal agents had used unmarked vehicles to pick up people in Portland but said it was done to keep officers safe and away from crowds and to move detainees to a "safe location for questioning." "I fully expect that as long as people continue to be violent and to destroy property that we will attempt to identify those folks," he added.   Customs and Border Protection released a statement Friday about one incident on video, though it did not specify which one. It said its agents approached a person suspected of assaulting federal agents or destroying federal property, but "a large and violent mob moved towards their location" so they moved to a safer place.  U.S. Att  Billy J. Williams, the Dept of Justice's chief law enforcement official in Oregon, called for an inspector general investigation into DHS personnel over reports of two protesters being detained without probable cause. Read more in the link I’m glad for the feds stopping these violent protesters, it needs to stop for everyone’s safety