In late June, things escalated when President Trump took exception to the protestorstoppling of a George Washington statue.
This order provided the federal government with cover to send troops into Portland.
And like Black Lives Matter protests all over the world, the Portland protests have been largely peaceful.
Still, an unwelcome federal presence has ramped up in recent weeks.
(The fire was quickly put out.)
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Local authorities and civil rights organizations are attempting to protect the protestors from this government-sanctioned violence.
The state of Oregon is nowsuingthe federal government for violating protestors civil rights by detaining them without cause.
Several senators have announceda bill aimed at stopping such tactics, deeming them authoritarian in nature.
In the meantime, violence only seems to be escalating as neither side shows sign of retreat.
Our right to due process under the law is also in peril.
While legislators, litigators, protestors (and moms!)
Our democracy is at stake.
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