The Department of Homeland Security said it would keep officers in the city until it was certain federal properties would not be attacked
Federal officers close a street as they move toward protesters during a demonstration in Portland, Ore., on July 29, 2020.Oregon’s governor on Wednesday said the federal government has agreed to withdraw agents from Portland, a step toward ending a standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over the use of federal force, although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would maintain its presence until conditions improved.
The Oregon withdrawal dovetailed with the announcement of a deployment of federal agents to Cleveland, Milwaukee and Detroit, expanding a separate program aimed at curtailing a surge of violent crime in some cities. Some mayors said they were willing to accept the help, while others expressed worries over the Republican president’s potential political motives in an election year.
Wolf suggested that Oregon State Police could secure a second perimeter outside the courthouse fence to prevent “violent individuals” from approaching the building, which has been at the centre of the unrest, but said that some of the state officers would likely be positioned on the courthouse grounds, as well.
“We would do well to remember that this movement is not about the legal right of federal law enforcement to operate in our cities. It’s about the urgent and necessary work of criminal justice, racial justice and policing reform,” Wheeler told a briefing on Wednesday with other Democratic mayors. Distinct from the operation in Portland to secure the federal courthouse, these deployments are being made under what is known as Operation Legend, an initiative launched to address spikes in violent crimes like murders, which have risen by nearly 31 per cent in Detroit compared with 2019.
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