Their arrests came this week during clashes with specially equipped federal police agents sent to Portland, where 56 straight days of antiracism demonstrations have captured national attention
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing, a day after the Trump administration expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle.
The Trump administration sent a tactical team to Seattle on Thursday in anticipation of protests this weekend despite the objections of the Seattle mayor and Washington state governor, who warned of a Portland-like escalation of tensions. The Trump administration has also sent federal police to Chicago, Kansas City and Albuquerque over the objections of those mayors.
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee warned that federal officers might “make the thing worse and throw gasoline on a fire.”
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