- President Donald Trump said he had tens of thousands of federal agents available to domestically police major US cities, citing the "fantastic" job they have been doing in Portland, Oregon.
- Federal agents in Oregon have reportedly been in the city in unmarked vans and detaining individuals without explanation.
- "I view this as one of, if not the most alarming thing this administration has done," Barry Friedman, a law professor and faculty director of New York University's Policing Project, told Business Insider.
- "It's alarming because it is placing what are effectively federal troops in a municipal policing capacity in violation of the constitutional laws of the United States."
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President Donald Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday that he had tens of thousands of federal agents at the ready to deploy to major US cities but he noted they "have to be invited in."
Barry Friedman, a law professor and faculty director of New York University's Policing Project, which works with communities to ensure democratically accountable and transparent policing, echoed Trump's point: He the consent of the state to send in federal agents.
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See Also:
- The Trump administration is calling the presence of federal agents in Portland 'Operation Diligent Valor,' treating it like the invasion of a foreign country
- GOP Sen. Tom Cotton compares largely peaceful anti-racism protesters in Portland to the Confederate army
- 'I don't need invitations': Homeland Security chief says he has authority to deploy more feds to shut down protests across the US
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