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This is a screen capture from the Tweet referenced in the previous paragraph. Two unidentified Federal officers in desert-camouflage tactical gear and gas masks detain a young woman protester in black clothing and a helmet, before marching her to an unmarked van and taking her away without a word. Their uniforms look military, but are marked only “Police.”
Unidentified Federal Officers

Unidentified Federal Officers

By Jan S. Gephardt A troubling rash of UF0 sightings — Unidentified Federal Officers — cropped up in June and July. They showed up first in Washington DC, and then in Portland, OR. Unidentified Federal Officers are a problem Unlike the more widely-known UFOs, as in the Unidentified Flying Objects of science fiction and popular culture, these UFOs are all too verifiable. Just . . . not that easy to trace. And that’s a huge problem. They showed up to…

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Minneapolis police in riot gear advance in a line through billowing blue tear gas smoke, with their batons out.
With disrespect for all: When authorities attack journalists and protesters

With disrespect for all: When authorities attack journalists and protesters

By Jan S. Gephardt American authorities attack journalists and protesters? That just ain’t right! As the First Amendment says, “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of . . . the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Freedom of the Press has met The Right to Peaceably Assemble in the streets of many cities all over the USA, this summer. And both…

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