Groups and Individuals Active in Nightly Portland Protests File New Lawsuit Against Federal Agencies

Five individual plaintiffs and two groups — Don’t Shoot PDX and the Wall of Moms—filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies which have taken action against protestors in downtown Portland. President Donald Trump, the lawsuit says, is attempting to illegally use the various involved federal agencies to create a “national police force,” not authorized by the U.S. Constitution. 

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