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Federal agents were hit with a lawsuit Friday for allegedly abducting Portlander Evelyn Bassi during the city’s 2020 racial justice protests. The federal complaint names agents with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal law enforcement officials with violating Bassi’s constitutional rights to due process, free speech, and protections against unlawful seizure. This is the latest in several lawsuits filed over the past two years that accuse the federal government of illegally.
April 21 2021
A new report from the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found incomplete training among agents.
Federal agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security deployed to Portland last summer during the height of last summer s racial justice protests had incomplete training, were missing equipment and had inconsistent use of force policies, according to a new watchdog report.
The DHS inspector general s report, which was completed earlier this month, found that while the federal agency had the authority to deploy officers to protect federal facilities in this case, the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse the agency failed to consistently and properly train federal agents who were deployed.
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Washington Hundreds of federal law enforcement agents who were deployed to Portland amid civil unrest last summer lacked proper training and equipment, a new report from the Department of Homeland Security s (DHS) internal watchdog revealed.
Under orders from the Trump administration, federal agents were sent to Portland in July 2020 to quell violent clashes that rocked Oregon s largest city in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In the report released Wednesday, the department s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), led by Joseph Cuffari, found that DHS did not have a comprehensive strategy in its deployment of 755 federal agents, an operation that carried a price tag of $12.3 million. The 28-page document, intended to assess the authority, preparation, and activi