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"Senior Portland Police Official" doesn't understand that "a political nightmare" IS TRUMP'S OBJECTIVE
1). Fewer people talking about Elmo, Thiel, and Scabby Unwashed Uncle Steve in Jeffy's daytimer2). Less attention on the impending government shutdown and a potential disaster in California healthcare coverage
3). Fewer people talking about how EVERYTHING COSTS MORE because of Trump's tariffs
Why Donald Trump is obsessed with Portland
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/27/donald-trump-portland-military-protest-00583423
City officials and the police department have struggled with how to handle the late-night protests, particularly the sporadic violence between protesters and federal law enforcement. In 2020, an independent review found that poor training and guidance among local police about when to use escalating tactics such as tear gas, among other things, escalated the protests.
Police Chief Bob Day told POLITICO in June his department shifted tactics toward deescalation in light of the 2020 protests, but declined to be interviewed for this story. Merkley said that he and other lawmakers met with ICE Seattle Field Office Director Camilla Wamsley on Thursday to discuss the escalating violence outside the Portland office.
The senior police official said the situation continues to escalate as federal officers are doxxed, threatened or physically hurt — and then in turn take a more adversarial approach to the late-night protesters.
“It is a political nightmare,” he added.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/27/donald-trump-portland-military-protest-00583423
City officials and the police department have struggled with how to handle the late-night protests, particularly the sporadic violence between protesters and federal law enforcement. In 2020, an independent review found that poor training and guidance among local police about when to use escalating tactics such as tear gas, among other things, escalated the protests.
Police Chief Bob Day told POLITICO in June his department shifted tactics toward deescalation in light of the 2020 protests, but declined to be interviewed for this story. Merkley said that he and other lawmakers met with ICE Seattle Field Office Director Camilla Wamsley on Thursday to discuss the escalating violence outside the Portland office.
The senior police official said the situation continues to escalate as federal officers are doxxed, threatened or physically hurt — and then in turn take a more adversarial approach to the late-night protesters.
“It is a political nightmare,” he added.
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