[KozmoNau7]

See the little red rectangle on this map?

https://imgur.com/gallery/zJ6dNxf

That's the entirety of the protests in Portland.

Sending in unidentifiable federal officers in unmarked rental vans to snatch away protesters is gross and outrageous government overreach.

[bendbro]

And the red square is federal property that is the jurisdiction of federal officers. Protestors broke into and set fire to the adjacent courthouse, in addition to vandalizing and looting nearby buildings, so federal officers were sent to defend the federal courthouse. It is legal to make an arrest with an unmarked vehicle. It is legal to make an arrest of someone damaging property in your jurisdiction. So what exactly is illegal here that makes it an overreach?

[KozmoNau7]

Sending in unidentifiable and unmarked officers who refuse to identify themselves, to take away seemingly randomly selected protestors to undisclosed locations, is a clear authoritarian show of force and scare tactic, worthy of a military dictatorship.

How will you know whether you're being taken by federal officers or a far-right militia? That is a deliberate tactic, to have people live in fear of an unknown fate at the hands of unknown assailants.

[throwaway-4512]

"Protestors" attack any law enforcement members trying to arrest people committing violence. This allows the arrestee to escape into the crowd.

Talking about gross government overreach without honestly discussing the actions of the "protestors" is intellectually dishonest.

[happytoexplain]

Then surely you agree that the many comments discussing the actions of the protesters without honestly discussing gross government overreach are, as well, intellectually dishonest.