Federal Troops in the Portland, Oregon Protests

    INTRODUCTION In Portland, Oregon, federal troops detained protesters placing several into unmarked cars.[1] The authority to use federal trained military, in this case Homeland Security agents,[2] to enforce laws against citizens likely violates the Posse Comitatus Act[3] meant to prevent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne Zimmerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2020-07-01
Series:Voices in Bioethics
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Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/6765