This is Wolf’s quote:
“Attacking federal police officers and law enforcement officers which they have done for 52 nights in a row is a federal crime. And so the department, because we don't have that local support, that local law enforcement support, we are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals."
When they are called in, federal authorities will generally take their cue from the local or state PD. They rely on local intelligence and operations to lead the way. In Portland, and elsewhere, the local authorities have had their powers curtailed by their own political leaders. In reaction to the non response from the local police in the face of clear violations of federal law, the federal troops have to be “proactive” and conduct their own operations without the usual local leadership and direction. How this common sense interpretation of a straightforward statement has turned into “jackbooted secret police are snatching innocent people off the street” is completely beyond me. I understand if you think the worst of the government, but you can’t just pull things out of your ass when the facts don’t support your narrative, and we are seeing a LOT of that. I have never seen so many straight up lies being published and spread by mainstream media. I don’t know how you can defend such idiotic untruth.