When I first began reading here at the very beginning of Jeanne's huge transformation of this site to what it is now, she introduced me to the concept, the seeing and recognition of "false flags". @jeanne-mayell
I had a general idea of the term which refers to but knew that the concept and Jeanne's predictions and intuitive thoughts about them would be very important as we got closer and closer to the 2020 election.
False Flags: "an attack or other hostile action that obscures the identity of the participants carrying out the action while implicating another group or nation as the perpetrator."
Now, i am in my adopted state of Oregon where we are witnessing an ever growing example of one.
Oregon will sue federal police agencies, open criminal investigation into use of force.
As three months of protests have morphed from protesting improper police actions and reactions and Law Enforcement in general, to protesting the entire spectrum of the Black Lives Matter movement, we are now in the midst of our own legal state battle against unknown and federal "troops" creating havoc, chaos, and harm.
What will happen next? Thoughts and intuitions as well as examples in your states of not only false flags but of political distractions being created by our currently political leaders to disrupt local rights of states and their people to constitutional freedoms and local control and powers
Being an Oregonian and living not far from Portland with many family members and friends there, I will share our current state.
Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get Your Troops Out of the City | Oregon News | US News
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-07-17/federal-officers-use-gas-to-clear-protesters-in-portland
I'm down here near the southern border. Tijuana is less than 20 miles away.
Not seeing any false flag type stuff, but since 2017 there's been a steady increase in anti-immigrant activities on the part of ICE/CBP.
I can't even drive to Phoenix, Vegas, or Palm Springs without going through at least one CBP roadblock.
I live near 3 hospitals. Outside each ER is at least one CBP squad car, and inside each ER the "brown shirts" go around looking to see if any immigrants are seeking care, and if so, they arrest them as soon as they leave the building.
Our LOCAL courthouses are also patrolled by the brown shirts, and anyone "without papers" is subject to arrest, detention and deportation. Same in our federal buildings, but immigrants know not to go there.
The Wall - it may be crumbling, but there are still plenty of eminent domain lawsuits happening here as the feds try to grab more land. The feds also destroyed Friendship Park - which was a park on the beach here that straddled the border (and the wall that goes into the ocean), where people could visit through a fence - now it's a solid wall with armed CBP agents patrolling the beach area.
These things are all despite the fact the California is a sanctuary state and San Diego County is also a sanctuary state (our local PD said they would no longer assist with ICE matters, so now ICE just does what they want unobserved).
Other distractions:
The Starbucks Karen - that was 4 miles from my house. A couple days ago "Karen" announced that she is going to sue the barista for half of the GoFundMe money that people contributed to him (>$100k).
Our governor was doing a good job, but he has now caved to the vocal minority in the sense that he's letting municipalities run their own shows in terms of regs and schools. So anywhere where the GOP is in charge of a county or city is suffering.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. It feels like someone/a number of someones are getting a lot of ducks in a row! And even more pushing legalities and limits!
As for your Starbuck's "Karen" let's hope they dont take a leaf from her playbook or our "emperor-with-no-clothes-on" in chief!
I'm down here near the southern border. Tijuana is less than 20 miles away.
Not seeing any false flag type stuff, but since 2017 there's been a steady increase in anti-immigrant activities on the part of ICE/CBP.
I can't even drive to Phoenix, Vegas, or Palm Springs without going through at least one CBP roadblock.
I live near 3 hospitals. Outside each ER is at least one CBP squad car, and inside each ER the "brown shirts" go around looking to see if any immigrants are seeking care, and if so, they arrest them as soon as they leave the building.
Our LOCAL courthouses are also patrolled by the brown shirts, and anyone "without papers" is subject to arrest, detention and deportation. Same in our federal buildings, but immigrants know not to go there.
The Wall - it may be crumbling, but there are still plenty of eminent domain lawsuits happening here as the feds try to grab more land. The feds also destroyed Friendship Park - which was a park on the beach here that straddled the border (and the wall that goes into the ocean), where people could visit through a fence - now it's a solid wall with armed CBP agents patrolling the beach area.
These things are all despite the fact the California is a sanctuary state and San Diego County is also a sanctuary state (our local PD said they would no longer assist with ICE matters, so now ICE just does what they want unobserved).
What you have reported here I have not read in the mainstream, and mainly corporate, news that I read - WAPO, NY Times, Boston Globe, NPR, PBS, Guardian. Looks like I need some better news sources. Thank you, @Laura, for posting. Most concerning and disturbing are the brown shirts outside of hospitals, which forces people not to seek care.
The stuff I describe is from direct personal observation and is notably NOT being covered in the media, on purpose. That's why there are no links.
For anyone who wants to get a wider picture of what's going on here, I refer you to local immigrant rights orgs that may have some info on their sites, and these are all orgs I have personally worked with in the past.
And here's an example article re: eminent domain from our local paper:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2020-06-30/trump-border-wall-kumeyaay-burial-grounds
And a link that shares announced ICE actions in San Diego (there are of course many UNannounced):
https://www.aila.org/infonet/ice-announcements-of-enforcement-actions
Just popping back to add a worthwhile piece of advice:
Whether you are going to marches or protests or not, if you get wind of these brown shirt/black ops/extrajudicial kidnappings occurring in your area, before you head out for the day/evening, consider writing the phone number of your lawyer OR local ACLU on your ankle or upper arm. Have companions do the same so they can call for help if you get grabbed.
@laura-f Just in support of what you're saying, the unidentified "police" essentially kidnapping innocent civilians off the streets using unmarked vans and cars is all over Twitter. People who have been "arrested" by these - let's call them what they are, troops - have said that they were forced into an unmarked vehicle by armed, camo-clad soldier-type persons with generic "police" banners velcroed to their uniforms. These soldiers are demanding identification, questioning them, photographing them, and dumping them far away from the protest sites. The soldiers refuse to identify themselves, and apart from the generic police badge, they are showing no other identifying marks or insignia.
DHS claims that their motivation is people breaking the law and destroying federal property, but the only evidence they've provided is a list of incidents of graffitti, nothing more.
Both the State of Oregon and the ACLU are in the process if suing the federal government, naming DHS, ICE, and other federal law enforcement agencies for illegal and unconstitutional activities in the Portland area. The acting director for DHS - not even approved by the Senate yet - Deputy Secretary Ken Cucinelli is on record stating that the tactics that are being used in Portland will be going national soon. They must be stopped, but mainstream news is ignoring the entire thing.
For more information, search any hashtag containing the word Portland on Twitter, but especially the hashtag #PortlandKidnappings.
Adding: the victims of these crimes have also reported that despite being read their Miranda rights, they were never told what the cause or charges were, and when they and their attorneys try to obtain the record of the arrest, the troopers deny ever having detained them in the first place.
More information and some advice:
https://twitter.com/Forsureafedera1/status/1284206526627024899
Here's the important bit to let you know that this didn't happen overnight. These moves have been in the works for a long time, and the plans' foundations were laid years ago:
There is a really important thing that happened in 2011, everyone seems to have sort of forgotten about. It was a provision of the NDAA that allowed for any citizen to be renditioned by the feds for "support for a terrorist organization". With support being nebulously defined at best. With BLM targeted and "antifa" being declared a terrorist organization, anyone who publicly supports this movement or the idea of being anti-fascist can be declared "in support of terrorism". As this ramps up, assuming the Trump admin doesn't back down, we need to organize now. We have about a week, maybe two. So lets talk about how to get rid of terrorists in our cities. Make no mistake. These men are all full on terrorists, using extra judicial rendition for a mad king. Assume the state can't prevent them from taking action. We see that now in Portland. Just because your governor won't want them there, doesn't mean they won't be acting there, they will.
And a statement from Jo Ann Hardesty, Portland Comissioner:
https://twitter.com/JoAnnPDX/status/1284563439264788481/photo/1
This is exactly how a false flag works.
Trump wants it to be working in the all ways it is happening is the only problem.
I think Portland City Council member Joanne Hardesty is one amazing force of nature and her heart and her background of challenging life experiences have propelled her to the foreground of freedom of speech and the right to be heard.
But the false flag is now working as Trump wants. The social unrest will only continue to escalate with all these outside protesters pouring in from all over the U.S. to join in.
Trump wants us to look like chaos. He wants states to have massive infighting.
He wants civil and domestic unrest to rise in all of those major cities so he can declare a national emergency basically a civil war in our nation.
Once that happens he can use his power to stop voting in November by shutting all federally controlled things down.
My state of Oregon is just the beginning and i find it heartbreaking that no one sees what he is doing and why.
She's really, really smart, experienced and on point but i really hope she sees the manipulation going on here.?
For decades, Jo Ann Hardesty pressed for police reform in Portland and Oregon. This is Hardesty’s moment