Sen. Durbin to DOJ: We Will Not Allow What Happened in Portland to Happen in Chicago
July 24, 2020
July 24, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 23:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on the Senate floor to discuss the events unfolding in Portland, Oregon, in which heavily armed, unmarked federal forces in unmarked vehicles were filmed grabbing protesters off the street. Durbin also discussed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend . . .
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on the Senate floor to discuss the events unfolding in Portland, Oregon, in which heavily armed, unmarked federal forces in unmarked vehicles were filmed grabbing protesters off the street. Durbin also discussed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) announcement of an expansion of Operation Legend . . .