https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/07/19/abc-nbc-use-death-john-lewis-assail-republicans-and-trump
By Jack Davis
Published July 18, 2020 at 8:30am
Arrests of some protesters and rioters made by federal authorities in Portland, Oregon, including one arrest caught in a video that’s gone viral, are the work of a new federal task force, according to a published report.
The task force has its roots in a June 26 executive order from President Donald Trump titled, “Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Activity,” a July 1 Department of Homeland Security news release said.
In response to the executive order, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced the DHS had established the Protecting American Communities Task Force.
“DHS is answering the President’s call to use our law enforcement personnel across the country to protect our historic landmarks,” Wolf said in a statement. “We won’t stand idly by while violent anarchists and rioters seek not only to vandalize and destroy the symbols of our nation, but to disrupt law and order and sow chaos in our communities.”
The release said the PACT will “conduct ongoing assessments of potential civil unrest or destruction and allocate resources to protect people and property.”
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