More than a dozen mayors have joined Portland in asking the Trump administration to remove federal forces from or stop plans to send them to major cities, calling the intention to deploy federal forces against protesters an 'abuse of power'
In a letter Monday addressed to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, the mayors called the administration's intention to deploy federal forces against protesters an"abuse of power.
The letter also accused federal forces of using"extreme action" against protesters in Washington, DC, without the mayor's approval."The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a national uprising and reckoning," the letter said."The majority of the protests have been peaceful and aimed at improving our communities. Where this is not the case, it still does not justify the use of federal forces.
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