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No Secret Police Arresting Protesters! No ICE Vigilantes! No Police Violence against Protesters! Justice for Miracle Boyd and all protesters abused and arrested! Emergency Protest Monday July 20 5pm Federal Plaza March to Trump Tower Trump Gestapo in Portland must be met with mass protest in the streets! NO to ICE training programs for vigilantes! Stop Police Violence Against  Protesters! Justice for Miracle Boyd and all protesters abused and arrested! NO Fascist Police State NO Fascist Military War on the People In the name of humanity, we REFUSE to accept a fascist America! TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!   Video footage from Portland, Oregon posted online late Thursday showed unidentified federal officers dressed in combat fatigues arresting Black Lives Matter protesters without explanation and throwing them into unmarked vehicles. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday that “federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14.” As one civil rights attorney, said, “It’s like stop and frisk meets Guantanamo Bay.” This is the American Gestapo. This is fascism. This is a dry run for the Trump/Pence regime to consolidate a fascist America. This cannot be allowed . Joining in the clampdown, Chicago Police brutalized protesters and media on Friday night (July 17) as over 1000 people gathered to protest white supremacy and police brutality.  One protester, 18-year-old Good Kids Mad City activist Miracle Boyd, was beaten on the face by a Chicago cop resulting in numerous broken teeth for filming people trying to remove a statue of Columbus. This goes hand and glove with ICE's announced plans to operate a "citizens academy" in Chicago that is a training camp for vigilantes who will participate in "exercises ... including, but not limited to defensive tactics, firearms familiarization, and targeted arrests." This is another step toward a police state terrorizing our immigrant siblings and we say NO! Everyone is needed to flood the streets to demand, “No Fascist Police State! #TrumpPenceOutNow!”