The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) covertly infiltrated the 2020 Black Lives Matters protests in Portland and continued their surveillance months after the unrest.
Agents of the FBI stood “shoulder to shoulder” with activists, videotaping the demonstration and leading the local police towards potential arrests, according to a New York Times report.
Agents began to monitor protests groups in the summer of 2020 during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations
Surveillance was stepped up after rioters attacked the Matthew O. Hatfield courthouse in Portland
A federal law enforcement agent was attacked with a hammer during that uprising
Agents continued to observe the protest movement during a raucous demonstration of President Biden’s inaugeration
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were dressed in plainclothes and embedded in Portland racial justice protests that followed the presidential inauguration, according to an investigation by The New York Times.
The newspaper’s investigation found that the FBI had officers in the protests walking alongside activists, recording the scenes of the day and alerting local police to potential arrests.