Trump começa a preparar a lei marcial?

Pelo menos em Portland (Oregon), onde agentes não-identificados em carrinhas descaracterizadas andam a prender manifestantes nas ruas:

• Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

• ‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them (Washington Post)

• Trump Unleashes His Secret Police in Portland (The Nation)

• The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland (The Nation)

•  What the Heck Are Federal Law Enforcement Officers Doing in Portland? (Lawfare)

Aparentemente, a combinação entre as leis aprovadas contra o terrorismo após o 11 de setembro e as leis recentemente aprovadas para combater a pandemia Covid-19 tornam isso possível.

A respeito disso, Noah Smith (um economista de centro-esquerda) escreve "Ironically, all the 1990s right-wing libertarians who were paranoid about the power of federal agents turned out to be right. They were just 25 years too early, and wrong about who would be targeted!".