That was me,
a few pages back. Looks like the feds surged to Seattle in anticipation of the J25 "Day of Solidarity with Portland", but the SPD handled business so they left without needing to come out and play. The local government was so completely ignored, the feds didn't even bother to notify them when they left. Their "joint"
press release is a pristine, textbook example of Extreme Cope; you can mine
so much salt just by reading between the lines.
Now contrast with Portland:
Key info in there: Chad Wolf went over Mayor Wheeler's head to talk with the governor, who
has agreed to a joint action.
"That plan includes a robust presence of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland."
Chad Wolf just pulled some big dick energy over Ted "Teargas Photo Op" Wheeler.
And it's not all talk--look at the local reporter's
timeline from last night (
archive), specifically
this video, where cops finally show up outside the Portland federal courthouse.
cops in portland.mp4
You can see at 0:14 that the cops in the street are
not the feds, who are still behind the fence at the courthouse wearing different gear. I don't know if they're the aforementioned state police, I assume so. Either way those cops pushed back rioters several blocks instead of the feds' usual 1-2 block radius.
It looks like the adults are finally sick of the tantrums.