By now nearly everyone has seen the TV footage of the treatment that a U.S. Navy veteran has received from those federal troops that have been sent to Portland. Reportedly those troops are mostly Border Patrol agents. If those agents treat an older, white, Navy veteran who is doing nothing threatening in such a manner, what do you think that they are doing to those that they find in the border area where there are not apt to be any witnesses? Are you proud that such people are representing you?
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Letter: Troops can’t be trusted
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