The cities of Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, filed a joint lawsuit this week against the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, claiming the response to protests and riots earlier this year violated the Constitution.
“This lawsuit challenges the unlawful and unconstitutional overreach of federal law enforcement in response to and in anticipation of civil protests in progressive United States cities,” the 48-page document, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, states.
