On the night of July 11, as hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters
amassed around the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, federal Homeland
Security officers opened fire with “crowd control” munitions. They shot a
teargas canister directly at the head of Donavan LaBella, a peaceful
protester who had been standing across the street holding a sign. The
video that captured the protester — unconscious, bleeding and being
carried to safety by other demonstrators and street medics — went viral
almost immediately, pushing state officials to make public statements
and demand that federal law enforcement pull back…