Portland has become an actual police state, with Donald Trump’s federal troops descending upon the city and brutalizing Black Lives Matter protesters and detaining people before throwing them in unmarked vans, against the wishes of both the mayor of the city and Oregon’s governor, both of whom want the feds to get the fuck out of their town. (RIP states’ rights!) And now, a growing group of self-organized moms have made it their mission to protect protesters from Trump’s feds.
Viral videos and photos on social media showed around three dozen mothers — dressed in white and wearing bike helmets — linking arms and chanting, “Feds stay clear! Moms are here!” and “Leave our kids alone” at a protest outside a federal courthouse.Bev Barnum, who came up with the idea for the “Wall of Moms” and spread the word via a Facebook event, explained
to BuzzFeed that the moms “are about protecting peaceful citizens’ right to protest.” As she wrote on the Facebook event page, “We moms are often underestimated. But we’re stronger than we’re given credit for. So what do you say, will you stand with me? Will you help me create a wall of moms?” Part of Barnum’s goal was to gather a group of moms—most of whom were white or appeared white—who as she put it looked “like we were going to Target,” thinking that federal police would see them and think twice before using violence
. As another mom who participated, Brenna Burnett, told Buzzfeed, it was about deploying their privilege strategically. “This is about Black Lives Matter. This is not about white women coming in to save the day,” Burnett said.didn’t prevent federal officials from tear-gassing the Wall of Moms and other protesters on Saturday.
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