- Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Federal Protective Service officers arrived at George Floyd Black Lives Matter protests (May 2020) in Portland and DC braced for combat.
- The records detail warnings that protestors could have “rudimentary weaponry” and conduct attacks.
- Agents also heavily monitored social media for BLM protest updates and people who expressed interest in participating.
- Despite hundreds of pages detailing protestors, the records only provide a single mention of far-right white supremacist groups and militias at protests.
