Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would limit the use of federal law enforcement officers for crowd control and require the officers to openly display their ID and not use unmarked vehicles while making arrests.
“I will be putting forward legislation on the Defense Authorization Act that’s on the floor of the Senate right now to try to force a debate on this and say, listen—deployment has to be limited to the federal property,” Merkley told NPR on July 18.
