Federal Officers Don’t Have ‘Absolute Immunity’ but Prosecution Isn’t Easy

Residents and local officials in Portland are clamoring for accountability after federal agents shot two people on Thursday.

The shooting has put further fuel on growing public demand for an end to the Trump Administration’s aggressive nationwide immigration crackdown.

“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said. “Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by...