Draft:Unidentified officers during the George Floyd protests

During the George Floyd protests and subsequent police and National Guard crackdown, the Trump administration utilized the use of unidentified federal officers, or secret police in the cities of Portland and Washington, D.C.. The use of such officers has been criticized as authoritarian.

Background
On May 25, 2020, a 46-year-old African American man named George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. The murder sparked unrest and protests in the area where he was killed, and they eventually spread nationwide.

In June 2020, the Trump administration authorized the use of federal forces in individual states and Washington D.C. to suppress rioting.

Incidents
On June 3, officers patrolled Washington D.C. and refused to identify themselves to journalists. A representative for the National Guard later claimed them.

It was reported that unidentified agents detaining protestors in Portland had occurred since at least June 14.

On June 23, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were deployed in an unspecified location in Seattle without initially notifying officials.

On July 15, unidentified federal forces in Portland detained protestors and took them into unidentified vans.

On July 18, unidentified and armed agents in Portland advanced on protestors, leading to a brief confrontation.