Federal deputy status doesn’t change their requirement to be police.  Just who gets to order them around.  They can arrest and detain, and it’s true the administration has figured out some truely innovative ways brutalize and torture people outside the law.  That denial of washing facilities was inspired. animalistically  evil, but inspired. It’s something of a trump trademark.  He once murdered a man by denying him all utilities, delaying in court, and waiting.  

 You seem to be making the assumption that any policeman is a mere whiff away from a storm trooper. It’s a pretty common belief in some quarters.  Perhaps it will prove true.

@Bombastinator You're right, it has nothing to do with the requirements to be an officer. It as everything to do with actual prosecution of crimes. The Portland DA refuses to prosecute, so this is a way to go a step higher; Federal deputies are handled by the US Attorney's office, not the county's.

I've made no assumption about police being storm troopers at all. People toting that have no idea what they're talking about. They're likely the same people that think these are "peaceful protests" (in Portland, in particular) when they're clearly violent riots.

Ah.  so you’re in Portland then?
 

I’m in Saint Paul. I heard all about this “violent rioting” in the twin cities too.  Turned out there was some.  A little.  It was mostly being done by Fa groups hiding within the the protest groups.  

I heard a bunch of stuff about how “the twin cities was on fire” though from people outside the area.  They did not know what was going on.  That basically never happened.  There were a few fires.  That’s not “the twin cities is on fire” though. Perhaps the people telling you about these “violent riots” know less about what is actually going on than the people that actually live in Portland. Like this DA. 
 

Federal marshals mean federal law. Federal law is a lot less restrictive generally than state law. So fewer arrests.  Or at least fewer legal ones.  Yet you are expecting more arrests.  So illegal arrest?  Hard to prosecute an illegal arrest.  You didn’t say prosecution though you just said “punishment”. So tactics the administration already has a history of.

No, but it's a pretty interesting thing to keep tabs on.

There's no need for quotations. People have been killed. If that's not violence, I don't know what is.

No, it certainly did. There were park benches on fire, they tried to set fire to a retail store in the ground floor of the mayor's apartment complex. Saying the cities were on fire is a figure of speech, it's not meant to be literal. Obviously every single building isn't going to be on fire. You can look at news reports and video taken at the riots. The facts are right there, you just have to actually open your eyes and take a look.

Yes and no. They'll be able to arrest for violence against officers and property damage. It's the fact that those charges will actually get prosecuted, instead of simply letting them back on the street like the DA would do that makes the difference. That's why other law enforcement agencies have refused to support the city of Portland. There's no point in arresting people only to have them right back out on the street the next night. Jail time and fines equate to punishment for bad behavior.