Comparing agents’ abducting people of the streets of Portland to kidnapping, Oregon’s Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has sued multiple federal agencies claiming that they are violating protesters’ civil rights, reports USA Today.

“Ordinarily, a person exercising his right to walk through the streets of Portland who is confronted by anonymous men in military-type fatigues and ordered into an unmarked van can reasonably assume that he is being kidnapped and is the victim of a crime,” the complaint reads.

Rosenblum’s lawsuit, filed against the Department of Homeland Security and some of its member agencies including Customs & Border Protection, cites the case of Mark Pettibone, who was detained while walking home, has his eyes covered, was placed in an unmarked car and taken to a jail cell.

After being held for hours and read his Miranda rights–though not charged with a crime–Pettibone was then released when he demanded a lawyer.  It was only after he left the building that he realized he was being held in a federal courthouse.

The tactics of the federal agents have been roundly criticized by political leaders, the legal community and civil rights advocates.  The governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, has called for the removal of federal agents.

The American Civil Liberties Union has also filed a lawsuit regarding the use of unidentified agents as well as unmarked vehicles.

Even the US Attorney for Oregon, Billy Williams, has asked the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the tactics and complaints for violations of federal law and department policy.