All posts tagged "Portland"

A federal court judge Tuesday ruled to block federal immigration agents from using aggressive tactics against protesters and journalists.

In a case filed by several plaintiffs, including "the Portland Chicken," journalists, veterans, and an elderly couple, federal officers were accused of using violent tactics similar to the ones used in 2020 during "Operation Diligent Valor," KATU2 ABC reported.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled that federal agents have used excessive force on demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland....

Tenants and an owner at a Portland, Oregon apartment across the street from an ICE field office have filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE, accusing agents of using chemical munitions in a "reckless manner" for months, according to reports.

The residents living in Gray's Landing, an affordable housing apartment about 100 feet from the ICE field office, have asked the court to stop ICE agents from using tear gas unless it's a matter of life or death, The Washington Post reported.

The use of chemicals has reportedly been so bad that people living at the apartment have had to wear gas masks to sleep or even sleep in their bathtubs to try and escape the tear gas wafting inside their homes, they said in court declarations. ...

Oregon state police are shredding President Donald Trump's ICE agents after officers "suffered exposure" from tear gas during a protest outside an ICE facility in Portland earlier this month.

Judge Karin Immergut said she would decide on whether to hold the government in contempt and determine whether the government violated a temporary restraining order when officials refused to pause National Guard soldiers going into Portland, Oregon.

New evidence was presented in court on Wednesday about the federal government firing on local law enforcement with pepper balls and chemical gas. ...

A dramatic claim by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to have arrested “the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa,” therefore putting the Trump administration in position to “eliminate” the leftwing “network,” was dismissed by both the activist the arrested woman was said to have dated and a leading expert on such leftwing groups.

“I want to make it absolutely clear that I am not now, nor have I ever been, the ‘founder’ of ‘Antifa’ — in Portland [Oregon], the United States, or anywhere else,” said Luis Enrique Marquez, the activist, in a statement on a website promoting a book.

“It’s an absurd claim, no matter how they try to frame it,” Stanislav Vysotsky, an associate professor of criminology at the University of Fraser Valley in British Columbia, told Raw Story....

A Portland City Council member made a CNN anchor chuckle Thursday after calling Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a "renowned puppy killer" who is "afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes."

Angelita Morillo, a Portland City Council member, had CNN's Boris Sanchez laughing with her comments about the visit with DHS official Noem, as city and state leaders have blatantly told the Trump administration that they do not want the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.

"I never thought that renowned puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes. But here we are," Morillo said. ...

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice issued a response Friday after a MAGA influencer's arrest in Portland, Oregon, criticizing the "woke cops" who arrested him.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, announced via X that an investigation into the arrest of Nick Sortor was underway, sharing a letter with demands for City Attorney Robert Taylor and Bob Day, chief of police.

"Acting at the direction of our @AGPamBondi, we @CivilRights have launched an investigation into Portland, OR’s highly questionable police practices. Stay tuned. We will not leave the people of Portland at the whims of criminals and woke cops. Govern yourselves accordingly!" Dhillon wrote....