We spent the past month (months?) talking w/ protesters detained at Portland's ICE bldg about their experiences. We heard everything from being questioned about antifa, to not being read Miranda rights, to photos w/ arresting officers. Their stories point to a slapdash, chaotic federal operation:
Those arrested at Portland ICE protests recount disparate, confusing treatment by federal officers
OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal la...
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Attorneys for the DOJ argue Portland's ICE building closed for 22 days this summer, halting operations. Reporting by @troywb.bsky.social and @tonyschick.bsky.social shows that's... not exactly accurate. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland’s ICE building closed for 22 days this summer, but immigration arrests and detentions hardly slowed
Justice Department attorneys argue the facility was “inoperable.” Some public functions were halted. Bookings were not.
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Two things felt different to the ppl I spoke with who’d been protesting at the ICE building for months. 1st was the sheer volume of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs used, seemingly unprovoked. 2nd was seeing so many videographers/live-streamers embedded with the feds as they marched out.
Alex Zielinski@alexzee.bsky.social · 10mo agoHours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. Troy and I were on the ground:
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. Troy and I were on the ground:
Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...
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Neil Olshey fuming he couldn’t get this many guards to Portland.
OPB@opb.org · 10mo agoThe Oregon National Guard said it has begun the process of mobilizing guard members with law enforcement experience to comply with President Donald Trump’s deployment order for 200 troops in Portland, but it could be next week before there are actual boots on the ground.
A trolly for scenic history along Portland’s waterfront stopped by near the city’s ICE protests this afternoon.