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Portland Officials Condemn ICE After Federal Agents Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters and Children

Saturday’s rally and march led by local labor unions against ICE drew thousands of participants. The disproportionate federal response to a peaceful protest has rattled the city.
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Thousands of local union members and supporters gathered in Portland’s South Waterfront Saturday afternoon for an anti-ICE demonstration hosted by Oregon labor leaders. The family-friendly event turned chaotic after federal agents met the peaceful crowd with repeated rounds of tear gas as they marched outside Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The disproportionate federal […]

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On No Kings Weekend, Chants, Inflatable Costumes, and Tear Gas Shroud Portland ICE Facility

Following a massive anti-Trump march, hundreds gathered to protest hostile immigration enforcement and violent policing.
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Hundreds of people packed the sidewalks and streets outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland Saturday, to protest increasingly hostile US immigration policies. With momentum from a massive No Kings rally Saturday afternoon, a jubilant, sometimes raucous crowd chanted and held up signs and middle fingers at federal agents surveilling the […]

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A Night of Terror: Civil Disobedience Met With Extreme Force at Portland ICE Facility

Federal agents brutalized press and protesters, firing repeated crowd control munitions during weekend protests.
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Portland’s protest antics have made national headlines in the past week. The chicken suit; the giant inflatable frog; and the growing flurry of other inflatable animal costumes have put a spotlight on the benign nature of most anti-ICE protesters. Yet federal agents are responding with increased force. Federal police unleashed a volley of weapons and […]

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Supporters Pack Courtroom for Portlander Facing Federal Protest Charges

After weeks of surveillance, the FBI showed up to arrest Jacob Hoopes at gunpoint six weeks after his alleged offenses at a Portland ICE protest.
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Robert Jacob Hoopes and his girlfriend looked out their bedroom window last Friday morning to find FBI agents surrounding their home. A minute later, the armed officers were pounding at their door, demanding they open up, reportedly without providing a warrant. Eventually, they learned the federal officers were there to arrest Hoopes, 24, for allegedly […]

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As Anti-ICE Fight Grows, Advocates Are Divided About Portland Facility

Almost 15,000 people have signed a petition asking City Council to revoke ICE’s Portland building permit. Others say the move would backfire.
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Portland activists are pushing back on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the agency escalates its aggressive detainment and deportation of immigrants, including people seeking asylum and those who have established legal status to be in the US. But over the past few weeks, as protesters have faced off with federal agents at nightly demonstrations […]

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Portland Rises Up Against Trump and ICE with Two Saturday Protests

A massive march for “No Kings” day, followed by arrests at Portland’s ICE headquarters.
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An estimated 50,000 protesters rallied in Portland’s Waterfront Park on Saturday, June 14 for a “No Kings” demonstration, which was part of a nationwide series of protests against the Trump administration.  Brought together by a wide blanket of concerns—the Trump administration’s general authoritarianism, accounts of unlawful detentions and disappearances, militarized forces used on unarmed Americans, […]

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At a Massive “Hands Off” Rally, Portlanders Protest Trump From All Angles

On April 5, protesters took to the streets in cities across the US. Portland’s event showed the diversity of opinions in the anti-Trump movement. 
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Portlanders took to the streets en masse on April 5 to participate in the city’s “Hands Off” mass mobilization, with thousands of people filling up the downtown waterfront to rally against the Trump administration. The event, organized by the groups 50501 and Rose City Indivisible, began at the Japanese American Historical Plaza, but the crowd—which […]

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Multnomah County Commissioners Poised to Vote on Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution

The resolution, introduced by Commissioner Lori Stegmann, has been in the works for the last month. But pro-Palestine organizers are disappointed by what they see as a watered-down statement.
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The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will discuss a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza at the county’s next board meeting Thursday, March 7.  The resolution, initiated by Commissioner Lori Stegmann, comes amid mounting pressure for national and local elected officials to denounce the war that has resulted in the deaths […]

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Portland Activists Stage Sit-In at Rep. Blumenauer’s Office In Hopes He’ll Support a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Activists hope Blumenauer, a longtime progressive, will eventually be responsive to their demands.
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On Wednesday, November 8, members of Portland’s Jewish community and allies shut down Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s office by blocking the entrance for over three hours. Neither Blumenauer or Oregon’s other U.S. Representatives have called for a cease-fire in Gaza, where more than 10,000 people have been killed by Israeli militants over the last month. While […]

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“Free, Free Palestine”: Portlanders Rally for Gazans, Ask Local Politicians to Support Cease-Fire

A rally on October 28 was the latest in a string of local protests supporting Palestine.
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In just the last three weeks, more than 8,000 Palestinians— about 3,200 of them children— have been killed by Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. As the death toll continues to rise—with no sign of a cease-fire on the horizon—protests have erupted all over the world, calling for an end to the violence and […]

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Transportation Justice Advocates Plan Rally Against TriMet Fare Hike

TriMet’s board of directors is expected to approve a 30-cent fare increase on Wednesday. Opponents say it’s the wrong way for the transit agency to fix its budget woes.
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When TriMet leaders first floated the idea of raising bus and MAX fares last November, they said it would be a necessary measure to solve the transit agency’s financial shortfalls. The current price of a two-and-a-half-hour adult transit pass is $2.50, which TriMet board members said is not sufficient to stave off the agency’s budget […]

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City Council Set to Approve $47,500 to Settle Police Abuse Case

Cushing is one of at least nine Portlanders whose civil cases against the city for officers’ conduct at 2020 demonstrations has resulted in a settlement payout from the city.
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Portland City Council will vote Wednesday on whether it should award $47,500 to Portlander Evelyn Cushing for her injuries sustained by a Portland cop during a 2020 racial justice protest. According to a draft legal complaint sent to the city, Cushing was beaten with a night stick by Officer Brian Wheeler at a demonstration in […]

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