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First and foremost, happy Juneteenth! It's a perfect day to revisit (or read for the first time) "BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portlandâs Racial Justice Movement"âthe co-production of the Mercury and Donovan Scribes, which exclusively features the voices of Black Portlanders reflecting on what has changed, and how much further we have to go following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in 2020, and the 100+ days of Portland protests that followed. This issue contains jaw-dropping truths, and for my money is one of the most powerful and important historical documents of what actually happened during those traumatic, painful, and occasionally joyful days in 2020. Check it out, and check out today's NEWS.
IN LOCAL NEWS:
⢠And the wildly immoral kidnapping of immigrants in Portland by ICE continues: According to eyewitness video taken in downtown Portland, a Colombian immigrantâidentified as E-A-T-B in court papersâhad just left immigration court yesterday where they were seeking asylum in America to escape life-threatening danger, when they were pulled over and snatched by masked, plain-clothed ICE agents. According to their lawyer, the asylum seeker has not committed any crimes, and was simply trying to follow the law when ICE agents "put him in handcuffs, walked him away and put him in the car and drove off,â according to witnesses. It's unclear where the person was taken, and the feds have thus far refused comment on the incident. If it's not clear yet, this is what fascism looks like.
A Colombian immigrant who had just appeared in federal immigration court Wednesday was pulled over while driving on a downtown Portland street and arrested by masked federal agents dressed in plain clothes, his immigration attorney told The Oregonian.
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â The Oregonian (@oregonian.com) June 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
⢠Last night marked what was probably the biggest nighttime turnout of ICE protesters at the South Portland facility yet, according to our Taylor Griggs, who was on the scene and estimated that roughly 250 people were at the building demanding a stop to the type of stories you just read. And according to Portland Policeâwho swear up and down they are not aiding and abetting ICEâtheir officers arrested two protesters outside the facility, one for being in closed off area next to the ICE facility, and the other who allegedly pointed a laser at federal officers. (Am I crazy, or does directly helping ICE agents qualify as directly helping ICE agents?)
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