Portland, Trump and ICE
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As the Trump administration floods social media with “propaganda” videos, and MAGA personalities flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a “rebellion,” local residents are responding with… chicken suits and jokes.
The frogs protesting ICE in Portland are multiplying.
An unprecedented weekend put Portland at the center of national headlines, as President Trump continued his push to deploy National Guard members into the city over the objections of city and state elected officials and a federal judge.
It happened last week – at 10:57 p.m. on Oct. 2 – as people were peacefully protesting on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, said the man in the frog suit, Seth Todd, 24, of Portland.
Portland Police report monitoring protests at ICE facility, arresting two individuals, and engaging communication and crowd management teams.
The sound of a protest outside her window wakes Brennah Hammar in the middle of the night. Tear-gas creeps into her apartment complex, Gray's Landing, which is located across from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland's South Waterfront neighbourhood.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the federal government may buy more property and send more officers to Portland after tense talks with local leaders.
Here are five lessons for cities in the president’s sights, like Chicago and Memphis, drawn from the one city targeted by Mr. Trump in his first term, Portland, Ore.
Police in Portland, Oregon declared a riot late on Wednesday after protesters damaged a police building in unrest that followed the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case.