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The politician of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement permission his metropolis aft national agents launched teardrop state astatine a assemblage of demonstrators — including young children — extracurricular an ICE installation during a play protestation that helium and others characterized arsenic peaceful.
Thousands of radical attended the "ICE out" protestation connected Saturday successful South Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The protestation began adjacent Elizabeth Caruthers Park, and demonstrators aboriginal moved to an ICE installation a fewer blocks away, CBS affiliate KOIN reported. That's wherever witnesses said agents deployed teardrop gas, capsicum balls and rubber bullets.
Erin Hoover Barnett, a erstwhile OregonLive newsman who joined the protest, said she was astir 100 yards from the gathering successful Portland's South Waterfront erstwhile "what looked similar 2 guys with rocket launchers" started dousing the assemblage with gas.
"To beryllium among parents frantically trying to thin to small children successful strollers, radical utilizing motorized carts trying to navigate arsenic the remainder of america staggered successful retreat, unsure of however to get to safety, was terrifying," Barnett wrote successful an email to OregonLive.
The usage of teardrop state continued intermittently done the nighttime arsenic the radical of protesters dwindled, KOIN reported.
The national authorities "must, and will, beryllium held accountable," Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said Saturday night. "To those who proceed to marque these sickening decisions, spell home, look successful a mirror, and inquire yourselves wherefore you person gassed children.
Wilson besides said the metropolis would beryllium imposing a interest connected detention facilities that usage chemic agents.
The politician said the daytime objection was peaceful, "where the immense bulk of those contiguous violated nary laws, made nary menace and posed nary danger" to national agents.
"To those who proceed to enactment for ICE: Resign. To those who power this facility: Leave," Wilson wrote successful his connection Saturday night. "Through your usage of unit and the trampling of the Constitution, you person mislaid each legitimacy and replaced it with shame."
The Portland Fire Bureau sent paramedics to dainty radical astatine the scene, constabulary said. Police officers monitored the assemblage but made nary arrests connected Saturday.
In a connection posted Sunday to societal media, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek condemned the beingness of ICE successful the state.
"Trump's ICE has nary spot successful Oregon," Kotek wrote. "The usage of teardrop state against families, children, and peaceful demonstrators yesterday is simply a horrific maltreatment of authorization that undermines nationalist information and violates law rights. Federal agents indispensable basal down and beryllium held accountable."
The Portland protestation was 1 of galore akin demonstrations nationwide against the Trump administration's migration crackdown successful cities similar Minneapolis, wherever successful caller weeks national agents killed 2 residents, Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
In downtown Los Angeles, national officers besides deployed teardrop state into the assemblage connected Saturday aft section constabulary issued an unlawful assembly order, CBS LA reported. At slightest 8 radical were arrested, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Federal agents successful Eugene, Oregon, deployed teardrop state connected Friday erstwhile protesters tried to get wrong the Federal Building adjacent downtown. City constabulary declared a riot and ordered the assemblage to disperse.
President Trump posted Saturday connected societal media that it was up to section instrumentality enforcement agencies to constabulary protests successful their cities. However, Mr. Trump said helium has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to person national agents beryllium vigilant successful guarding U.S. authorities facilities.
"Please beryllium alert that I person instructed ICE and/or Border Patrol to beryllium precise forceful successful this extortion of Federal Government Property. There volition beryllium nary spitting successful the faces of our Officers, determination volition beryllium nary punching oregon kicking the headlights of our cars, and determination volition beryllium nary stone oregon ceramic throwing astatine our vehicles, oregon astatine our Patriot Warriors," Mr. Trump wrote. "If determination is, those radical volition endure an equal, oregon more, consequence."
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