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[UNI88]

They might have been a little upset considering the excessive use of force that ICE used the day before - tear gas and pepper balls targeting large numbers of protesters, including children, all because a few protesters crossed the line. ICE overreacted but it's never their fault.

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They might have been a little upset considering the excessive use of force that ICE used the day before - tear gas and pepper balls targeting large numbers of protesters, including children, all because a few protesters crossed the line. ICE overreacted but it's never their fault.

[UNI88]

They might have been a little upset considering the excessive use of force that ICE used the day before - tear gas and pepper balls targeting large numbers of protesters, including children, all because a few protesters crossed the line. ICE overreacted but it's never their fault.

That's one extremely biased perspective of what happened.

And nick sortor? He's a rightwing twitter hero. Posting his tweets after complaining about some that kalm posts is

[UNI88]

Judge considers limits on federal officers after weekend use of force on protesters, children in Portland

At a hearing Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said he expected to rule Tuesday on whether to grant a temporary restraining order that could curb when federal officers use force outside the Portland ICE building.

Protesters suing the federal government say the past weekend’s violence at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland shows the need for a judge to limit federal officers from using excessive force on nonviolent demonstrators.

Thousands of protesters turned out for a rally in Portland on Saturday to speak-out against the federal government’s immigration enforcement crackdown. Protesters, including children and elderly people, were hit by tear gas after federal law enforcement officers fired chemical munitions at a group of demonstrators blocking the immigration facility’s driveway.
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Kelly Simon, legal director for the ACLU of Oregon, said in the filing that the federal government’s main contention is Homeland Security “expressly reserved the ability to deploy chemical munitions on protesters who were nonviolent or nonthreatening, including those who were simply trespassing or engaged in passive resistance like refusing to obey an order.”
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Bovino also noted that Border Patrol’s use of force policies require federal officers to give a verbal warning, when possible, and allow people time to comply before using force. In emails included in Sunday’s filing, attorneys with the Justice Department reflected a similar policy for DHS’s use of force.

But several people who attended the Saturday rally in Portland said in sworn declarations they did not hear any warnings from federal officers before tear gas or other chemical munitions were deployed.

“Agents from the ICE field office continually fired tear-gas canisters and deployed flash-bang grenades, which sounded like gunfire and created a thick fog,” Kimberly Nachbur said in a sworn statement, filed as part of the case.

Lucille Moody, who also attended the rally, said in a sworn court statement she did not witness any protesters posing a threat.

“I have attended protests in the past, and this was the most gas I have ever seen in my life,” Moody stated. “I could not breathe.”

Richard Eckman, who lives in the neighborhood and whose wife was seriously injured during an earlier protest, said he thought he would be safe “because it was a family-friendly event.”

“When later the gas detonated and engulfed the crowd, it caused me to choke and gag,” the 83 year-old Eckman stated. “I had difficulty breathing and seeing as I attempted to make my way toward home. Somebody provided me with water and helped me flush my eyes, which offered some temporary relief.”

Andrew Kihn said in his declaration that he was standing near families with children at the rally, and, like others, did not hear any warnings before federal officers used tear gas.

“I was standing next to a five-year-old girl and an elderly woman in her 70’s using a walker,” he said. “I saw the 5-year-old suffering from the gas coughing so badly, dragging behind and doubling-over as they tried to leave the area.”

The woman with the walker, he said, was disoriented and struggling to navigate the crowd.