"Yet federal agents are responding with increased force. Federal police unleashed a volley of weapons and chemical agents on anti-ICE protesters and journalists on Saturday, October 11. It was a notable escalation in the response to protests at the Portland immigration processing facility that led to violent arrests, a photojournalist getting shot with a pepper ball, and a large group being sprayed indiscriminately with tear gas."
"The night began with protesters dancing, laughing, and enjoying an assortment of new inflatable costumes-including Pikachu, Spongebob, a "MAGA manchild," and of course, the Portland frog brigade. The jovial irony of bucking Trump's "war ravaged" and "Antifa terror cell" proclamations was interrupted by a violent arrest at 7:30 pm, when five federal agents carried a protester into the building by their limbs, while another agent followed behind filming the action."
"Shortly before 9 pm, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents were seen shoving a protester to the ground while trying to clear the driveway so vehicles could exit the facility. Another was shoved immediately afterward, and shot with pepper balls. Adding fuel to an already volatile scene, right-wing agitators were again at the facility in large numbers. One was arrested by the Portland Police Bureau on a fourth-degree assault charge. A bystander said the man punched a person in the head."
Protesters in Portland gathered in inflatable animal and character costumes, dancing and mocking presidential claims while challenging ICE activity at a local immigration processing facility. Federal agents escalated tactics on October 11 by firing weapons and chemical agents, resulting in violent arrests, a photojournalist struck by a pepper ball, and indiscriminate tear-gassing of a large group. Early arrests included five agents carrying a protester into the facility while another filmed. Department of Homeland Security agents shoved protesters and used pepper balls to disperse people as right-wing agitators also gathered; one right-wing individual was arrested on a fourth-degree assault charge.
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