"Pro-MAGA influencer Nick Sortor was also seen getting shoved and harassed in Portland last week. That is the exception to the norm, Stanley-Becker told anchor Ana Cabrera. Instead, he said, there are usually a dozen or two dozen protestors shouting at federal agents at Portland's only ICE facility, and then at night, especially on weekend nights, it gets more lively, it gets more rowdy."
"He continued: And yes, there are moments of intense standoffs with the federal agents and sporadic acts of violence, whether that is tussles with federal agents, or more likely than not, actually, when those federal agents have retreated back into the building and some of the members get bored or are looking for something to do, some tussles with other members of the crowd, with conservative social media influencers who have descended on Portland, looking for footage."
Clips on X showed confrontations among anti-ICE protesters, federal agents, and pro-ICE counter-protesters, including a pro-MAGA influencer being shoved. Most gatherings at Portland's ICE facility involve a dozen or two dozen people who shout at agents by day and become rowdier on weekend nights. Periodic intense standoffs and sporadic acts of violence occur, but many tussles arise when participants become bored or seek footage, sometimes clashing with conservative influencers. Characterizing the city as a war zone overstates the situation; the pattern is more absurdity and spectacle than sustained widespread urban warfare.
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