Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump [View all]
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting/NPR
Oct. 5, 2025 4:54 a.m. Updated: Oct. 5, 2025 11:28 a.m.
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland on Saturday, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.
Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, federal officers pushed crowds of protesters hundreds of yards down city streets and fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and pepper balls without any clear signs of provocation. Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
More than 100 protesters demonstrated against federal law enforcement at the ICE building Saturday evening, much as they have in previous nights. They heckled officers and denounced participation in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies. A few dozen activists also joined the crowd demonstrating in support of ICE. Federal officers interrupted the scene with a show of force unlike previous nights.
It began shortly after 8 p.m. with dozens of officers marching out of the driveway and moving the crowd to make way for vehicles. Then, unlike the typical driveway clearing they did previous nights, officers began to push the crowds farther into the neighborhood by several blocks. As protesters loudly wondered why they were being asked to step back on public city streets, officers methodically marched the crowds down two separate streets on either side of the ICE facility: South Bancroft Street and South Moody Avenue.
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