Summary
The nightly demonstration in Downtown Portland in front of the Justice Center and the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse occurred as it does nearly every night, this time with a notable guest: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Thousands of people were present at the demonstration, and many made their feelings on Ted Wheeler, who is not only the mayor but also the police commissioner, abundantly clear by chanting “Fuck Ted Wheeler” and “Quit Your Job” both ahead of his arrival and at him after he arrived.
While Ted Wheeler and some protestors spoke in front of the Justice Center, at the Federal Courthouse across the street, protestors were throwing trash over the fence surrounding the courthouse and setting some of it on fire. Shortly after, federal officers made announcements for protestors to clear the area and stop their behavior, and eventually deployed tear gas, pepper balls, and flash bangs at protestors. Mayor Ted Wheeler was still in the crowd at the time and he and his security team also got gassed.
After the second round of tear gas, the mayor left the protest by entering into a city building two blocks west of the Justice Center. Less than an hour later, The Portland Police Bureau (PPB), who had not had a presence at the demonstration thus far, announce over their loudspeaker that they were declaring the gathering a riot. While PPB was making these announcements and threatening use of tear gas, federal officers were already deploying tear gas at protestors.
By about 3 AM, the attacks on protestors by federal officers had halted. Despite making announcements that they would engage protestors with crowd control munitions, PPB never made an appearance at the demonstration. The night ended without further incident after this time.
Scheduled Events
- Community Sign Making – Noon
- Forever Equal (All Ages March) – 2 PM
- Gresham Counter Protest – 5:30 PM
- Car Caravan Protest – 6 PM
Timelines
Ahead of Ted Wheeler’s planned presence at the nightly demonstration downtown, protestors made their feelings on Portland’s Mayor/Police Commissioner very clear.
I’m at the Justice Center early to see Portland mayor Ted Wheeler do… whatever he’s going to do. Press is huddled at SW 3rd and Madison, waiting for the mayor to arrive. Protesters are already chanting “Fuck Ted Wheeler.”
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Listen to the chant in this video of the ground lol. pic.twitter.com/Hr7IpTy9Sj
It’s 9 PM and there are already around 1,000 people gathered in downtown Portland.#TearGasTed hasn’t even arrived yet, but the “fuck Ted Wheeler” chants have already started.
— PNW Youth Liberation Front (@PNWYLF) July 23, 2020
Lots of canopies set up— @riotribs is cooking.
Come on down, PDX, looks like we’re in for a long night!
The crowd sprawls behind the press scrum, spilling halfway down SW 3rd and SW Madison. Protesters hold various signs. (One says “gas me, Teddy”.) Drums are drumming and some people are chanting. We are all waiting for the mayor to arrive. pic.twitter.com/MuAYWBou2k
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Around 9:10 PM, Mayor Ted Wheeler arrived at the demonstration.
Ted Wheeler is slowly approaching, escorted by a large crowd of protesters chanting, you guessed it, “fuck Ted Wheeler.”
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Ted Wheeler has arrived, pushing through a crowd of protesters and press. Protesters chant “Quit your job.” I am shoulder to shoulder with press and protesters. This is the closest I’ve been to people since March ? pic.twitter.com/oyazs0QG0V
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Mayor Wheeler denounces federal law enforcement presence in Portland. Calling it an illegal occupation. The crowd asserts that his inaction let this happen. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotests #Blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SRHsk1XJri
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 23, 2020
Mayor Wheeler continues to say he has made “historic reforms” to the PPB. The crowd is clear: Not Enough. #PortlandProtest #PDXprotest #BLACKLIVESMATTER pic.twitter.com/dwB4lCYZMj
— Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) July 23, 2020
First up, a medic talks about being shot in the head with less-lethal munition while trying to help a bleeding protester.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Mic cuts out halfway through. Nobody on the mic now.
Behind us, a huge crowd chants “Black lives matter.”
Black Lives Matter! #BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtests #PortlandProtest #AbolishThePolice #PDXprotests #pdx #DefendPdx #ACAB #Portland #ACABSpring #PortlandMoms #wallofmoms #wallofdads pic.twitter.com/NxS9BayMZk
— Daddy M (@R3volutionDaddy) July 23, 2020
The crowd is projecting a series of demands on the wall of the Justice Center. I do not think Ted is going to like them. pic.twitter.com/09NWIKU44Y
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 23, 2020
“Will you commit to working towards abolitioning the Portland Police Bureau? Yes or no?”
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
“No, i do not support—“ crowd screams so loud I can’t hear anything else.
This is the scene behind and next to us: THOUSANDS of protesters jumping and chanting. Holy moly.https://t.co/sDL23Z4MPp https://t.co/bcTHDjQ1f9
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Oooh, crowd is chanting “Ted shot us, too.” That’s a new one. pic.twitter.com/py4IK6Elmv
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Wheeler does not have any sort of PA, and seems to be getting lent mics by the people asking him questions. Not clear if he ever intended to address a large crowd. pic.twitter.com/fEmq3IsaSn
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 23, 2020
Fresh air!!!!
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
The crowd is SO big. Thousands of people. It spills into Terry Shrunk Plaza and fills the majority of Chapman Square.
The bulk of the crowd is listening to Black protest leaders, who are on the steps of the Justice Center. Their PA system is MUCH louder. pic.twitter.com/6fOJC3pjCK
Y’all, Ted followed me! He just walked to the Justice Center steps with the good PA system. (I heard he was encouraged to do that by the crowd.)
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Note: “Protest Bureau” below refers to The Portland Protest Bureau, a black-led group in Portland that was created at the start of the George Floyd protests who purport to be leaders of the movement.
Some of the Protest Bureau people are really insistent that people to listen to Ted Wheeler and not argue. They point out that he is the commissioner in charge of Portland Police, and the mayor, so they want to know what he has to say.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
New person on the mic. “Ted Wheeler just came up here and talked a bunch of bullshit!” they say. “We want him to resign, period. We do not want police reform. History has shown us that reform does not work. We want complete abolition, period.” pic.twitter.com/SSKPZjambk
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
This person just said “fuck Ted Wheeler” so it’s definitely a tonal shift from the speaker who was on the mic earlier, urging the crowd to listen calmly. ?
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Next speaker is a lifelong Portlander, talking about gentrification in Portland.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Again, if someone could caption, that would be amazing! Too much is happening rn for me to be able to do it. pic.twitter.com/XshoCj2Rwn
Wheeler makes his way back down through the crowd. pic.twitter.com/tojdJ8N4kJ
— Alex Milan Tracy (@AlexMilanTracy) July 23, 2020
Ted Wheeler is having another tiny press conference / listening session by this tree, just north of the Justice Center steps. He is surrounded by people holding up phones and cameras. Fireworks go off in the background. pic.twitter.com/LebxVzGB0u
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Next door to the Justice Center where Ted Wheeler and protestors were speaking, a group of protestors gathered in front of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
Protestors are shooting Roman candles at the buidling pic.twitter.com/1xkEAV3ezP
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
The feds have turned off the lights. That is generally a bad sign. pic.twitter.com/JZiTi5p96X
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 23, 2020
I believe feds are announcing over loudspeaker at fence people. I can’t hear it. PPB’s LRAD is… better?
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 23, 2020
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) July 23, 2020
The Snack Van, who announced a few days ago that they would be leaving Portland, made a surprise return.
I THOUGHT @SnackVanTM WAS GONE! Triumphant return: pic.twitter.com/bX6G7kjA9x
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 23, 2020
LOTS of fence shaking. Lots of reminders that shaking the fence may result in arrest or crowd control munitions.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
The crowd over here is quite young. The mom-bloc and dad-bloc folks are still over by the Justice Center, I think.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
A fire has started (in more ways than one) pic.twitter.com/VMuYvObsM5
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
Just before 11:20 PM, federal officers emerged from the federal courthouse for the first time of the night and deployed tear gas, among other munitions, against protestors. Mayor Ted Wheeler was still in the area.
Federal police deploy flash bangs and shoot munitions in front of the federal courthouse. As far as I know, the mayor is still one block south at the Justice Center. On a normal night, federal police would have used a lot of tear gas by now because of the fire.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Folks, we’ve got tear gas in front of the federal courthouse! Tear gas is an abortifacient and causes you to cough. Right now we’re in a global pandemic that is spread by coughing. pic.twitter.com/J6iHyR8eCK
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Ted got tear gassed! He did it! How did he like it I wonder? pic.twitter.com/XSP4DdlL8m
— 45th ןǝןןɐɹɐd ʇsıpɹnsqɐ ǝpɐbıɹq (@45thabsurdist) July 23, 2020
Leaf blowers are still in the field, blowing the smoke away from the criwd. pic.twitter.com/prPQ9IbeRT
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) July 23, 2020
Federal officers fix breach in the fence pic.twitter.com/GdX6DfENnY
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
Pretty instantaneous regrouping in the spicy ass air. pic.twitter.com/nB23KuQswn
— Donovan “It was the blurst of times” Farley ?? (@DonovanFarley) July 23, 2020
Mayor of Portland @tedwheeler, shortly after being tear gassed: pic.twitter.com/WTSxstMius
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 23, 2020
Wheeler taking about tear gas: pic.twitter.com/E4vw41McHQ
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 23, 2020
Federal officers are standing in the doorway of the federal courthouse ready to engage the crowd. pic.twitter.com/8VVreN6XZ1
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) July 23, 2020
Around 11:40 PM, federal officers reemerged from the federal courthouse. Shortly after they deployed pepper balls and tear gas at protestors for the second time of the night.
Federal police came out and the crowd hates it. pic.twitter.com/R6vg2rvhlJ
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
There’s a white protester behind the fence, approaching the door with their hands up. Federal agents suddenly ran out of the door and pulled the person inside.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Wheeler getting tear gassed. pic.twitter.com/lKN5jpWWuW
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 23, 2020
Officers have come out of the federal courthouse again but this crowd tonight is not retreating for now pic.twitter.com/NrJJpNsDiM
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) July 23, 2020
TONS of gas. Saw Ted Wheeler’s press scrum finally backing away from the fence.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
A Black man next to me was coughing and throwing up so much from gas that I had to wait 30 seconds before I could even give him an eye wash. (Did you know that breaks journalistic ethics? Whatever.)
Ted Wheeler is walking west. Protesters are following him, yelling. Press also followinG, obviously., pic.twitter.com/eBeXBuYlEl
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Mayor Ted Wheeler departed the protest by entering The Portland Building, two block West of the Justice Center where protestors were being teargassed heavily by federal forces.
Ted just walked into the Portland Building. Someone threw a paint balloon at the door as he departed. Crowd is regrouping now. And coughing. pic.twitter.com/L8puY8i0rm
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Feds fire more gas and crowd control munitions at protesters as they line up with umbrealla and shields in front of the fence blocking access to the federal courthouse. pic.twitter.com/CcwDK3xzsf
— Alex Milan Tracy (@AlexMilanTracy) July 23, 2020
A gas canister is blown away by a leaf blower and a fire extinguisher. pic.twitter.com/EjAuL1bRkI
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
I stopped by Riot Ribs and they have their food and supplies covered with tarps and garbage bags, presumably to protect it from getting coated in pepper spray, as it did last night.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
There’s still a line of 30 people waiting for food, though. pic.twitter.com/vaTLfspde0
A protester shouts, “And fuck your weak ass LRAD bullhorn! Just go home!”
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
The federal LRAD is much quieter than PPB’s.
Anyway, idk if you can see it, but federal officers came out of the doors. pic.twitter.com/WFzWSHwprG
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Here we see the Phalanx repel a gas attack and advance to the wall. pic.twitter.com/5pz1XObUit
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 23, 2020
Around 12:30 AM, Portland Police, who hadn’t been seen downtown the whole night, declared a riot.
PPB on the LRAD. Downtown is closed from Columbia to Harvey Milk (that’s a HUGE space, if you don’t live here. Literally all of downtown and then some) and 1st to Broadway.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Suddenly PPB LRAD screeches to life up the street and says this is a riot and something about the JC… but there’s no one there? Folks now walking towards LRAD despite LRAD’s promise to use tear gas. I guess @tedwheeler left and with him so to did any semblance of humanity.
— Donovan “It was the blurst of times” Farley ?? (@DonovanFarley) July 23, 2020
Ahoy, portland police bureau’s DJ LRAD was posted up the wrong way on third just on the other side of Columbia. PPB gave a second this is a riot you’re gonna get gassed warning. pic.twitter.com/Iknpm6zYIc
— Jake “wear a mask” Johnson (@FancyJenkins) July 23, 2020
I just want to emphasize that Mayor Ted Wheeler was out here talking about how he was going to bravely hold the line when federal agents tear gassed the crowd, and then he left after a couple rounds of gas, and now HIS OWN POLICE FORCE is also threatening to gas the crowd?!
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Crowd is still standing at 3rd and Main, waiting to see which police force strikes first: federal officers or Portland police. A group of protesters are still rattling the fence but most are standing around, a ways away.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
PPB makes another riot announcement as federal police continue to tear gas and shoot protesters.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Lots of tear gas. Protesters walking away from FC. I am coughing harder than usual. No eye spice.
— ?️?Andrew D. Jankowski?️? (@AndrewJank) July 23, 2020
I think this was federal tear gas? Protesters retreat in a cloud of smoke. Others continue to hold the line. As always, people around me are coughing and throwing up and calling for medics. pic.twitter.com/WzqtNgKE8g
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Here’s the fire on the NW corner of federal property. pic.twitter.com/tx1rIJDNHS
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Federal officers unload pepper balls pic.twitter.com/QgWQNUvyT6
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
Did I mention that there are still several hundred people here?
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
I’m standing on SW 3rd, and roughly half the people I see are wearing respirators or gas masks. Some have paired them with street clothes. It’s completely dystopian.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Still no sign on the ground of the Portland Police Bureau, who have declared a riot, closed 100+ blocks of downtown Portland (the protesters are only using like 6 blocks max) and threatened to use tear gas and munitions.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
The dads are helping pic.twitter.com/VcXEntgdjG
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
Federal officer kicks tear gas toward protestor, protestor yells at him, federal officer come back fires riot gun point blank at protestor pic.twitter.com/wMWZBdmCHT
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
Protesters rush to extinguish a tear gas canister.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
This might be the least dispersable crowd I’ve ever seen. Also, federal agents haven’t bull rushed yet, which is weird. pic.twitter.com/JFKNIRVBRb
Definitely still a few hundred people here. I think they were just spread out before.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
Hard to believe that a couple weeks ago, these protests were often 100 youths sitting around the elk statue, eating chips. It just keeps growing.
Big chants of “Whose streets? Our streets!” as federal police continue to tear gas. pic.twitter.com/bgOog0mssG
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Protest dad, using a skateboard as a shield pic.twitter.com/dzU5onfsq5
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
The Police have not been by to declare it a riot in a while. Folks are still shooting the courthouse. pic.twitter.com/kbu6leCjL2
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 23, 2020
It’s hard to tell because *gestures vaguely* but I’d say there are 200 protesters left at the federal courthouse.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
There is a full-on dance circle at the drums now. People are cheering for each other. These protesters are so good at finding joy and levity whenever they can get it.
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
I haven’t seen PPB do anything besides make announcements, but I’m just one girl. I think all tear gas, flashes, and munitions have come from federal police tonight. Although PPB did declare a riot, which allows them to use those things.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Stuffed elephant actually keeps people from getting injured by stumpy poles leftover from a recently removed barricade. Elephant is joined by white bear, rainbow bunny, and purple unicorn. Antifa supersoldiers? pic.twitter.com/O2nOEOxbWi
— ?️?Andrew D. Jankowski?️? (@AndrewJank) July 23, 2020
Multiple fires had been set throughout the night.
— Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) July 23, 2020
Here’s the fire inside the fence. Things have been pretty stable for a while, and by stable I mean federal police are shooting things from the courthouse and protesters are throwing water bottles and the occasional firework back. pic.twitter.com/vZcpAiDdwN
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
A protester was hit in the face, or had a pepper ball shot near his face. I flushed his eyes. He has a face mask but his forehead and eyes were covered in white pepper powder.
— ?️?Andrew D. Jankowski?️? (@AndrewJank) July 23, 2020
The balloons are still here! There are about 50 protesters left in front of the fence, and more chilling in the park. pic.twitter.com/BtbBlBS2DN
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Two announcements from federal police. Don’t fuck with the fence (not their exact words) and, “You are on federal property. You are subject to arrest. Leave the area now.”
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
I can’t express to you how dweeby tonight’s federal LRAD announcer sounds.
Big tear gas attack on 3rd. I was in the northern park without my gas mask watching some protesters try to take down the soldier statue. pic.twitter.com/GYBzL2Rq1l
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
Federal officers use lasers to Mark protestors for impact munitions pic.twitter.com/rqSlRn3ZZm
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 23, 2020
I’m sitting in the dirt eating a delicious hot dog and watching people climb back and forth over the fence and it’s 3:57 a.m.
— Lindsey Smith (she/her) (@LindseyPSmith7) July 23, 2020
The Wall of Moms, who on previous nights had stuck on through multiple rounds of tear gas, were notably not present for very long at the demonstration leaving many asking why. Journalist Tuck Woodstock received an explanation:
I just got this DM re/ the moms leaving:
— Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) July 23, 2020
“They asked the moms to leave. Ted Wheeler said he would hold the line, so we’re letting him hold the line. The organizers and Black leaders asked us to go home and come back tomorrow.”
Anyone seen Ted? Is he holding the line?
Media
Present
- Alex Milan Tracy – https://moneyyy.me/$alexmilantracy
- Alex Zielinski (Portland Mercury)
- Andrew D. Jankowski – CashApp $AndrewJank
- Cory Elia (KBOO) – CashApp $CoryElia / paypal.me/CoryElia / Venmo @ Cory-Elia
- Cozca @KohzKah – CashApp $cozca
- Donovan Farley – CashApp: $DonovanFarley1 / PayPal: DonovanFarley / Venmo: Donovan-Farley
- Jake Johnson @FancyJenkins – CashApp: $bucksarecool / Venmo: jakefartstoo / http://Paypal.me/fancyjenkins
- Lindsey Smith – CashApp: $LindseyPSmith7 / Venmo: Lindsey-Smith-55
- Portland Independent Documentarians – CashApp: $portlandindepend / PayPal: https://paypal.me/portlandindepend
- @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy
- Robert Evans
- Suzette Smith
- Tuck Woodstock – CashApp $tuckwoodstock
- 45th Parallel Absurdist Brigade – CashApp: $45thabsurdist / Venmo: the45thabsurdist
Articles
ABC News
- Legality of federal agents in Portland scrutinized as protests become more violent
- Riot declared in Portland, mayor in crowd as feds disperse tear gas
Bloomberg
Philadelphia’s Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents
CNN
- Portland mayor tear gassed after speaking with protesters on presence of federal agents
- More than a dozen mayors join Portland in asking Trump administration to withdraw federal forces
The Guardian
Federal agents retreat to Portland base as protesters control streets
KATU
- Mayor Wheeler plans to attend protest in Portland Wednesday
- Wheeler meets with protesters for ‘listening session’; demands feds leave, gets gassed
KGW
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to attend Wednesday night protest
KOIN
- Mayor Wheeler appears, talks with protesters Wednesday night
- Night 55: Wall of Moms to link arms, Wheeler to talk with protesters
Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: The Border Patrol’s brute power in Portland is the norm at the border
Marie Claire
Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Has a Message for Trump and the Feds
The Nation
- The Federal Response to Protests Extends Far Beyond Portland
- Why Portland Became the Test Case for Trump’s Secret Police
The New York Times
- Federal Agents Hit Portland Mayor With Tear Gas
- To Battle a Militarized Foe, Portland Protestors Use Umbrellas, Pool Noodles and Fire
NPR
‘We Will Not Retreat’: Homeland Security Vows Continued Federal Response To Protests
OPB
- ACLU Oregon Files Lawsuit Against Portland, Federal Officers In Defense Of Volunteer Protest Medics
- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler faces boos, calls to resign and tear gas
- Portland’s Independent Journalists Reflect On Nightly Protest Coverage
The Oregonian
Politico
- Feds assemble ‘Operation Diligent Valor’ force to battle Portland unrest
- Portland mayor tear-gassed at protests by federal law enforcement
- Trump announces plan to send federal law enforcement to Chicago, Albuquerque
Portland Tribune
- Feds injuring Portland journalists as protests boil over
- Portland mayor to address protest crowd Wednesday night
Reuters
Court documents reveal secretive federal unit deployed for ‘Operation Diligent Valor’ in Oregon
Truthout
Trump’s “Shockingly Dangerous” Fed Squads Expand Their Reach
Vice
- Here’s Why Cities Won’t Be Able to Stop Trump’s Secret Police
- No Badges, No IDs, and Rubber Bullets: How Trump’s Secret Police Are Going After Portland Protesters
The Washington Post
- Conservative media helps Trump perform ‘law and order’ in Portland, with risks for November
- ‘What choice do we have?’: Portland’s ‘Wall of Moms’ faces off with federal officers at tense protests
Willamette Week
- City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Blames Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland Police Bureau for Federal Occupation
- On Wednesday Night, Ted Wheeler Went to the Protests Downtown, Saying He Wanted to Listen. Mac Smiff Gave Him an Earful.
Police
Agencies Present
- U.S. Marshals
- Portland Police Bureau
Munitions
- tear gas
- pepper balls
- flash bangs
- lasers
Arrests
Charges
- failing to comply with a lawful order