Posted on 07/05/2025 9:53:27 AM PDT by ransomnote
Chaos erupted at an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon after hundreds of protesters attempted to storm holding cells.
Demonstrators were seen being tackled to the ground as officers deployed smoke bombs and tear gas to try and control the crowd yesterday.
Dramatic footage posted on X by independent journalist Katie Daviscourt shows flares lighting up the night sky, as protesters clash with officers in riot gear who appeared to fire rubber bullets into the crowd.
The demonstration occurred on the 28th day that protesters have been occupying the ICE facility in protest over Donald Trump's immigration policies.
Daviscourt confirmed the protest was declared an unlawful assembly and that several arrests were made. Daily Mail has contacted Portland Police Department for details.
The mayhem Friday broke out just hours after the President signed his so-called 'big, beautiful bill' into law - a sweeping $150 billion package that boosts funding for the border wall, ICE enforcement and deportations, while slashing Medicaid.
In downtown Portland, protesters staged a dramatic ‘die-in’ at Pioneer Courthouse Square, two miles from the ICE facility, to protest the brutal Medicaid cuts tucked inside Trump’s bill.
'They don't need more money and they're taking money away from things that we really actually need,' protester Mary Vanzant told local CBS affiliate KOIN 6 News.
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These people are NOT anarchists. They are Maoists, or Marxists, or Bolsheviks, or Fascists. They are not anarchists - who want no government. These are communists who seek TOTAL government with themselves in charge, of course.
That’s a good start. They should also go pick up Mad Max Waters and deposit her in a cell, as well. After all, she openly advocated for this nonsense. Any other politician who encouraged civil disobedience should be picked up, too.
bingo!
the original antifa worked for the communists in germany
👍
Put them in Alligator Alcatraz.
and the police chief mayor and governor sit on their hands
why arent “journalists” asking them about the “carnage”?
SHOOT THEM ALL!
and give them all flares
animal cruelty, do you know how long it takes to get that taste out of their mouths.
Just use live ammo
**These people are NOT anarchists. They are Maoists, or Marxists, or Bolsheviks, or Fascists**
Our economy will have to continue to grow otherwise they get the upper hand. That may mean we all have to pay for that initial $1k Trump Savings Plan so that they have skin in the game somewhere down the road.
We won’t get away with what Pinochet did. They’re accusing us of doing just that.
Isn’t that a Federal offence?
North Greenland.
Give them what they want.
This crap will not stop until dealt with ruthlessly.
Don’t use rubber bullets. Use lead ones.
Nah Alaska would be fine, lower transportation costs
There is a reason they make 30-round magazines.
Attorney general Mitchell Palmer knew how to deal with them. But this is no longer the same United States he lived in.
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