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Chaos outside ICE facilities as protesters clash with police in Chicago while helicopters in Portland are targeted by lasers
Disntr ^ | October 12, 2025 | James Gordon

Posted on 10/12/2025 10:30:39 AM PDT by Morgana

Protesters battled with police outside an ICE facility in Chicago on Saturday as demonstrators in Oregon hosted a 'laser party' in an attempt to deter federal helicopters from the area.

The streets of Chicago turned chaotic as protesters clashed with cops outside the Broadview ICE facility, leading to multiple arrests after demonstrators breached the perimeter.

Hundreds of protestors flooded the streets around the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility earlier in the day for a march against Trump Administration policies.

One person was carted away in handcuffs as others were trampled by officers - wielding heavy batons - in the melee.

The ongoing wave of demonstrations across the nation have grown increasingly creative and confrontational with protestors in Portland advertising a nighttime protest as a game of 'laser tag.'

The Portland protest encouraged locals to shine lasers at aircraft in defiance of what they call 'the federal regime.'

However, armed ICE officers were prepared for the evening demonstration as several agents could be seen sitting atop the Portland facility as a helicopter loomed above.

Residents near the Portland ICE site have complained of nightly helicopter noise, which has persisted for nearly two weeks.

According to Christine Treadwell, a board member of the South Portland Neighborhood Association, helicopters begin circling the area around 5 p.m. and continue well into the night.

The Portland Police Bureau have since warned that shining lasers at aircrafts is illegal under state and federal law and poses serious risks to pilots, crew, and people on the ground.

Police told KGW that they 'regularly' arrest individuals who target aircraft, including one person detained this week for directing lasers at police helicopters.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: antifa; chicago; domesticenemies; portland

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1 posted on 10/12/2025 10:30:39 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I love how the people who attack law enforcement are called “protesters” by the media.


2 posted on 10/12/2025 10:32:50 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Morgana

What’s the pay scale for those protesters? I need a few extra bucks.


3 posted on 10/12/2025 10:37:31 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: mass55th; Morgana

https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/lasers/laws

Pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime.

On February 14, 2012, the President signed Public Law 112-95 (PDF), the “FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.” Section 311 amended Title 18 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) Chapter 2, § 39, by adding § 39A, which makes it a federal crime to aim a laser pointer at an aircraft.


4 posted on 10/12/2025 10:40:50 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: mass55th

Rioters mislabeled as protesters by propagandists.


5 posted on 10/12/2025 10:43:35 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (NO rooftop security at the Charlie Kirk assassination event? Did we learn nothing from Butler, PA?)
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To: Morgana

“protestors” in riot battle gear? They are most assuredly NOT “protestors.”


6 posted on 10/12/2025 10:43:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Morgana

“Residents near the Portland ICE site have complained of nightly helicopter noise”

No sympathy. NONE. Where, exactly, did they think “Keep Portland Weird” would end up? Did they think inviting antifa in, telling your PD and mayor to support them would end well? Did you Portlanders EVER ONCE think about who and what you were voting for? Freaking idiots.


7 posted on 10/12/2025 10:46:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ComputerGuy

What’s the pay scale for those protesters?


Pretty good with lots of benefits: at least $20 hour, free legal, free food, free drugs, free orgies, etc.


8 posted on 10/12/2025 10:49:13 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: mass55th

9 posted on 10/12/2025 10:52:29 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Morgana

10 posted on 10/12/2025 10:58:44 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Morgana

DJT, simple answer to the laser problem: Authorize federal aircraft to fire on anyone pointing a lasar their way in Oregon or Illinois or anywhere else you see fit. Problem solved.


11 posted on 10/12/2025 11:12:30 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Morgana

This mostly peaceful protest involving attacks on police will stop if they shoot a few of them.


12 posted on 10/12/2025 11:38:12 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Midwesterner53

It is WAY past time for Apache gunships to nape every neighborhood where these idiots gather.

Give them warning to cease and desist and if they disregard the order, hit them with flame throwers.

If they scream and holler tell them thusly: you have two choices: call off your dogs or there will be more of the same.


13 posted on 10/12/2025 11:43:25 AM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: Morgana

Attacks with lasers can temporarily or permanently damage eyes or blind people.

They deserve to be brought to justice. Not a few hours in jail and then out and being hugged by their ACLU lawyer.

“Those who are kind to the cruel
will in the end be cruel to the kind.”
—Talmud on Ecclesiastes.


14 posted on 10/12/2025 12:26:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

RE: “protestors” in riot battle gear? They are most assuredly NOT “protestors.”

So “tell it to the judge”-—in this case meaning you and I need to have a nice chat with the anti-American judges who let the rioters have all the rights.

Judges keep handcuffing Trump, ICE and the police to let the Antifa goons and rioters have ALL the rights and privileges.

When the criminal drug user George Floyd died of his pre-existing conditions, the riots cost billions of dollars and ruined people’s homes and businesses for years. They got away with it.


15 posted on 10/12/2025 12:29:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: newfreep

Intersections on chart....
Shows they’re coming together....

Rewrite of the song
Get Together by the Youngbloods. 1967.

Come on rioters now,
re-arm your brothers,
every leftist get together
and threaten ICE agents once more.

Judges say you have the right,
and Trumpers can’t be in your way.
The cops who live or die tonight
are all based on your say.


16 posted on 10/12/2025 12:35:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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