The USDC for the D.Oregon issued an injunction against federal forces in Portland, enjoining them "from arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force directed against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist
or Legal Observer . . ., unless the Federal Defendants have probable cause to believe that such individual has committed a crime.
For purposes of this Order, such persons shall not be required to disperse following the issuance of an order to disperse, and such persons shall not be subject to arrest for not dispersing following the issuance of an order to disperse."
The Court found that "The actions by the federal agents described by Plaintiffs are part of a pattern of officially sanctioned conduct. . . . Absent an injunction, the Federal Defendants will continue to target journalists and legal observers and require them to disperse or
face force and violence by federal officers, even when the journalists and legal observers are not engaged in any harmful or illegal conduct."
I have posted a copy of the opinion here: slnews.us/pbgl072520a
I have posted a copy of the opinion here: slnews.us/pbgl072520a
