Crowds assembled in Fields Park in the Pearl District of Portland for a direct action march against US immigration policies & the detention of migrants by ICE at 8pm tonight, before beginning the march at 9. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
The crowd arrived at United States Customs & Immigration Services (USCIS) field office on the intersection of 15th & Overton. The plywood protection was spraypainted with slogans. Members of the crowd also shone lasers at security cameras. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
Portland Police bicycle-borne officers intercepted the crowd shortly after protesters left the UCIS Portland field office, and began pursuing the crowd through the Pearl District. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
Police officers continued their pursuit as members within the crowd damaged windows of businesses in the Pearl District. Police warned crowds to cease illegal activities via the LRAD. Officers left after the protest group splintered. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
Two protesters sing an Irish rebellion song "Come out you black & tans" on a street corner after police departed. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
At 10:30pm, Portland Police officers on bicycles charged a group of protesters gathered at an intersection in the Pearl District hitting a member of the press @MasonLakePhoto. The crowd surrounded the officers and verbally accosted them. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
Two protesters have been arrested by Portland Police in the course of the dispersal operation in the Portland Pearl District. #PortlandProtest#PDXProtest#ICEProtest
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A short thread on the ICE protest last night in front of the ICE detention facility in SW Portland. Around 30 protesters gathered on Dec 19th to protest treatment on undocumented migrants in the US. #PortlandProtests#PDXprotests#ICEprotest
Dec 19th 9:22PM: DHS agents from the Federal Protective Service came out of the building twice and arrested 2 protesters, this is the first. #PortlandProtests#PDXprotests#ICEprotest