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The city of Portland escalated its enforcement of laws against blocking sidewalks near the federal immigration facility over the weekend, directing police officers to ensure the immediate removal of protesters’ tent and supplies after months of leaving that work to the city’s regular camp clearance program.
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) touted a professor’s remarks commending leftist activists as “deeply wedded to” nonviolence on its website Tuesday amid anti-deportation protests that have led to 60 arrests.
The police said a fire that damaged cars and a carport at the home of City Councilor Candace Avalos was “suspicious in nature.” No arrests have been made.
Portland police officers oversaw the mandated removal of anti-ICE protesters' tents and possessions that had blocked sidewalks.
Robert Martin says he was let go by the police chief after helping the attorney general's office look into a police misconduct claim, which ultimately turned out to be unfounded.
Portland Police Bureau monitored a protest, arrested two for harassment, and continue to focus on public safety, not immigration enforcement.
Police identified the man shot and killed Monday in Northeast Portland’s Argay Terrace neighborhood as 39-year-old Derrik Rice.
One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash in southeast Portland on Tuesday night.
Two men were arrested over the weekend following separate street takeover events involving "dangerous stunts," and a vehicle drifting into a Portland police patrol vehicle, authorities announced Monday.