‘Ghostbusters’-Playing Clarinetist Detained at ICE Facility Protest
Oriana Korol was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a federal officer during protests at a Portland ICE facility where three demonstrators were detained, officials said.
- On Sunday, Oriana Korol, 38, clarinet player, was arrested by federal agents while playing the `Ghostbusters` theme with the Unpresidented Brass Band outside the Portland ICE facility and taken to Clark County Jail in Vancouver, Washington.
- Federal deployments have turned the Portland ICE facility into a flashpoint with recurring clashes after President Donald Trump sent federal agents to the city in recent weeks.
- Footage shows Korol face-down in mud with her instrument about two feet to her left as officers moved in, her husband said she was arrested around 5 p.m.,
- Officials booked Korol for assaulting a federal officer without bail; DHS and Clark County Sheriff's Office said she is one of three arrested Sunday, and Tricia McLaughlin said `These unsightly tactics won't stop us or slow us down.`
- Her loved ones and bandmates are demanding answers as her husband and bandmates say she was unjustly tackled and arrested across the street while advocates criticize out-of-state detentions.
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New Federal Crimes: Dressing as Banana and Playing Clarinet
The Oregonian reports that on Sunday, October 12, a clarinet player with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was assaulted and arrested by ICE while the band played at a protest near the Portland ICE facility. Dressed as bananas and playing the theme from...
ICE Gestapo arrests banana-clad clarinetist at Portland protest
On Sunday, Trump's Gestapo arrested a member of Portland's Unpresidented Brass Band as they played the "Ghostbusters" theme song across the street from the Portland ICE field office. As of 2 pm Tuesday, the clarinetist, Oriana Korol, was still being held and had not been charged. — Read the rest The post ICE Gestapo arrests banana-clad clarinetist at Portland protest appeared first on Boing Boing.
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