US EditionProtests Spring up Across Portland Area After Shootings Involving Federal Agents
Protests erupted after federal agents shot two Venezuelan immigrants amid fears of escalating violence and concerns over federal use of force, officials and activists said.
- On Saturday, hundreds of Oregonians turned out across Portland and Salem to protest federal agents shooting people in Portland and Minneapolis, with roughly 800 in Salem's Capitol park and more than 200 in Portland's South Waterfront where Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai attended.
- In a week's time, the U.S. capture of the Venezuelan president coincided with a woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis and two people identified by DHS as Venezuelan immigrants shot in Portland.
- Organizers from PDXCD Portland Contra las Deportaciones, Doctors for Democracy, Indivisible and Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America led protests Saturday, with chants to abolish ICE and concerns about unlawful hospital access.
- A Democratic Congresswoman held a town hall in East Portland after the shootings, and a Washington County Commissioner attended the protest, warning fear now includes fatal risks; Dexter also said she would file articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Lawmakers have discussed barring masked federal agents and backing lawsuits, and will share details during pre-session meetings next week.
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Federal shootings prompt protests
MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of people marched Saturday in Minneapolis to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful.
Protests spring up across Portland area after shootings involving federal agents
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil at Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland Saturday, in a gesture organizers say is meant to honor victims of ICE and Border Patrol agents. This comes after numerous protests popped up at locations across the Portland metro area, coinciding with nationwide anti-ICE demonstrations after [...]
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Hundreds of Oregonians in Portland, Salem protest ICE, military action in Venezuela
More than 200 people attended a protest on Jan. 10, 2025 in Portland at the Willamette River waterfront against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. military attacks on Venezuela. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Hundreds of Oregonians turned out across Portland and in Salem to protest against federal agents shooting people in Portland and Minneapolis, as well as U.S. military action in Venezuela. Several groups quickly …
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KGW 8Hundreds protest in Portland after back-to-back shootings by federal agents: 'Every day, there is something new that is so heavy'
Many decided to protest Saturday in response to the shootings by federal agents in Portland and Minneapolis, with some attending a town hall with Rep. Maxine Dexter.
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