US EditionFederal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says
The ACLU-led lawsuit seeks a restraining order to prohibit federal agents from using chemical and projectile munitions without imminent physical threats, citing a 1300% increase in assaults on ICE officers.
- U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon ruled that federal agents must limit the use of tear gas and other munitions against nonviolent protesters outside the Portland ICE building.
- The judge barred officers from firing any munitions at protesters' heads, necks or torsos unless they pose an imminent threat, citing the importance of protecting First Amendment rights.
- The plaintiffs, including protesters in their 80s and journalists, alleged they were subjected to excessive force by federal officers while peacefully protesting at the ICE facility.
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The spokesman-Review
Federal judge restricts agents’ use of tear gas, munitions against crowds at Portland ICE facility
Federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland are temporarily barred from deploying less-lethal munitions and chemicals at protesters unless the agents are in “imminent threat of physical harm,” a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge restricts federal agents from using tear gas, projectile munitions at Portland immigration protests
The ruling comes just days after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators, including young children, that local officials described as peaceful.
Judge limits federal officers’ use of crowd control munitions at Portland ICE building
The decision Tuesday applies only outside the federal facility in Portland. It blocks federal officers from directing or using “chemical or projectile munitions,” including pepper balls, tear gas and other crowd control munitions.
Judge orders temporary restraining order against federal agents using tear gas, chemical munitions at ICE facility in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A federal judge has ordered a temporary restraining order restricting the ability of federal agents at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland from using tear gas and other chemical munitions at people unless there is an imminent threat of physical harm, according to court documents filed on Tuesday [...]
Associated Press News
Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says
A judge in Oregon has temporarily restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. U.S.
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