Portland, Minneapolis and Protest
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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 organized Saturday’s events after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed an unarmed woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis,
On Friday evening, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) monitored a protest near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland and arrested one person. Around 10:15 p.m., officers arrested Andrew Simmons, 39, of Portland, after he allegedly pushed a bike officer.
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Anti-ICE protesters assemble across Triangle, US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon
Minnesota leaders are urging protesters to remain peaceful as demonstrators converge on a Minneapolis park to protest the fatal shooting of a woman. The protests across the country on Saturday follow that death and the shooting of two people in Portland,
The Department of Homeland Security said its agent shot at gang members in self-defense. Still, hundreds protested at Portland’s ICE facility, and hundreds more held a vigil at City Hall.
The reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis today was swift, national, and local.
Wednesday's protests, which drew hundreds to downtown Portland and the South Waterfront ICE facility, remained largely peaceful.
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Several North Carolina cities, including Durham and Raleigh, joined nationwide protests against immigration enforcement Saturday following a federal officer fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis and wounding two others in Portland, Oregon.
One person was arrested after pushing a police officer during a protest on Friday night, according to the Portland Police Bureau.