Portland, ICE and protest
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ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Old Town-Orono hockey’s senior night celebrating Black Bears captain Noah Schneider was cut short. Portland-South Portland left the ice roughly 10 minutes into Saturday’s game in protest of the officials, giving OTO its first win of the season. It’s a move that Black Bears head coach Scott Rhynold has never seen before.
A Portland protest near the ICE facility escalated Saturday after federal agents deployed tear gas. A witness saw a young girl in distress and shared the video.
Federal officials say “rioters violently stormed” the facility. Protesters say hundreds more were just walking peacefully when the tear gas hit.
A fight between left- and right-wing protesters cast a six-figure shadow Friday as a jury found several of the conservative brawlers liable for the altercation on May 1, 2019. Multnomah County jurors found that three men associated with the southwest Washington-based Patriot Prayer group owed $200,
On January 31, a coalition of more than 30 labor unions organized a rally and protest march from a nearby park. The event was attended by several thousand sign-waving supporters, including many families with young children and elderly people, who after listening to speeches from union leaders, walked unsuspectingly toward the ICE building.
Prosecutors said 27-year-old Mark Allen Lee pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault for knocking the woman off a curb during the Oct. 18 demonstration. She suffered a bleeding, lacerated elbow, and a judge ordered jail time, probation, community service, and restitution.
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including young children — outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful.
Activists with an immigrant rights group protested outside Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s home Saturday afternoon over a land use violation issued last year to the owner of the city’s ICE facility.