A violent protest that escalated into a riot outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland left four federal officers injured Saturday evening, as demonstrators launched fireworks, hurled rocks, and lobbed smoke grenades at federal law enforcement agents.
The unrest began late in the afternoon and intensified into chaos by early evening. Rioters reportedly broke a glass door, disturbed the peace, and threw objects. Despite the violence, the Portland Police Bureau did not assist ICE in securing the federal facility.
Federal law enforcement officers successfully regained control of the premises, though the confrontation left four ICE officers injured. According to the PPB, one federal officer was injured but did not require treatment, and the bureau facilitated access for medical support.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a direct statement in response to the violence: “You will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. If you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
At 6:38 pm, the Portland Police declared the protest a riot. Three were arrested for attempted assault of a public safety officer, criminal mischief, and theft. Still, the police response remained limited, with officers focusing on isolated criminal acts rather than broader crowd dispersal.
The Portland Police say they are prohibited by state and local laws from participating in immigration enforcement activities. They have stretched that to mean they will not help protect federal officers under siege, if those officers are with ICE. Portland’s progressive policing reforms, such as the 2020 ban on tear gas by city police, likely influenced the department’s strategy during the riot.
The police described the riot in a press release that said, “During the afternoon of Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) facilitated a large-scale peaceful demonstration and march with tens of thousands of participants. Numerous resources were used for this event. As PPB members were pivoting toward its planned response to ongoing protests in the area of the ICE Building, located in the South Portland Neighborhood, they learned criminal activity was starting to occur.
“PPB’s resources were being put into place at this time. These resources included Dialogue Liaison Officers, Rapid Response Team, Mobile Field Forces, Sound Truck, Air Support Unit were managed by an Incident Command Team. At 5:49 p.m., PPB was informed that a federal officer had sustained an injury from the crowd. Portland Police announced to the crowd that a medical event had been reported from within the facility and to not interfere with police and medics in their response to render medical aid. Shortly after, PPB declared a riot due to ongoing criminal activity. At 8:11 p.m., officers made one arrest for Attempted Assault of a Public Safety Officer. As the situation stabilized, PPB learned the federal officer did not require medical treatment.
“Throughout the night, PPB observed criminal behavior which resulted in targeted arrests. Officers on bikes conducted visibility patrols in an attempt to deter crime but also recognized that at times their presence escalated the crowd. During those times, the decision was made to disengage but officers remained in the area to respond to any additional criminal activity.”
The police are on record saying they were intimidated by the crowd and so withdrew from the immediate area.
“A reminder that the Portland Police Bureau does not engage in immigration enforcement as outlined in PPB Directive 810.10, but are still responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing state laws,” the department reported late in the evening.
Funded by the public sector unions. Where were these people when the laws were written about illegal immigration? If you don’t like the laws, don’t blame the cops. Oddly enough, it is the members of the unions who are funding the violence.
Awful
As far as I’m concerned ALL Federal dollars should be cut off for the city of Portland….today
Amen to that! Immediately!👍
This is ludicrous. Federal officers should be deployed to arrest the Mayor and Council members responsible for these policies.
2nd! I vote we put you in charge of everything.
2nd! Kenneth Johnson is now mayor of Portland, may God have mercy on his soul.
Thank GOD! It was not those super violent conservative religious types. Just imagine the carnage.
Yes! Thank GOD! BTW, which kind of super violent conservative religious type we talking here, BM? You referring to the kind that blow up pagers and perform metzitzah b’peh w/ their teeth (holy brit that’s rough… get your first oral at 8 days but it was from an old fat guy. And the teeth! Oy vey!), the kind that bomb Tel Aviv and chop off hands, or the kind that molest choir boys and then make reparations w/ parishioner tithes? You really should be more specific when you share these pearls of wisdom.
And did you ever tell us what part of WA you’re living at? I’m guessing you and Whidbey must be close except for the part about him not being a religious nutter. Too bad, you guys could be like same hood pen pals.
Resorting to personal attacks? Well, that strengthens your arguments and clearly demonstrates you are well versed in the facts.
.
I guess pointing out your metaphor was awful really got under your skin. Bummer for you, dude. Here’s a pro tip. Grow up.
.
Seriously, grow the F up, and act like an adult on MRAK. Forkner got booted for exactly the same type of behavior you are insisting on following.
Nothing personal at all. There are a few prolific posters here that say some pretty loony things and some of them are lucky enough to receive an informed and objective comment in return. I’m not sure what you might be thinking is a personal attack as nothing I’ve said qualifies but from your written voice I would infer that you are not Alaskan. Feel free to correct me if you like or dodge the question; we all know the answer. The real question then would be ‘is there no appropriate receptacle for your wisdom closer to you and why do you want to shape opinion 1500 miles from home’?
If you think my question about which religion’s god you were referring to is a personal attack you may just be puffy and retaining water.
I’d bet another nickel that you know little of Fork’s booting if in fact there was one. The reality is that no one is ever booted from a site like this or any other as any eight year old can reset IP’s and everyone can post through a VPN. All of us are responsible for our own decorum including those that like to demand that others “grow the F up”. You should be nice, BM. Anything less is beneath this audience.
I know that you’re probably receiving this poorly. Calm yourself, you’re going to be ok.
Well. I am waiting for an informed and objective response from you. So far… not much.
Now, personal attack… My name is CBMTTek, not BM. Secondly, “puffy and retaining water” is what, exactly? Hint, it is not a well thought out and adult statement. It is what a child would say.
Shocking is a poor substitute for clever. The same applies to your “question about which religion…” Children do what you did there, not adults.
.
But… you are in charge of your reality. Perhaps someday it will overlap everyone else’s, but for now, you keep being you. And, when you find your comments are constantly deleted instead of posted, do not claim you were not warned.
Your posting ID (or “name” as you call it) is a long jumble of letters that don’t spell anything. Like LGBQT… except it only applies to you. To make things simpler you’ve been provided a nickname. Please don’t assume it’s intended to be a personal attack as it’s not. Forkner became Fork, Masked Avenger became Ma, Lucinda was a b*tch and I am a yummy clam.
In regard to religion a reference to children is not helpful in that generations subsequent to yours will not raise religious children. No children will be there to craft snarky questions based on current news events.
Now, you’ve dodged the question of residence often enough that we’ve all accepted that we know. Be that as it may I’m sure it wasn’t intentional but you forgot to mention why it is that you’d like to shape opinion 1500 miles from where you live. Has everyone in your area already been exposed to your nonsensical screed or are you like the mormon missionary of posters, knocking on doors far from home, forbidden from calling your folks but for once every few weeks in order to help launch you into a more independent self? If so, don’t forget the special underwear, BM. God is very interested in the interior of one’s trousers. Catholics in particular.
And thank you for the warning about my comments. I had no idea you were in command of whom could post what. You should probably tell Suzanne just so she knows you’re on the job.
“To make things simpler you’ve been provided a nickname”
Let’s see.
CBMTTek, leads to: CB, CBM, CBMT, Tek, C, C-tek. I have been referred to by any of them.
BM stands for bowel movement pretty much everywhere the acronym is used, and if you are going to claim you do not know that, you are stupid, or you think I am stupid. Neither supports your position.
.
Now, the statement about “puffy and retaining water.” Tell me how that is not a personal attack? I notice you just glossed over that one.
.
What difference does my location make in any way? Where do you live? Prove it.
Besides, your assumption that I live in WA state is wrong. So… try again, or stop that meaningless avenue of thought. Once again, it does not make your argument any stronger.
.
And, nope, I am not the one who decides who gets to post here. But, I will provide my free advice to someone who I see making a mistake that will get them banned from the site. Take it or ignore it. Your choice.
Dude… if you want to be called SeaTac or whatever just call yourself that instead of the LGBYQT mess you use. Nobody picks their own nickname. I do appreciate the kind remarks though; you’re a nice man BM and you really should not focus on potentially disturbing meanings.
So, you’re even further away than WA. Ok. I love that you’re such an explorer. You still don’t want to say why it’s important that you chime in on subjects from 2k or more miles away. Why do you want to shape opinion so far away from home?
I would imagine that many have had the chance to weigh and measure your free advice and if I ever were to get banned you should know two things:
– It won’t be based on any suggestion you’ve made, and
– It won’t be based on any suggestion you’ve made.
Let me ask you; do you ever think life might be like a box of chocolates? Just wondering.
I believe it was Sam Adams that coined the phrase, “no king but King Jesus”. I suppose the rioting commie bolscheviks in Portland believe the “no kings” moniker lends their insurrectionist movement credibility, it does not. Turns out… our Founders came up with a concept of all power being vested in the People, accordingly we hold elections wherein the people decide upon the direction that “we the people” will travel. In November 2024 the people, (who are the Kings) decidedly chose a leader who PROMISED to follow the LAW put in place by “we the people” and rid our Nation of an oppressive invasion of Illegal Aliens.
Clearly these vomitous freaks rioting in Portland are insurrectionist. They are trying to overturn the will of the people and in fact are the very tyrants that they claim to despise. I say we the people need to wake the hell up and understand the inherent evil these punks represent and take the proper measures to preserve our precious liberties.
Thank God that we have the bill of rights, let us take full advantage of each of the amendments.
It’s Ore-gone
I can remember when Oregonians, and everyone else, did not mispronounce the name of Oregon and slur it into “Organ”, using instead the original and proper pronunciation of “Ore-uh-GAHN”, as I still do today.
Or-eh-gun, was always the local pronunciation when I lived there in ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.
Ore-gun is how I’ve always heard it from everyone in my family that has spent generations living there. Only people I’ve ever heard call it Ore-aye-gone, Ore-eee-gun, Ore-eee-gone or Ore-uh-ghan never lived there or knew anyone from there, from time to time I will pronounce it one of those ways like I’m a big city folk from back east that thinks the West is all cowboys and indians.
When I and my family visited Ore-uh-gahn in 1971, nobody we encountered pronounced the name like “Organ” — it was invariably pronounced, BY LOCALS, as we also pronounced it, “Ore-uh-gahn”.
It is a well and long recognized fact that it is local residents who slur and often end up mispronouncing their own local names, while those who are not locals will preserve the original pronunciation.
Personally, I find the “Organ” pronunciation of Oregon to sound ignorant, vulgar and just plain stupid.
These people get paid to do this… My nephew knows people in Portland take funds to engage in this type of behavior. That is what you get when people are dumbed down by public education and drugs. American’s need to wake up and educate themselves on communist and Marxist strategies… There is dark money behind this…
This is what happens when you have LGBTQ, ANTIFA and wokism running the Blue cities. Trump needs to hire 80,000 more ICE officers.
It’s not that Portland Police are a bunch of wusses and sissies, it’s that the city leaders are all commies.
Are these pictures of the January 6 tours of the US Capitol? I can’t tell the difference.
Well, given that leftists caused both protests, I can understand your confusion.
However, the Capitol tour was indoors. Makes it easy for people without political blinders on to tell the difference.
Hmm can’t tell if you are being sarcastic here or not, but here it goes:
So to answer your question,
Jan 6 was mostly an indoor riot, LA et.al. are rioting in outdoor venues (as CB pointed out)
J6 no burning cars, LA et.al. loads of burning cars.
J6 waving of AMERICAN flags, LA et.al. waving of MEXICAN flags.
J6 was over in an afternoon, LA et.al. still throwing bricks, spitting on police and destroying property after days and days……
I get that this is too difficult for you to tell the difference, glad to help you out!
Watch out for purple-haired Lutherans.
…..and red-headed stepchildren of angry Democrats who live in their parent’s basement at age 45.
Where is the FBI?
These protests are crewed by paid anarchists. Just as BLM and Antifa.
The organizers are conspiring and paying for serious violence and seditious acts, in an attempt of regime change. Assaulting federal officers are serious crimes.
Exactly what our permanent government does in other countries, world wide. Identify ethnic and/or social stress points, pay and import anarchists and create rebellions.
Yes malcontents and miscellaneous people add to the riots, but none of this is organic discontent. This is organized.
Trump obviously has no real executive power over the CIA, FBI, or the NGOs. If he did, the FBI would arrest the leadership, probably based in Washington, DC.
This is the same type of action which was instigated resulting in the Maidan coup in 2014.
Crimethinc.
Just open fire on them. Rubber bullets will ruin their day.
Paint balls FTW! You get to mark the DB for later identification, too. Win / win.
‘https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YaQyyi8VeJk
Rubber?
When declaring a riot: follow with a sound-truck demand to disperse, rubber bullets, then live fire. NO MERCY. When the rioting organizations realize we’re serious, they will stop – and have great trouble recruiting new rioters.
Four dead in Ohio…
Let Portland burn. They get exactly what they deserve. They voted for this.
Stick a fork in the entire Radical Left Coast — it’s done.
“Officers” not.
This crap won’t end until the general public puts an end to it. As far as I’m concerned to hell with these limp dick lawless city’s.
All federal monetary assistance should be immediately cancelled for any city that fails to assist a federal officer that is being attacked.