The Federal judge issued the order for 14 days for a specific ICE location
It could be extended…
This IS VERY Unusal….
Judges seldom limit law enforcement or even military operational actions….
(The judge excludes his order for violent situations )
The order might be appealed….
But with the Homeland Spending Budget on the line?
And the Stop order being just for two weeks?
A judge has ordered federal agents to stop firing tear gas and other crowd-control weapons at peaceful protesters and journalists who regularly gather outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said in his ruling Tuesday that the use of force by federal agents appeared targeted at journalists or protesters expressing opposition to the Trump administration’s deportation policies. And the judge said the wanton use of force appeared to be encouraged by Department of Homeland Security leaders in Washington….
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Simon, an Obama appointee, is the fourth judge to restrict DHS officials’ crowd control tactics during enforcement operations that the administration has launched in Democrat-run cities. Judges in Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles issued similar orders, though each was later blocked by appellate courts.
Simon’s order, which will be in effect for 14 days but could be extended, prohibits DHS agents from using “chemical or projectile munitions” at the site “unless the specific target of such a weapon or device poses an imminent threat of physical harm to a law enforcement officer or other person.” The judge also forbade DHS personnel from firing any type of weapon “at the head, neck, or torso of any person, unless the officer is legally justified in using deadly force against that person.”
Simon also made clear that he is barring DHS from using weapons, tear gas or other irritants against protesters who are obstructing access to the federal facility or trespassing, but not engaging in violence.
The order applies only to protests in the vicinity of the Portland ICE facility that has been a focal point for protests since early 2025, though crowds did not begin to clash with federal officers until June. In late September, President Donald Trump mobilized the National Guard to protect the facility, but a federal judge in October blocked the deployment.
The ICE office’s location in south Portland, in a mixed-use residential and commercial neighborhood with schools and businesses, has increased scrutiny on federal agents’ use of pepper spray and other munitions. Over the weekend, witnesses recorded a video of a girl receiving care after allegedly being tear-gassed during a daytime protest…
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