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Federal agents shot two people in Portland, Ore., Thursday afternoon, officials said, prompting city and state leaders to demand an end to an immigration crackdown in the city while also urging residents of a community known for political dissent to remain calm.
Details were scant, but city officials announced that the police responded to a report of gunshots in southeast Portland at 2:18 p.m. Pacific Time. Officers were told a man had been shot and was requesting help; the police found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds, according to a police press release. It was not clear what condition the two victims were in. Mayor Keith Wilson said they were “shot and injured by federal agents.”
Elana Pirtle-Guiney, Portland’s City Council president, said during a council meeting Thursday afternoon that she believed the two people who had been shot were still alive. City leaders urged calm as the investigation begins, particularly in the wake of the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis a day before.
“Please keep protests peaceful,” Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, said in a statement. “Trump wants to generate riots. Don’t take the bait.” Bob Day, Portland’s police chief, asked residents to let investigators do their jobs. “We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling,” he said. “But I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more.”
Mayor Wilson, who earlier in the day announced that the city stands with people in Minneapolis, said the shooting in his city was another sign federal immigration efforts were out of control. He called on ICE to end its operations in Portland. “We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Mr. Wilson said. “Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration is deadly.
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Here is some additional info from the NBC affiliate in Portland.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/east-portland-2-shot-ice-agents-police/283-387edc28-a51f-4c4f-a0d1-5e536152e532
His gestapo are looking for any excuse to use their weapons, and the conservatives will lie and gaslight us until it all burns down. Which may well be the intention.
quoting @Old_Joe:
Everything this loser ever touched went to ***t, and 47 will be the cherry on top.
It appears the men were first confronted at a Home Depot
and then chased to the Evergreen Washelli Cemetery across the street.
A 911 caller reported seeing three people with guns on the cemetary grounds.
When police officers responded, they verified ICE agents just apprehended three men.