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NEW — Portland activists are calling for a Friday night rally at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in solidarity with Minneapolis, framing the event as “ICE out for Good.” The rally reflects how local street politics continue to connect to national flashpoints around ICE.

EXCLUSIVE — Oregon warned of a pattern of excessive force by federal officers, but exclusive records obtained by oceanplot show no state investigations or prosecutions. In late 2025, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield sent a formal letter to D.C. He told the heads of the US DOJ and the DHS that federal officers in Oregon had crossed a line. “During the past six months, Oregonians have repeatedly reported the use of excessive force by DHS employees,” he wrote. “The frequency and nature of these incidents suggest a pattern of behavior on behalf of your agencies and may be violations of Oregon law.” That was the public posture. But the internal record tells a different story. Oregon DOJ released a log of every federal related complaint received by the Attorney General under the Trump administration since January 1, 2025, while withholding information from the log submitted by individuals who requested confidentiality. For each entry released, the log lists the date, the complainant, a description, and two outcomes: whether DOJ opened an investigation or referred it for prosecution. Every entry for investigation and prosecution is marked “No,” meaning none were ever investigated or prosecuted. The complaints cover a range of allegations. Residents in Newport wrote to oppose an alleged ICE facility. One person said that after photographing federal agents, an agent photographed her. A legal observer alleged she was cut off in traffic by agents, then followed home. The log contains one description of physical force by immigration agents. In a complaint from December, a witness describes when a woman tried to block an enforcement vehicle. They say agents got out, pepper sprayed her, and forced her into the car. “While blocking the car was undoubtedly an unwise move, the ICE agents immediately escalated the situation in an unnecessarily violent way,” the witness wrote. Yet that incident is not self-described. It's a third-party account. In the portion of the log that DOJ chose to release, there are no complaints in which a self-identified victim of federal excessive force appears. At the county level, the pattern is similar. As previously reported by oceanplot, Multnomah County DA records show no police referrals or open investigations involving ICE, DHS, or FPS. Why does this all matter? Internal emails involving the Oregon DOJ show they formed a working group on the question of state prosecution of federal agents. The group circulated a guidance paper that described legal and structural barriers to charging federal officers under state law. Those barriers were publicly acknowledged by the Multnomah Co. DA when he cautioned in October 2025 that charging federal agents would be unlikely to meet probable cause standards. Taken together, these records set up a simple comparison. In the letter to D.C., Oregon’s DOJ says that Oregonians have repeatedly reported excessive force by federal officers, and that the Attorney General intends to investigate and refer any criminal conduct by officers for prosecution. But the records do not show state criminal investigations that were opened, tested against probable cause, and then declined. Instead, they show uninvestigated complaints and a separate track of letters and guidance papers concerning barriers to federal accountability. Public opposition to immigration enforcement in Oregon has frequently cited allegations of excessive force, and activist frustration with narrative responses to federal actions has been evident in repeated marches and sit-ins at places like Portland City Hall. The record now proves this divergence — between storytelling, law, and activist expectations. While Oregon warned D.C. about a pattern of excessive force, its own system seems to have never moved beyond complaint intake. This raises serious questions about whether Oregon’s public warnings functioned as public oversight, or as a form of narrative governance used to manage local civic tension.

WATCH — Federal law enforcement made a targeted arrest at the ICE facility in Portland last night. The protestor was seen trespassing on federal property earlier in the night. Later, it appeared the protestor was picked up by a local ambulance near a rear exit to the building.

WATCH — A dramatic entrance last night when “Spider Mike,” a regular at the ICE protests, arrived at the anti-ICE demonstration and parked his truck in the middle of the road. Hundreds of protesters cheered before he lambasted ICE by megaphone.

EXCLUSIVE — A downtown political protest ended with assaults, an arrest, and an alleged attempted robbery, but Portland’s major news outlets didn’t report any of it. KATU, KOIN, KGW, and OregonLive each published articles describing the “Free Maduro” demonstration, its organizers, and its anti-intervention message. Their reports characterized the gathering as a rally and march organized by anti-war and socialist groups opposing U.S. military action in Venezuela. None of the four outlets mentioned assaults, police enforcement activity, or arrests, despite those incidents occurring in connection with the protest. According to first-hand video documentation, eyewitness accounts, and documents obtained by oceanplot, violence occurred while protest groups were still present downtown. The protest began around 3:00 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Protesters marched several blocks toward Powell’s Books, where they met another group holding a similar demonstration. After a round of speeches, the combined group marched to the waterfront, where more speeches were held. The daytime portion of the protest remained peaceful, although counter-protesters were present throughout the march. As evening approached, at least one counter-protester was struck from behind in the head. Portland Police made an arrest on scene at the waterfront in connection with that assault. Video of the arrest was recorded by oceanplot. A police report number exists for that incident, and a public records request for the report is pending. In addition, video recorded minutes later shows at least two separate assaults downtown involving groups tied to the demonstration. oceanplot also holds a police report number for an alleged attempted robbery of a counter-protester’s cell phone that occurred in connection with counter-protest activity. Arrests, assaults, and alleged robberies are not peripheral details here. They are central public safety facts. When multiple major outlets report on a downtown political demonstration while omitting documented violent incidents and police enforcement tied to the same protest activity, the public record becomes materially incomplete. oceanplot provided contemporaneous notice, police case numbers, and offered first-hand video documentation to KATU, KOIN, KGW, and OregonLive. As of publication, none of those outlets have corrected or expanded their coverage.

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