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Police declare riot at Portland ICE facility, multiple arrests made
Tense demonstrations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland were declared a riot Saturday as federal officers once again faced off with protesters.

Law and Justice
LA protests prompt concern, preparation among Oregonians scarred by 2020
OPB reached out to local and state officials in Oregon, as well as Portlanders who protested in 2020, to find out what they learned from the federal law enforcement deployment during that time and what it might mean if tensions rise locally.
Portland driver who posted reckless stunts on social media arrested after calling police on himself
Videos the man posted to Instagram show him speeding through residential neighborhoods, hanging out of his truck while driving, and generally disregarding traffic laws and common sense.

Law and Justice
Portland could soon drop objection to paying police shooting victim’s family
Wilson’s letter reverses the city’s course from last year. City attorneys had contended the jury misunderstood Oregon’s new use of force laws and, in September, got the OK from the Portland City Council to move forward.

Portland police have taken ‘meaningful’ but early steps in preparing for protests, audit finds
The report gives some insight into how Portland police have, and haven’t, changed after the protests of 2020.

Slow and steady runaway tortoise crosses highway before Portland police rescue
Bowser the tortoise went missing on Tuesday only to be found two days later and more than a mile away from home.
Juror criticizes Portland’s request to throw out negligence verdict after police shooting
“We didn’t take this lightly,” said Denise C., whose last name OPB is withholding because she is related to a Portland police officer.

Politics
Portland police union ballot measure to boost bureau force is unconstitutional, judge rules
A judge has blocked a ballot measure introduced by Portland’s police union from going to a vote in the November general election.

Classes resume at Portland State as repairs and prosecutions ramp up
The Portland Police Bureau said its officers have arrested 30 people in connection to protests on the Portland State University campus, with more arrests potentially coming.

Portland police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing near Goose Hollow MAX station
The suspect, 22-year-old Edel Cruz-Aragon, was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on Tuesday. He is charged with murder in the second degree and unlawful use of a weapon.