Kenosha police chief Daniel Miskinis suggested Wednesday that people who violated the curfew were to blame for the fatal shooting of two individuals. during a night of protests following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police. “Everyone involved was after the exit traffic,” Miskinis said at a news conference just …
Read More »ACLU Urges Court to Contempt Federal Agents in Portland
The Oregon Foundation for American Civil Liberties (ACLU) on Tuesday asked a federal court to hold federal agents in contempt of alleged attacks on journalists and legal observers at protests in Portland, Oregon. the Oregon ACLU claims that several federal law enforcement officers violated the restraining order issued last week …
Read More »ICE prohibits new international students enrolled in online-only classes from entering
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) announced Friday that international students who plan to enroll only in online classes this fall will not be allowed to enter the country. The announcement came as the United States exceeded 4 million cases of coronavirus and as colleges and universities …
Read More »Federal judge temporarily prohibits federal officials in Portland from taking action against journalists and observers
A federal judge in Oregon issued a temporary restraining order Thursday night against federal agents deployed in Portland, prohibiting them from threatening to arrest, arrest, disperse, or use force against journalists and legal observers who are in the protests. The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU, and the restraining order …
Read More »ACLU sues federal agencies and Portland police for attacking volunteer doctors in protests
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of volunteer doctors Wednesday, alleging that local and federal police officials have attacked and attacked them in protests in Portland, Oregon. “In well-documented incidents, police and federal agents brutally attacked volunteer doctors with rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, …
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