It is a tragedy that it took the arrest of an out-of-town, conservative journalist for attention to be paid to how the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) gets paid to look the other way when it comes to Antifa and the violence they enact across the city. For years, PPB has allowed Antifa to run rampant and enact violence unchecked and unencumbered. Thanks to President Donald Trump declaring Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, and a non-politicized DOJ determined to pursue criminal behavior and not partisan leanings, PPB is now being forced to be accountable for their dereliction of duty and adversarial actions toward victims, while they give the criminals a free pass.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi gave the orders, and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon is following through. Dhillon announced she has launched an investigation into the PPB's policies and practices.
Acting at the direction of our @AGPamBondi, we @CivilRights have launched an investigation into Portland, OR’s highly questionable police practices. Stay tuned. We will
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 3, 2025
not leave the people of Portland at the whims of criminals and woke cops. Govern yourselves accordingly! https://t.co/DUzpsFVwaW
Acting at the direction of our @AGPamBondi, we @CivilRights have launched an investigation into Portland, OR’s highly questionable police practices. Stay tuned. We will not leave the people of Portland at the whims of criminals and woke cops. Govern yourselves accordingly!
The letter sent to the Portland City Attorney and Portland's Chief of Police outlines the allegations against PPB and the City of Portland, including the arrest of conservative journalist Nick Sortor, PPB's failure to identify and arrest the individuals who attacked journalist Katie Daviscourt, and how the city officials have attempted to use police powers to limit immigration enforcement at ICE's Portland facility. Dhillon lays out points of correction and ways that PPB can address these matters.
This is good news to the people of Portland who have been victimized by the left-wing violence that has plagued the city. Even before the Summer of Love 2020 and the BLM protests, the PPB has turned a blind eye to Antifa and its clear acts of terror and anarchistic aims.
This is especially heartening news to an Oregon journalist who has covered Antifa and its violent actions for many years. Photojournalist and videographer Chelly Bouferrache (aka hunnybadgermom) supplied a statement exclusively to RedState about the DOJ's action to investigate Portland PB.
I applaud Harmeet Dhillon’s action regarding the Portland Police Bureau’s arrest of Nick Sortor. I have been on the ground in Portland for nearly a decade, and most recently since the middle of June, covering the far-left attack on the ICE building. In this time, I have faced numerous assaults, harassment, and menacing, and in spite of many police reports, there has been no movement or arrests of any of these assailants.
The leadership of the PPB, which includes the mayor and city council, has left several city blocks a lawless hellhole. The people who live in this neighborhood exist in a war zone and have little hope of police coming when they call. This policy of total inaction has left journalists as targets and emboldened the far left’s campaign of hate and terror against all the people who work in the ICE building, many of whom are locals.
It’s time this stops and the police are allowed to do their jobs again.
We have been shouting from the rooftops about unfair prosecution against anyone on the Right who stands up for themselves, or defends themselves, for years now. https://t.co/Atn1RJ0COk
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) October 3, 2025
Full disclosure: Bouferrache is a personal friend, and the recent attacks she has suffered have left those who love her and care for her welfare gravely concerned for her safety. Especially in light of the Charlie Kirk assassination.
In 2023, RedState covered her work and her years-long documentation and exposure of Portland Antifa.
Chelly has worked to expose Antifa’s evil destruction in Portland and blunt the legacy media’s lies and narratives. These media actors literally run cover for this terrorist group while deliberately exposing conservative journalists and activated citizens to Antifa’s attacks, doxing and economic harm. As Chelly’s Twitter bio at HunnyBadgerMom states, she is a “Blue state dissident. Wrongthinker. Photographer/journo. Baker of pastries. Western Way of Life. Not caving to your groupthink.” Unlike too many of the conservative posers on Twitter, Chelly lives up to her words and backs them with action. Along with fellow journalist and friend Andy Ngo and a few others, Chelly works tirelessly to expose the evils of Antifa and see these terrorists brought to justice.
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It was on August 3 that Bouferrache was violently attacked and hit repeatedly in the head by two Antifa goons.
I’m home from the ER after getting checked out. I was punched in the head and jumped a second time down at ICE in Portland last night. The second time the person hit me so hard I came out of my shoes. There are witnesses and video and I am pressing charges. I have a lot to say… pic.twitter.com/AJ0B66DfUl
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) August 3, 2025
I’m home from the ER after getting checked out. I was punched in the head and jumped a second time down at ICE in Portland last night. The second time the person hit me so hard I came out of my shoes. There are witnesses and video and I am pressing charges. I have a lot to say but i need sleep and pain relief first.
I’m thankful for Katie for pursuing the person who jumped me the second time and for helping me in the aftermath. And very thankful for the several people down at ICE that helped me. I will keep them unnamed for now. The ones who came to my rescue were some of the protestors.
These were the two people who assaulted me.
Thanks to the work of fellow independent journalist Katie Daviscourt, her attackers were documented and identified. But two months later, no arrests have been made, and both suspects continue to stalk the Portland ICE facility to spew obscenities and perpetrate violence.
Katie got the tail end of this assault last night on me by Jocelyn Hernandez Macedo here in this video. I was not expecting to be attacked from behind and punched in the head. https://t.co/mVD2sBsMLO
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) August 4, 2025
Bouferrache was also with Daviscourt on September 30, when Daviscourt was hit in the eye with a flagpole by a far-left loon.
Katie Daviscourt was just assaulted a short time ago, by a female who’d attempted to assault me earlier. We tracked the female for blocks & then waited for police to come arrest her which of course didn’t happen. We had to walk blocks to find the police. THIS IS A LAWLESS ZONE. pic.twitter.com/ZJoLJw1Izg
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) October 1, 2025
I added audio to this clip so people could understand what this woman is saying to me and it’s crystal clear that she intended to do harm with that flagpole. After me she moved on to Katie and whacked her in the eye with it. This was intentional. If anyone recognizes her or sees… pic.twitter.com/S0iE6PXaQi
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) October 2, 2025
I added audio to this clip so people could understand what this woman is saying to me and it’s crystal clear that she intended to do harm with that flagpole. After me she moved on to Katie and whacked her in the eye with it. This was intentional. If anyone recognizes her or sees her in a livestream please let us know.
DOJ Civil Rights division investigates Portland Police over response to Antifa attack on Katie Daviscourt, arrest of Nick Sortorhttps://t.co/iOySv9QPyQ
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) October 3, 2025
Bouferrache is now being sued by a far-left activist whom she pepper-sprayed. A day after the Daviscourt attack, this cretin came at Bouferrache and Daviscourt, waving a flag at them. Bouferrache was once again simply documenting events and defending herself.
So, I’m getting sued by a member of a terrorist group. I pepper sprayed a Far Left activist waving a flagpole at our bodies ( Katie and I) back in July. I felt like they were going to hit us like they did with Katie yesterday.
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) October 2, 2025
This person is suing me for 10 grand for pain and… pic.twitter.com/3GYCojxQUi
So, I’m getting sued by a member of a terrorist group. I pepper sprayed a Far Left activist waving a flagpole at our bodies ( Katie and I) back in July. I felt like they were going to hit us like they did with Katie yesterday.
This person is suing me for 10 grand for pain and suffering. I’m going to need some help paying for an attorney to fight this. Covering these terrorists is a nightmare.
While the DOJ is working to turn off the funding spigot for Antifa, and AAG Dhillon is seeking to hold Portland PD accountable, the people reporting the facts on the ground are doing yeoman's work, while being threatened by violence and lawfare. If people can crowdfund for alleged murderers like Karmelo Anthony, we should raise money for Bouferrache and Daviscourt, as they shoulder these leftist attacks.
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