In late September, President Donald Trump ordered the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to deploy National Guard troops to Portland to protect the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the city. This ICE facility and its employees have been under siege, suffering a years-long campaign of violence by Antifa and other left-wing radical groups, and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has done little to quell the rabid unrest or to arrest and prosecute those facilitating it. However, PPB will allow conservative independent journalists who have documented this violence to be harassed, assaulted, and even arrested.
On Friday, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon also took action related to the happenings in Portland, informing the PPB that their policies and practices were now under investigation. This is in the wake of this week's violence, which left independent journalist Katie Daviscourt with a black eye from being battered with a flagpole, unprovoked, by one leftist, and fellow conservative journalist Nick Sortor being arrested by PPB after he tried to protect himself while being attacked.
Read It Here: AAG Harmeet Dhillon Announces Civil Rights Investigation Into Portland Police Bureau's Practices
If the PPB responded to the Antifa violence and insanity as quickly as this lawfare response against the Trump administration was delivered, the bureau would not be under the microscope. On Saturday, a U.S. District Court judge granted Oregon and Portland elected officials a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's implementation of troop deployment.
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked President Trump’s deployment of 200 National Guard members to Portland, Oregon.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut granted Oregon and Portland officials’ request for a temporary restraining order, barring implementation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s memo that authorized federalizing the troops over the state’s objection.
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” the Trump-appointed judge wrote.
Immergut denied the Trump administration’s request to pause her order while the administration appeals. Her order is set to expire in 14 days but could be extended, and she set a trial for Oct. 29.
The PPB and Oregon's elected officials are wholly committed to their Trump resistance, and the discovery documents used in their countersuit against the Trump administration expose this. Journalist Andy Ngo uncovered an email written by PPB Sergeant Andrew Braun. Braun straight-up victim-blames Daviscourt, independent journalist Chelly Bouferrache, and conservative activist Rhein Amacher, who have all been assaulted by Antifa multiple times while covering the anarchy, alleging that they brought on the violence enacted against them by these left-wing lunatics.
Wow. In Oregon’s emergency lawsuit to prevent the President from sending troops to protect federal property, a disturbing email from @PortlandPolice Sergeant Andrew Braun (badge #56961) was included. In it, Braun blames the victims of Antifa violence for their own assaults and… pic.twitter.com/yhM73KrX0z
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 4, 2025
Wow. In Oregon’s emergency lawsuit to prevent the President from sending troops to protect federal property, a disturbing email from @PortlandPolice Sergeant Andrew Braun (badge #56961) was included. In it, Braun blames the victims of Antifa violence for their own assaults and attacks.
Braun claims that journalist @KatieDaviscourt, citizen journalist @hunnybadgermom and conservative activist @RheinDAmacher are somehow responsible for being attacked by “protesters.” He falsely labels Daviscourt and Chelly Boufferache as “counter-protesters” and accuses them of trespassing on federal property. In reality, these journalists stay near or on federal property because when they're on public streets in Portland, the Portland Police will not bother to investigate if they are assaulted or robbed.
Sgt. Braun is essentially parroting Antifa talking points, which justify violence against those they deem unwelcome in public areas they lay claim to. Antifa regularly argues that anyone they label as an “antagonizer” (i.e., press) is fair game for violent retaliation. This leadership mindset or policy helps explain why Portland Police have systematically failed to protect conservatives from being beaten or robbed by Antifa and the violent far-left over the years. http://ngocomment.com
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Yeah. This is the equivalent of telling a rape victim that she shouldn't have batted her eyelashes, and that her outfit was too provocative. Braun wrote of Daviscourt, Bouferrache, and Amacher:
These 3 counter-protesters continue to be a chronic source of police and medical calls at ICE. Despite repeated advice from officers to stay away from the ICE crowd, they constantly return and antagonize the protesters until they are assaulted or pepper sprayed. They refuse or are reluctant to walk away from these confrontations, even when police are in the area trying to meet with them. They even engage in the same trespassing behavior on federal and trolley property as the main protesters.
Daviscourt, who almost had her eye knocked out by these thugs, is rightfully pissed.
I am going to go to war with @PortlandPolice!
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) October 4, 2025
The agency submitted testimony that says I am a counter protester who intentionally agitates Antifa to get assaulted. I am beyond pissed. Anyone who knows me, knows that I stand by myself, I am non violent, never approach the crowd,…
Anyone who knows me, knows that I stand by myself, I am non violent, never approach the crowd, and quietly film. I just want to do my job. It’s GAME ON!
In August, Bouferrache was attacked by two female Antifa thugs who repeatedly kicked her in the head.
My own words about what happened last Saturday night. Best I can remember, how I felt in the middle of it, and what I hope to do next. I’ve appreciated all of your kind messages and prayers and help. I don’t expect much in the way of justice. Would be nice if that happened but… pic.twitter.com/d6Ii32WE19
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) August 5, 2025
She also pushed back against this defamatory slur.
First, I’m a journalist. .. I’ve been published plenty and paid my dues. Second, I’m beyond disgusted by this email. It’s not true. It does not represent the way that I work. I’m quiet and stand off to the side and only engage when people want to engage with me. There’s more… https://t.co/2jfj3RBqFH
— C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom (@hunnybadgermom) October 4, 2025
There’s more I have to say, but I have to get to work.
Mark Wilson, an independent journalist who was also recently attacked by a violent leftist, called out PPB on their falsehood. Wilson filmed and shamed the woman who attacked him, and egged PPB on to do something about it.
Wilson is not holding his breath.
Hey @PortlandPolice this lady attacked me. Are you going to get her with your targeted arrests? Also when I saw these two get behind the wheel of a car I raised concerns about their sobriety, to which one of your officers said that they are sober, just “goofy.” pic.twitter.com/24aXfy0XqD
— Mark Wilson (@yogashortsss) October 4, 2025
Ngo has covered Antifa violence in Portland and the nation for more than 10 years. In a separate X post, Ngo made it clear. This stance by PPB and Oregon electeds is par for the course, with Democrats and their unholy alliance with Antifa and leftist chaos actors.
Here’s what I’ve unfortunately witnessed and learned in Portland: If you are labeled “right-wing” and are a victim of Antifa/far-left violence, @PortlandPolice will not help you nor arrest your assailants. If you attempt to defend yourself, you will be arrested, prosecuted and… pic.twitter.com/oCz49eV1Ud
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 3, 2025
If you attempt to defend yourself, you will be arrested, prosecuted and likely convicted.
In 2017 I testified at the trial of conservative independent journalist @LaughAtLibs, who was charged with nearly two-dozen felony and misdemeanors for brandishing a legally owned gun in self-defense when a violent BLM-Antifa mob pursued him in downtown in 2016. Police treated Michael Strickland like a terrorist and a Portland judge convicted him of the charges. He was imprisoned.
It is anarcho-tyranny under the power of Democrats who have control of nearly every institution and government in the state.
In an interesting bit of CYA, the PPB Alerts X account is now giving updates on the happenings and their presence at the Portland ICE facility.
Good evening on this Friday! PPB is at the ICE protest again tonight to address criminal behavior. Please follow this thread for updates and announcements.
— PPB Event Messages (@PPBAlerts) October 4, 2025
Too little, too late.
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