PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Protesters and freelance journalists who have been struck with pepper balls, engulfed in clouds of tear gas, and stunned by flash bangs appeared in federal court on Monday to ask for an extension of an order restricting federal officers from deploying such munitions at crowds outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon.
“We are here to ask the court to protect protesters and journalists at the Portland ICE building from defendants’ ongoing pattern of retaliation,” said Kelly Simon, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon.
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