Demonstrators gathered late Sunday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland following the deadly police shooting of a young Black man in Minnesota, an incident that has once again ignited nationwide outrage over police violence.

Hundreds took to the streets near the ICE facility in Portland’s South Waterfront, voicing solidarity with protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. The protests quickly became both a call for justice for Wright and a renewed local critique of federal enforcement activity in Oregon.

Witnesses reported tense but largely peaceful demonstrations as marchers blocked traffic and chanted against systemic racism and police brutality. A few minor clashes were reported between protesters and federal officers when demonstrators approached the ICE facility fence line, but no serious injuries were confirmed.

Portland city leaders, including Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, publicly condemned the shooting in Minnesota while urging local demonstrators to channel their anger into “purposeful and peaceful action.” Wheeler acknowledged in a statement that Portlanders are “frustrated and heartbroken” and said, “Our community will not tolerate the repeated loss of Black lives to state violence.”

Hardesty emphasized that Portland’s ongoing struggle against systemic injustice remains intertwined with federal policing and immigration practices at home. “We can’t separate what happens in Minneapolis from what happens here,” she said in a local statement. “Accountability for police must be universal.”

Many of the demonstrators connected the dots between the death of Daunte Wright and years of militarized responses by ICE and other federal agencies—including the 2020 Portland protests, when agents used tear gas and impact munitions to suppress anti-racist demonstrations. Marchers held signs reading “Abolish ICE” and “No Justice, No Peace.”

The protest concluded late in the evening with police observing from a distance as the crowd dispersed. Organizers vowed to return throughout the week to maintain pressure on law enforcement institutions, demanding sweeping structural changes to policing and immigration enforcement nationwide.

The event underscored that even as national attention shifts from city to city, Portland—and by extension the broader Pacific Northwest, including Longview and Kelso—remains a key hub for coordinated resistance against state abuse, emphasizing that liberty cannot coexist with the unchecked power of armed federal agencies.

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