An unprecedented weekend put Portland at the center of national headlines, as President Trump continued his push to deploy National Guard members into the city over the objections of city and state elected officials and a federal judge.
It was a dramatic 48 hours.
After his order for an Oregon National Guard deployment was blocked, Trump turned to the National Guard in California and Texas for hundreds of federal troops he could send to Portland.
Late Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut again sided with the state of Oregon.
Here are the key developments over the weekend:
Friday, Oct. 3
Dueling narratives: Judge Immergut heard starkly different views of ongoing protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland, during a hearing about whether she should halt President Trump’s attempt to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard under federal command.
Attorneys representing the Trump administration told the judge that protesters had “assaulted federal law enforcement officers with rocks, bricks, pepper spray and incendiary devices. They have damaged federal property, including by breaking office windows, security cameras, and card readers permitting entry to the building,”
Attorneys for Portland and the state of Oregon provided evidence showing that protests had been relatively mild leading up to Trump’s order. This includes the night before his social media post about Portland, when police noted the ICE facility protest...
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