ACLU of Oregon Wins Emergency Order to Stop Department of Homeland Security Officers from Retaliating Against Portland ICE Building Protestors
Partner Kimberly Hutchison of Singleton Schreiber was recently featured in an ACLU of Oregon press release titled “ACLU of Oregon Wins Emergency Order to Stop Department of Homeland Security Officers from Retaliating Against Portland ICE Building Protesters.” The press release details Dickinson v. Trump, in which a federal judge temporarily limited the Department of Homeland Security’s use of crowd-control munitions at the Portland ICE Building. The order prohibits DHS officers and those working with them from using tear gas, pepper balls, or other projectiles on nonviolent protesters and journalists unless there is an immediate threat of physical harm.
The ruling comes after weeks of protests in Portland, where protesters and journalists said they faced excessive and retaliatory force while exercising their First Amendment rights. The plaintiffs said these tactics discouraged free speech and assembly and put community members, including families and journalists, at risk of injury.
The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Oregon and lawyers from Singleton Schreiber. Hutchison highlighted the importance of the court’s decision, stating, “We are immensely proud to join the ACLU of Oregon in protecting the First Amendment rights of all individuals who are standing up to the federal government through peaceful protest.”
The temporary restraining order will last for 14 days and could be extended. The court has set a hearing to decide if a longer-term order should be put in place, which could keep limits on DHS’s use of force during protests at the Portland ICE Building.
