Oregon Loses Fight With Trump on U.S. Policing of Portland

  • Federal judge rules state lacks standing for relief it sought
  • State’s attorney general calls ruling ‘extremely troubling’
Federal officers deploy tear gas and less-lethal munitions while dispersing a crowd in Portland on July 24.Photographer: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
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Oregon lost a fight with the Trump administration over federal agents’ detention of anti-racism protesters in Portland, as the president takes on Democratic-run states and cities in the run-up to the election.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum had asked a federal judge to stop Department of Homeland Security agents and U.S. Marshals from detaining or arresting people without identifying themselves and without probable cause, a warrant or any explanation.