https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/us-news/inside-the-antifa-siege-on-war-zone-portland-and-the-resistance-to-the-national-guard-cleaning-it-up/
Violent Antifa criminals have laid siege to the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon, for over 100 days.
Every night the encampment of wackos – some dressed as a unicorn or a chicken – blast loud music, engage in anti-government chants over loudspeakers and megaphones, and when they violently clash with law enforcement officers it reverberates around the neighborhood.
Since the protest started on June 2, neighbor Cloud Elvengrail has barely slept. Assaulted and bullied by the Antifa goons, she describes the area as a “war zone” and “terrifying.”
The ICE headquarters in Portland is a short term detention center with a maximum of 15 detainees who cannot be held there longer than 12 hours with no overnight stays. The facility is in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood. One of the main commercial properties is OHSU medical offices.
It is understandable that neighborhood folks are upset by the disturbance. I know I would be if I lived there. However, to call it a "war zone" is an over-statement made by someone who likely has no idea what a war zone looks and sounds like.
Cloud Elvengrail has good reason to take issue with this because she sued the city and lost. ‘Judge rules in favor of city after woman sues Portland over ICE facility noise.’ Cloud sought to compel the city to enforce its noise ordinances to stop "weaponized noise" from the demonstrations. She lives a Gray's landing which is low to moderate income affordable rental housing and is literally across the street from ICE headquarters.
Residential high-rise condos and town houses nearby sell for as much as $3 million to $4 million. I imagine some of these property owners have a lot more influence than Cloud does – because as we all know money talks.
Here is a news video taken yesterday afternoon at Portland ICE headquarters. Note that the reporter says that teargas is sprayed on protestors who arrive around 6:00 pm and into the evening. For a war zone, this area sure cleans up nicely by the next day leaving no evidence of anything resembling a war zone.
