"From the roof of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon, federal agents late last month watched as thousands of people marched past the processing center in protest. Families and children were among the daytime crowd, which had gathered for an event advertised as family friendly. When some protesters reportedly crossed the facility's property line and approached the security gate, agents began deploying tear gas and flash-bang grenades. Smoke quickly filled the air."
"Weeks earlier in Minneapolis - where federal agents have injured and killed civilians as part of a massive immigration enforcement operation - an agent threw a flash-bang that rolled under an SUV stopped in traffic. It set off smoke inside the vehicle, forcing a family with children in the passenger seats to run into a nearby home. A 6-month-old in the car stopped breathing briefly."
Federal agents on the roof of an ICE building in Portland observed thousands march past the processing center, including families and children attending a family-friendly event. When some protesters reportedly crossed the facility property line and approached a security gate, agents deployed tear gas and flash-bang grenades, quickly filling the air with smoke. Video captured a young girl in visible distress as a medic sprayed water on her face and witnesses described her as stunned and crying. In Minneapolis, a flash-bang rolled under an SUV, creating smoke that forced a family to flee and briefly rendered a 6-month-old unresponsive. The expansion of militarized immigration operations and the use of chemical irritants are raising concern among medical professionals and public health experts.
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