Two of three federal appeals court judges decided Monday that federal agents at Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility should not be restricted in their use of force and munitions against protesters and journalists. In a ruling covering two separate cases against the federal government, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Eric Tung and Kenneth […]

In back-to-back hearings on federal agents’ use of excessive force and chemicals on crowds outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility, three federal appeals judges seemed disturbed by videos of officers’ conduct and skeptical that such force was warranted. Judges Kenneth Lee and Eric Tung, both Trump appointees to the 9th Circuit Court of […]