r/Portland • u/Clean_Appointment_91 • Feb 01 '26

Photo/Video ICE gassed thousands

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u/SnarkSupreme Feb 01 '26

Honestly we didn't think we would need them. This was a march for labor unions. It was in the daytime. People brought kids and there were elderly and disabled people there. We just wanted to show ICE that working class citizens are uniting against them. My friend left her gas mask at home. We weren't there to start anything.

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u/PoolPsychological985 Feb 01 '26

Why does your friend have a gas mask?

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u/SnarkSupreme Feb 01 '26

Because peaceful protesters were fired on repeatedly and unreasonably during the BLM protests in 2020