A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred U.S. agents from arresting or using physical force against journalists and legal observers at the ongoing protests and riots in Portland, Oregon.
U.S. Judge Michael Simon issued a 14-day-order late Thursday amid the city’s seventh consecutive week of clashes and street violence between federal officers and rioters. It came a day after Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed after rioters set fires near a federal courthouse in the city.
