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Oregon protesters, feds settle lawsuit accusing law enforcement of excessive force in 2020
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Oregon protesters, feds settle lawsuit accusing law enforcement of excessive force in 2020

Jimmie Dempsey
Last updated: January 22, 2025 10:39 am
Jimmie Dempsey Published January 22, 2025
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A group of racial justice protesters reached a settlement with the federal government in a lawsuit accusing law enforcement agents sent by President Trump of using excessive force to protect a federal courthouse in 2020.

Under the settlement, the federal government must compensate the plaintiffs for the injuries suffered at the hands of federal agents, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon said Tuesday.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the ACLU of Oregon for details surrounding the specific compensation amounts.

The plaintiffs included three military veterans, a college professor, several Black Lives Matter activists and a man who said agents grabbed him off a street for no reason while he was blocks from the federal courthouse in Portland.

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“We are proud to have represented our courageous clients,” ACLU of Oregon legal director Kelly Simon said in a news release. “They suffered serious injuries because of federal law enforcement’s unlawful, aggressive actions, and it is just and fair that they are being compensated. Thank you to our clients and all people who stood up for Black lives and against government tyranny. The ACLU of Oregon will stand with you again and again to make sure everyone is treated with justice and fairness by the government.”

Thousands of protesters in Portland and across the country took to the streets for months in 2020 in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. The demonstrators at times clashed with police, and militarized federal agents were ordered to Portland to stop the riots.

The lawsuit accused federal agents of exceeding the limits of their authority, making illegal arrests and using tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray when trying to stop the riots. Nearly all the plaintiffs alleged they suffered physical injuries and some were treated at hospitals.

Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators

A video showed Navy veteran Christopher David, a plaintiff in the suit, outside the courthouse being struck by an agent with a baton and another dousing him in the face with pepper spray. David suffered two broken bones in his hand during the protest.

The lawsuit alleges that then-Acting Director of Homeland Security Chad Wolf did not have the authority to send more than 100 agents to Portland because he was improperly appointed. Wolf abruptly resigned in 2021 — shortly before Trump was set to leave office — saying he was compelled to leave by “recent events,” including court rulings that found his appointment to be unlawful.

A federal investigative report later found that the militarized federal agents did not have the proper training or equipment and that there was no plan for responding to protests without local police assistance.

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PORTLAND, OREGON, USA - DECEMBER 31: Protesters throw fireworks to police officers during a protest against police brutality near the Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, United States on December 31, 2020. (Photo by John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Local police arrested hundreds of protesters over three months and federal agents arrested nearly 100 more during the height of the demonstrations.

“It shocked the conscience that this level of force was used against veterans, moms, and other nonviolent protesters. The way our own government treated us violated everything we learned in the military,” plaintiff and veteran Nichol Denison said in the news release.

This was one of several lawsuits the ACLU of Oregon filed against the federal government on behalf of protesters and other groups, including journalists and legal observers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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