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Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:39 PM Thursday

What's Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports

On Sept. 5, President Trump described ongoing protests in Portland as “unbelievable” and “the destruction of the city.”

Later that day, a sergeant from the Portland Police Bureau filed his daily observations of the demonstrations outside an ICE facility.

“Saw 8 people out front and couldn’t even get one of them to flip me the bird,” he wrote. “Very low energy.”

Daily reports from Portland police in the month leading up to Trump’s decision, on Sept. 27, to send federal troops into the city paint a different picture than public statements by Trump and others in his administration.

The White House has said the ICE facility is “under siege.” Newly released police reports filed in federal court describe how the protests that began in June were dwindling before Trump’s order.

The official logs shed light on the events this September, and how the nightly protests at the ICE facility unfolded.

The Journal reviewed reports for the month of September, leading up to Trump’s order late that month. Below is a timeline of key observations by local authorities, who also cite their regular interactions with the Federal Protective Service, a Homeland Security division that was at the facility.

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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/whats-really-going-on-in-portland-according-to-police-reports-be02370f?st=pn1qu9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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Actual reports listed at the link. Low Energy, No assaults, no calls for service

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