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Officers injured as rioters hurl explosives and rocks while breaching ICE building in Portland.

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Officers injured as Portland rioters breach ICE building with explosives and rocks
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This claim is true. According to multiple sources (New York Post, Oregon Live, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Fox News), thousands of people gathered at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protest. Individuals dressed in all black launched fireworks and created a makeshift battering ram, while also breaking a glass door to storm the ICE facility in Portland. In response, federal officers deployed smoke, tear gas, flash grenades, and other projectiles as some in the crowd hurled fireworks and water bottles in response. At least 3 people were arrested during the riot, two of them for allegedly assaulting a peace officer. 

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This claim appears to be true, as evident in the original report posted by KOIN on June 14th, 2025. The article states "In addition, police said they arrested three people, two of them for allegedly assaulting a peace officer in separate incidents". Though the original article doesn't mention anything about explosives, it does note that "Just before 11 p.m., officers arrested another protester after police said they saw them throwing a rock at the building". However, a second article from the New York Post states that "some in the crowd hurled fireworks". AllSides reveals that KOIN is a legitimate news source, who usually reports in the center, relatively unbiased content.

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/koin-6-media-bias

https://nypost.com/2025/06/15/us-news/portland-anti-ice-riot-injures-several-police-officers/

https://www.koin.com/news/protests/portland-ice-facility-protests-06142025/

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