Portland protesters sue federal agents for injuries

Published August 25, 2020 5:36pm ET



Four Oregonians who took part in Black Lives Matter protests in downtown Portland last month sued Trump administration officials for injuries sustained as a result of Department of Homeland Security agents’ “unconstitutional” attacks on them during the demonstrations and want the federal government to pay for the hardships they say they suffered.

The class-action lawsuit — aimed at acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf; senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary, Ken Cuccinelli; and 200 unnamed DHS law enforcement agents — alleges the demonstrators were “peacefully protesting” downtown in late July when federal agents “operated beyond their authority, by using unconstitutional and unnecessary force against Black Lives Matter protesters.”

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