Violent Antifa criminals have laid siege to the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon, for over 100 days.
Every night the encampment of wackos – some dressed as a unicorn or a chicken – blast loud music, engage in anti-government chants over loudspeakers and megaphones, and when they violently clash with law enforcement officers it reverberates around the neighborhood.
Since the protest started on June 2, neighbor Cloud Elvengrail has barely slept. Assaulted and bullied by the Antifa goons, she describes the area as a “war zone” and “terrifying.”
On paper she’s exactly the type of person the mob claim to stand up for: a disabled African-American woman living in a low-income, subsidized apartment complex next to the ICE facility.
“If you’re wealthy and connected, the city is safe for you. If you’re poor, Black, and disabled, or a domestic violence victim, the City’s message to us is clear, ‘You’re on your own,’” Elvengrail said, via a statement from her lawyer.
She has welcomed President Trump’s intervention into the “war ravaged” city, which has included making all Antifa supporters domestic terrorists and sending in 200 National Guard troops.
“The President has heard our cry for help … I, and many of my neighbors, appreciate it,” Elvengrail said.
The announcement also sent members of the group scattering and rushing to delete online evidence as federal troops bore down on the city.
Sources screenshotted social media posts by local activist Alissa Azar advising her alleged cohorts to delete all references to Antifa on their accounts, and advising them to: “Lawyer up. I can’t stress this enough … Arm yourself while you still can. And train.”
Azar’s social media accounts were briefly taken down after the messages were posted.
Defining Antifa isn’t easy. While there is an established faction in Portland, Rose City Antifa, the protesters are mainly from different groups and remain intentionally decentralized, with members of many different sub-groups, sources told The Post.
Most have no traceable online presence and carry burner phones to avoid detection, the sources added.
Currently they occupy one city block, and are reported to have set up a ‘safe house’ on the city’s Lowell Street.
For anyone in doubt, one person who had been around the Antifa camp by the ICE facility explained: “Most of them are on a lot of medication. They get very violent. It’s crazy how violent it gets, especially at night, as soon as it gets dark.
“They feel like they can get away with breaking the law. This is a third world country at night,” the anonymous man said in an interview with YouTube creator Nick Shirley, wearing a mask to protect their identity.
Local politicians in the unabashedly progressive city are against the National Guard’s deployment.
“The number of troops we want is zero,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has said. “The Oregon National Guard are our friends and neighbors. They are here when wildfires rage, or floods destroy, or overseas conflicts require their protection. That’s their job, not this.”
Local police stopped arresting protesters on June 19, having made only 25 arrests out of hundreds of protesters.
With the help of Julie Parrish, a former Oregon State Rep. turned attorney, Elvengrail filed a lawsuit to try to get the city to compel the Portland Police Department back into action.
“For months, neighbors have begged for police to stop the violence committed by supposedly peaceful protestors,” Elvengrail said. “Judge Rosenblum denied my request for a court order to simply tell Portland Police to do their jobs and enforce the laws that protect neighbors.”
Shortly after the National Guard were deployed, arrests resumed.
Following a clash on Sept. 27, Tomas Plancarte-Benson, 37, was charged with felony assault of a federal officer near the ICE facility, according to the Justice Department.
Four alleged illegal immigrants were also detained for shining a laser pointer into a Customs and Border Protection helicopter on the scene in Portland on September 30.
Diogenes Albores-Suchiapa, Andres Brian Lopez-Labra, Benito Zamora-Alvarez and Hector Miranda Mendoza are all now in custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The charges against them were not immediately available.
Another known local protester and former 2020 Congressional Candidate, Amanda Siebe – who sometimes attends protests in a wheelchair – was also seen being escorted off by guardsmen in bystander videos, but it is unclear if she was arrested.
Andy Ngo, a independent Portland journalist and author of the book, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy,” was nearly killed during an attack by Antifa members in 2019. He warns that people frequently underestimate the group.
“They may not look very physically threatening. They are slow, fat, obese, or really slim. A lot of them are very young. They can be teenagers. But they are militants, sociopathic,” Ngo told The Post.
“Some of them have firearms They believe that they are on a mission to kill fascists. A lot of them are trans-identifying and have other mental health issues as well. You have this explosive combination.”
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, formerly a Portland Congresswoman, is also calling for the siege on the city to end so families and businesses can get their livelihoods back.
“Driving families and small businesses out of what was once a proud, thriving city. These criminals have been aided and abetted by anti-law enforcement liberals in Portland and Salem, who have let lawlessness run rampant by refusing to support our brave police officers and give them the resources they need,” DeRemer said.
“I’m grateful for President Trump’s decisive action to restore law and order makes clear that Antifa and anarchy will no longer be tolerated. The far-left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now.”