In an era in which there are so many major national news stories (the Epstein files, a U.S. President interfering with elections, nuclear brinkmanship in the Middle East, kidnapping of a foreign leader, the systematic building of concentration camps — the list goes on and on), local stories that might otherwise garner national attention tend to get lost behind the gravity of those other stories.
There’s an interesting court case being considered in the U.S. District Court here in Portland, Oregon, that falls squarely into that category. It’s a class action suit entitled Dickinson (a.k.a. "the Portland Chicken") et al. v. Trump et al. It’s a suit in which the plaintiffs are asking the Court to rule that ICE’s use of teargas and other crowd control measures have been excessive and should therefore be forbidden. The plaintiffs have already received a …
