Judge Temporarily Bars Federal Officers From Using Tear Gas in Portland
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Simon's ruling is a victory for common sense and common decency. Too often, federal agents have been firing chemical weapons at peaceful protesters, even shooting an 84-year-old woman in the head. These aren't isolated incidents but a consistent pattern of excessive force against nonviolent demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights. A federal court had to intervene to stop this state-sanctioned violence against citizens.
Republican narrative
Simon, a biased Obama-appointed judge, is being manipulated by Communist and Antifa extremists, who deliberately brought children to violent riots at Portland's ICE facility. The ban on pepper gas and tear gas will escalate violence by giving rioters impunity, exactly what happened during the 2020 BLM-Antifa riots. Federal agents need these tools to protect the facility from radical mobs laying siege to it.
