New: Conservative Journalist Arrested at Portland ICE Protest, Police Show Their True Colors
Nick Sortor, a conservative journalist and social media influencer, was arrested during protests outside Portland’s ICE facility after he says left-wing rioters jumped him. He spent days documenting the unrest, and video appears to show him surrounded and later put in handcuffs. That sequence raises immediate questions about who Portland police are protecting and why conservatives documenting the chaos are ending up detained.
Portland has been a hotspot for violent Antifa activity for years, a place where lawlessness often gets a pass. Residents and business owners have watched blocks become battlegrounds while local leadership talks about de-escalation and tolerance. When federal property and personnel come under sustained attack, local inaction looks less like restraint and more like surrender.
President Donald Trump has signaled he intends to deploy federal troops to defend federal buildings, including the beleaguered ICE center at the heart of these protests. Whether or not national forces arrive, the underlying problem is that local officials have lost control of parts of the city. That vacuum invites escalation and rewards those who use violence to make political points.
SEE: Trump Announces Federal Troop Deployment to Protect Portland ICE Facility
Video footage collected by onlookers and participants shows a chaotic scene that night, with people pushing, shouting, and converging on individuals filming the action. One clip seems to show Sortor encircled and then taken away in handcuffs, which contradicts the narrative that police only act to restrain the violent left. If true, detaining the journalist while apparent assailants remain at large fuels the perception of a biased, two-tier justice system.
Sortor said he expected that if he tried to defend himself he would be the one arrested, and that claim now deserves scrutiny. Another conservative reporter, Katie Daviscourt, was reportedly struck with a pole at the same demonstration and her attacker was not arrested on the spot. When those who attack conservatives walk free but those who document or try to protect themselves are charged, trust in law enforcement collapses.
Police statements in the wake of the arrest say Sortor was charged with disorderly conduct, a catchall that often covers a wide range of behavior. Meanwhile, protesters who damage federal property or physically assault federal agents frequently face delayed or no consequences. This pattern reinforces the idea that radical elements can operate with near impunity in Portland.
Officials in the city have, at times, downplayed the scale of violence, calling it limited to a single block or a small fringe element. That framing ignores the broader harm to neighborhoods, businesses, and public servants who must live and work under constant threat. Minimizing violence while criticizing federal intervention looks political rather than public-spirited.
Antifa and allied groups have repeatedly tested the boundaries of acceptable protest by blocking streets, attacking officers, and targeting conservative journalists. When local leaders frame such behavior as understandable or inevitable, they effectively greenlight further lawlessness. The result is not debate or dialogue, it is intimidation and control through fear.
Federal protection exists for a reason: to safeguard federal property and employees when local authorities fail or refuse to do so. If federal agents are needed to uphold the rule of law, then bringing them in is not an overreach, it is a constitutional duty. The Trump administration’s readiness to act reflects that responsibility, not an impulse to micromanage local governance.
Portland’s approach to policing protests has become a political symbol for national debates over law enforcement, free speech, and public safety. Conservatives see a pattern where left-wing violence is tolerated and conservatives are silenced, embarrassed, or punished for showing up. That perception will only deepen unless accountability is restored and the rule of law is applied evenly.
Local prosecutors and police chiefs must answer for why alleged violent actors are often released or ignored while those who record or object face immediate consequences. Transparency about arrests, charges, and the decision-making process is essential to rebuild public confidence. Without clear explanations and consistent enforcement, trust will erode further.
The practical fix is straightforward: arrests should be made when crimes occur, evidence should be preserved, and cases should be prosecuted regardless of political viewpoint. If federal property and personnel are targeted, federal authorities should pursue those responsible with vigor. Letting political bias dictate who is charged or protected is a recipe for chaos.
For conservative journalists and citizens who show up to report or to protect their communities, the message from Portland right now is chilling: documenting violence can get you arrested while the attackers walk free. That discourages witnesses from speaking up and allows bad actors to continue unchecked. Restoring equal enforcement of the law would send a powerful deterrent to anyone thinking they can operate above consequence.
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So the Portland Police are a WOKE organization enabling Terrorists and Illegal Invaders?
This country is going to hell in a hand-basket!
Those Communist Are Not True Police, they’re fake Traitorous POS who now should be investigated and arrested along with the Communist Democrat Mayor who’s dishing out unlawful orders to arrest Victims.!
Remove them all for disregarding the Oath of office that they sworn to defend the Constitution and the Citizens of the City of Portland.!
Carrying a Badge and Side Arm to protect terrorist is grounds to Arrest them.
An order to shoot Antifa is now imperative more than ever, they have shown no compassion to human life and force must be met with force.!
For sure, and this behavior by the these so called Portland law enforcement by order of their traitorous Communist mayor is as I see it an act of war by these enemies within who are on the side of the Invaders and Terrorists which is now a WAR that they started and We the People or Citizens must end!
Also the Globalist elites like Soros (Schwartz) the Jew who sold out how fellow Jews in WWII to the Nazis along with Schwab, King Charles, Yuval Noah Harari, Musk, Gates and many others are orchestrating most of this turmoil to advance the Agenda 2030 when most “will own nothing and be happy” while they control every move of each human being!
Lawrence, the big problem is the Traitorous Communist Democrats who shut down the government is affecting our military and the elderly, all because they want free Healthcare for illegals and making Taxpayers pay for it.
So violence has escalated by order of those mentioned above with Soros leading it.
Trump had better get a grip on who’s calling the shots (Soros) and arrest the bastard.
I don’t care if Soros and The Anti-American Communist are billionaires, that don’t require them a get out of jail free card.
All True Michael! Those Illegal Invaders are VOTES to those Criminal Communist Demoncraps as well as a stirring of the pot to keep our Country in turmoil with more criminality; all as part of the plan to keep themselves in power by maintaining Demoncrap Control in Congress, but to eventually require digital ID with eyeball scans in order to be cleared to do anything of importance like even getting food eventually; a lock-down that exceeds anything seen during the Plandemic! They and Rino’s serve Satan and Satan wants to destroy America as he latches onto as many human souls as possible to destroy in hell! And don’t forget this all falls under the canopy of the big plan or Agenda 2030 that the evil POS Biden and the whole Leftist Regime he had running things for the past four years! And all of them serve Satan; so this is the best they can do now, is try to keep a hook in to still work on tearing this nation apart! Picture what that Satan worshiping Newscum did to Californication and then that is what happens throughout! Yea, we’re at war in America Big Time!
Lawrence, a War Torn Country is exactly what the Communist Democrats want.
That way it’ll look like Hell on Earth while millions starve to death, drinking water poisoned, food scarce, continuous fires and smoke making it unable to breath while the Communist Satan Worshipping Bastards flee America in their private jets and Multi Million Dollar Yachts bowing to Satan for their jobs done, when it could have been stopped.
God said Satan was forbidden to take young souls so he got the Communist Democrats to end their life for him as a sacrificial offering.
Communist Democrats must be destroyed by any means necessary before it’s too late.!
I pray for Saint Michael the Arch Angel to come with his Army of Angels and destroy those who are killing all lives for power. In the Name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Michael, precisely and you’ve put it in what’s called the nutshell, explaining what’s going on!
Just think of the breakdown in traditional wholesome values and abhorrent loss of humanity that’s taken place in the last 50 years and it’s obvious to any God fearing discerning human soul that this tsunami of evil that’s sweeping around the globe and now so obviously out of control here in the United States of America is reaching za breaking point just as the Devil himself makes his last effort to do all the harm possible before Jesus Christ’s return to judge this entire world and bring home God’s children!
Saint Michael the Arch Angel was absolutely created by God for a time such as this when the battle between good and evil would be reaching it’s crescendo like it is now with the flurry of evil acts increasing daily all around us while our hands are already full trying to do what we can to service in this nightmarish landscape that’s been promoted by that father of all lies, that beast Satan! And early on in the Industrial Revolution which was and is a double edged sword which would empower mankind with many helpful capabilities it would also set the stage for the Devil’s final thrust to overtake the human-race with tools that prod or corral humanity globally in real time like we see happening right now! So at the kick off of this process the prayer we children of God need so desperately was handed to us for such a time as this as we should request the one who with his army of angels will fully take on this battle which is spoken of in Scriptures!
Ephesians 6:11-13 “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.”
And so to this end we have that heavenly hosts prayer to Saint Michael the Arch Angel that the genuine pope Leo XIII provided at the start of this complex mechanized society!
Here I refer to our conversation on this subject last year! >Michael Smith, thank you very much my brother; and I take it as an honor to be considered your brother! The fact of what you said here “When I was an active Police Officer I carried a medallion of Michael the Arch Angel with me,” and then my sending out on this site to you that beautiful prayer to Saint Arch Angel Michael just recently on the 19th of this month (9/19) all of this to me is no coincidence and is also “a sign from God.” That prayer written by “Pope Leo XIII” is profound to me and that it was written by “Leo” which profoundly you’re now a “LEO“ in this modern current “crescendo age” that you have faithfully served in, as a “Law Enforcement Officer” and “you have kept that Blessed Medallion with you all these years” while you took the oath to “serve and protect,” this speaks to God’s will and how we can and do fit into it precisely according to his plans and purposes, so “we must therefore always be seeking His will,” if we are “first faithful to Jesus Christ our Lord, Savior and Redeemer,” again our proper Oaths of Allegiance!
When I read this statement of yours I was greatly moved and inspired to speak to it!
“Those who stand with Satan and worship him seems they are growing stronger in mass.”
Oh Lord, how true that is Brother Michael. I then say sure that is more likely and common place today because look how many people worship celebrity and sports heroes who more often than not are more screwed up than the fans. People are so caught up in a media feeding frenzy especially now with the Digital Empire to jump into all tying into the Cloud and AI, for the next big event or headline. But this is another “pointblank sign” as it were because “people are so busy worshiping so many things and others including themselves” rather than “the only one” they truly need to and must in order to get out of this “soul deathtrap” and make it to “Jesus’ promised eternal life in heaven.”
As I see this unfolding the public has been groomed and conditioned for many years to be a mob by those certain and very dark nefarious hidden cohorts of hell, who have been preparing for the entrance of the Antichrist to rule the earth. Wasn’t the Plan-demic a testing the waters, and designed to further condition the human population for vaccine passports and digital ID’s, along with eliminating (murdering-genocide) millions of us in one fell swoop. Bill Gates for years now has spoken how “we can reduce the population with vaccines and other means,” like it’s his pet project! This goes on in our faces yet most “powers that be” are silent (mass news media liars) or part of that dynamic.
Then I saw this statement in a Christian blogging site article that came to me right when your statement was printed today, about the Second Coming.
“Those who will adore the antichrist will be numbered in their billions;” this will be shortly before Jesus returns and the final judgment.
And with your knowledge and experience what you said here adds into this insight completely, it matches the blog this article here and my own thoughts and writings; “Those who stand with Satan and worship him seems they are growing stronger in mass.” Absolutely brother because there is obviously “a big push” going on to consolidate all the evils of the human race with Satan’s cohorts and demons as we can see clearly things are moving to “a huge crescendo!”
But this all reminded me of the following Scripture about our faith and how to face any and all adversaries especially now in this massively confusing and turbulent time period for many.
Matthew 6:32-34 “For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.”
I did a cursory search and came upon this immediately at a Bible Study site.
“How to have faith that moves mountains”
To have faith that moves mountains you have to (1) receive and understand the word of God, (2) spend much time in prayer, and (3) cast off the cares of this world and seek God’s Kingdom first.
Because right before Jesus was going to be taken to get crucified, He spent the night praying for many hours and He also told His disciples to do the same, but when He left them and then came back He found them sleeping.
://thebiblicalfoundation.com/faith-to-move-mountains-what-does-it-mean-how-to-have-it/
“Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:40-41)
Because as I see it right now the whole world is in this state or condition that Jesus Himself was speaking about to the Disciples “His Chosen” when He was with them on earth before His being crucified, and now before his return for the final battle between good and evil most of the world is not following His command, just like with the Apostles; but so much worse exponentially in grotesque debauchery and sin besides just not being vigilant.
The difference being that the world has had the opportunity of our Savior having carried out the “Father’s will” in order to “Redeem His children” but with all of that “saving grace and mercy” much of the world has now turned its back on Him and fall according to their own sins and that of this dying world that Satan now rules. Sure they tell us like Fauci said “trust the science” and “we know what is best for all of you;” as they speak for Satan himself!
What I say is there is no excuse this time if the world wants to be “sleeping” or actually not sleeping but rather “prideful and arrogantly ignoring God and His commands” this time around before Jesus’ Second Coming! I say this because after all they used to sing a tune about the “Age of Aquarius” and the “New Dawn Rising an Age of Enlightenment,” but that was all concocted by false religious beliefs and pagan idolatry, crooked ways of the world, so here we are in the cataclysmic hours sitting on the precipice while multitudes now turn to “the father of all lies” and gladly slip into his clutches, and yet so many others just carry on like they have forever to waste “this opportunity to know, love and be with God our Maker in heaven.”
Matthew 26:40-46 “And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41“Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46“Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”
Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”
Mark 11:22 Amplified Bible Jesus replied, “Have faith in God [constantly].”
Yes Brother Michael, “we must and will hold onto our faith in Him our Lord Jesus Christ” always in the ready to “carry out the will of our heavenly Father Almighty God.” Amen and Amen.
Brother in-Christ Jesus-Lawrence<
So again we have opportunity to repeat these very words, thoughts and prayers in such a time as this!
Here is the short version of this greatly needed prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel but this site I leave gives the full prayer and and explanation how this mighty prayer was suppressed from the people over the last 50 to 60 years and I say we know why!
"Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen."
://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/b009rpMichael.htm
Brother, so glad of your response and the Scriptures beautifully written.
It’s ashame that there’s so many souls who turned towards Evil and they don’t have the slightest idea of what’s to come for the eternal Damnation.
They chose that life of crimes against humanity and now it’s fire and brimstone without any luxuries, I don’t feel sorry for them one bit.
Thank you Brother Michael in saying what the heart of the matter is so succinctly!!!
Sorry I had to leave such a long comment as at times I can’t seem to put it all in few words; but then again, if anyone wants to take the time and read it all there is some extremely valuable truth and wisdom contained in those Biblical imperatives I present, and in reference to our previous commentary on this very matter at hand! Yes so many are what we can call renegade and extremely rebellious of God’s truth!
God bless you and yours!
Thank you brother Lawrence, as always May God’s blessings lay upon you and yours.
🙏✝️🙏 Thank you!