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24 hours outside Portland's ICE facility: Is this what 'lawless mayhem' looks like?
Long article and totally worth it...
Nearby, Pamela Hemphill sat smoking a cigarette in a blue lawn chair. The 72-year-old, once known as “MAGA Granny,” said she wanted to see what the “war-ravaged” city President Trump described actually looked like.
“They aren’t violent,” Hemphill said of the protesters she’s interacted with. “They’re some of the sweetest people.”
Hemphill is one of the 1,500 people who received a presidential pardon for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She turned down the president’s clemency offer, telling news outlets across the country that she regretted her participation that day.
She told The Oregonian/OregonLive she wants to help dispel misinformation about what’s happening in cities like Portland after Trump’s orders to deploy the National Guard. She arrived on Sunday, traveling from her home in Idaho with her dog.
“It’s my way to atone,” she said.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/24-hours-outside-portlands-ice-facility-is-this-what-lawless-mayhem-looks-like.html
http://archive.today/2cQ45
“They aren’t violent,” Hemphill said of the protesters she’s interacted with. “They’re some of the sweetest people.”
Hemphill is one of the 1,500 people who received a presidential pardon for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She turned down the president’s clemency offer, telling news outlets across the country that she regretted her participation that day.
She told The Oregonian/OregonLive she wants to help dispel misinformation about what’s happening in cities like Portland after Trump’s orders to deploy the National Guard. She arrived on Sunday, traveling from her home in Idaho with her dog.
“It’s my way to atone,” she said.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/24-hours-outside-portlands-ice-facility-is-this-what-lawless-mayhem-looks-like.html
http://archive.today/2cQ45