The Justice Department has ordered an investigation into Portland , Oregon, police over the arrest of Nick Sortor late Thursday, the conservative influencer announced Friday morning.

The Portland Police Bureau released Sortor from custody earlier Friday, hours after he was arrested on charges of second-degree disorderly conduct as violent protests broke out near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Oregon ‘s largest city.

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Sortor, a 27-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was arrested alongside two Oregon residents, according t

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