Portland city councilors proposed a sweeping directive in a resolution that includes measures to address the deployment of federal troops to the city that President Trump claims is a war zone, despite conditions on the ground showing otherwise.

The resolution , co-sponsored by Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney, and Councilors Olivia Clark, Candace Avalos, and Tiffany Koyama Lane, proposes that the Mayor:

Establishes and implements the Protect Portland Initiative as the City’s coordinated framework to coordinate the City’s response to threats of federal overreach, militarization, and unconstitutional excessive use of force.

Protect Portlanders’ constitutional rights—especially the rights to privacy, free speech, assembly, and protest—against federal militarization, including:

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