For the past several months, the Trump administration — along with conservative journalists and social media influencers — have repeatedly claimed Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building is under siege by “rioters” and that “riots” are a common occurrence at the site on the South Waterfront.

But the facts don’t bear that out.

The only time Portland police declared the scene in front of the ICE building in South Portland a riot this year was more than four months ago, on June 14 , in what turned out to be a rare day of sustained violence. Angry people dressed in black stormed onto the property, used a stop sign post to shatter a glass door and threw water bottles and fireworks at federal officers.

It was a fear-inducing scene, the likes of which have not been repe

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