The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, representing protesters and freelance journalists, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday, alleging that federal officers’ use of force against them during protests outside the southwest Portland ICE facility violated their First Amendment rights.

Filed in the U.S. District Court in Oregon, President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and the Department of Homeland Security are named as defendants.

The plaintiffs include Jack Dickinson, famous for the chicken suit he wears to the protests, Laurie and Richard Eckman, a Portland couple in their 80s (Laurie was allegedly shot in the head by a projectile), and freelance journalists Mason Lake and Hugo Rios.

The lawsuit comes after Trump said he may deploy

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