Portland leaders this week condemned federal agents’ use of pepper balls on bystanders in a North Portland neighborhood last week when they gathered to document the arrest of a parent who was detained by immigration authorities.
Erik Téllez was on his way to drop his 15- and 17-year-old children at Roosevelt High School in North Portland on Thursday when he was pulled out of his car by federal agents.
The arrest happened around 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of North Buchanan Avenue and North Fessenden Street and drew dozens of neighbors into the streets to record the arrest and push back against immigration authorities in confrontations that grew increasingly heated…