Portland police are not required to enforce noise rules at protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the South Waterfront, a judge ruled last week.
The ruling from Multnomah County Senior Judge Ellen Rosenblum, a former Oregon attorney general, was in response to a lawsuit filed last month by a resident of Gray’s Landing, a low-income apartment building next to the ICE facility. In it, resident Cloud Elvengrail asked the court to compel the city of Portland to enforce noise ordinances around the area.
She and other neighbors have “been subjected to an onslaught of noise” by protesters who have demonstrated at all hours, her attorneys wrote. Elvengrail’s attorneys said she is seeking the same outcome as other residents: peace and quiet…