A Portland Police officer who was filmed punching a protester earlier this month during an anti-ICE protest was also named in a lawsuit years earlier by a different protester who was injured by police.
Records obtained by the Mercury indicate Tyler Brunelle was the officer recorded using force on a protester who was already on the ground, being restrained by police.
The incident occurred January 9, one day after two people were shot and injured by a Border Patrol agent in East Portland, triggering heightened protests against federal forces stationed at Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. Video shows the officer was working with Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) bicycle patrol squad that night…