A resident of a nearby apartment complex said she had been “subjected to an onslaught of noise.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34710476

Oregonlive has a bad habit of paygating after the fact.

Archive link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250820050046/https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/08/portland-police-not-required-to-enforce-noise-rules-at-ice-protests-judge-rules.html

Relevant bits:

"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.

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According to the filing, air raid sirens and shrieking noises have battered Elvengrail’s ears and caused them to bleed. Tear gas and pepper spray from federal agents have created a “near-nightly toxic environment” from which Elvengrail cannot escape. And her apartment doesn’t have air conditioning, so she must keep her windows closed while indoor temperatures remain high, according to the filing.

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Rosenblum said in a Thursday court hearing she felt the attorneys representing Elvengrail did not meet the high legal bar to allow her to make the city act. But she was sympathetic to Elvengrail and other neighbors at Gray’s Landing. She said police could, and in her opinion should, use their discretion to ensure city noise rules are followed in the late evenings around the ICE building.

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Under city noise rules, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., noise levels must stay at around 50 decibels in “open space zones,” which the filing says would apply to protesters on public sidewalks and streets. The filing stated that Elvengrail has measured sound readings inside her apartment 15 to 20 decibels higher than the limit."