{"id":44271,"date":"2025-09-29T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=44271"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:07:43","slug":"ai-bouquets-of-flowers-for-ice-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/ai-bouquets-of-flowers-for-ice-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"AI: BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS FOR ICE IN PORTLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google AI Overview<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Peaceful protesters, including religious groups, brought flowers to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon, on September 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>. The event occurred before a larger protest and followed an announcement by former President Donald Trump that he would send federal troops to Portland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Event details<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;The peaceful demonstration with flowers took place during the daytime on Saturday, September 27, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who:<\/strong>&nbsp;Approximately 100 peaceful protesters, including families and members of various religious congregations, participated in the event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;The demonstration was held outside the ICE facility located at 4310 S Macadam Ave in southwest Portland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Why:<\/strong>&nbsp;The protest was a response to escalating tensions after Trump announced his intention to send federal troops to Portland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How:<\/strong>&nbsp;The group marched in a circle in front of the building, distributing flowers as a gesture of peace and defiance.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Context of the protest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peaceful protest with flowers was followed by a larger and more contentious protest later that evening. Tensions remained high throughout the day, with drones reportedly operated by authorities flying overhead and a helicopter circling the area for several hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flowers as a symbolic gesture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of flowers during the protest is not an isolated event. A separate project, \u201cFlowers on the Inside,\u201d also uses flowers symbolically by sending postcards with art from undocumented immigrants to migrants in detention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local ICE facility information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Address:<\/strong>&nbsp;4310 S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hours:<\/strong>&nbsp;Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong>&nbsp;(503) 326-4165.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AI responses may include mistakes.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch?p=ai_overviews&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peaceful protesters, including religious groups, brought flowers to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon, on September 27, 2025 . The event occurred before a larger protest and followed an announcement by former President Donald Trump that he would send federal troops to Portland.&nbsp; Event details Context&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/ai-bouquets-of-flowers-for-ice-in-portland\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44271"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44272,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44271\/revisions\/44272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}