At least 12 protesters arrested in Portland were released after promising they won't attend another demonstration

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At least 12 people arrested during protests against police brutality in Portland, Oregon, in recent weeks were specifically barred by federal authorities from attending other demonstrations while they await trial as a condition for their release, ProPublica reports. For some, the restriction extended to the entire state of Oregon, others just Portland, and in at least two cases there was no geographic distinction.

"Those terms were given to me after being in a holding cell after 14 hours," Bailey Dreibelbis, who was charged last week with "failing to obey a lawful order," told ProPublica. "It was pretty cut-and-dried, just, 'These are your conditions for [getting out] of here.'"

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.