An email from a Portland police sergeant appeared to criticize three people he described as “counter-protesters” after confronting anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters outside an immigration facility and getting assaulted.

The email from Sgt. Andrew Braun of the Portland Police Bureau was filed in Oregon federal court in the state’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump, and noticed by Andy Ngo, a senior editor at the Post Millennial who frequently covers Antifa and U.S. protests. 

In the email, dated Sept. 21, Braun writes, “these 3 counter-protesters continue to be a chronic source of police and medical calls at ICE.”

The three individuals are listed as victims in the email and identified as Rhein Amacher, 35, Chelly Bouferrache, 56, and Katelyn Daviscourt, 31.

Braun’s email contended that the three victims “even engage in the same trespassing behavior on federal and trolley property as the main protesters.”

Braun also described a “disturbance” that happened on Sept. 20 outside the ICE facility involving Amacher and 12 protesters. He wrote that a protester pepper-sprayed Amacher and a second “counter-protester.”

Braun wrote that there were as many as 50 protesters gathered that night, describing them as “more agitated than most nights,” which led him to request additional police assistance.

Law enforcement officers stand in tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Officers searched for the pepper-spray suspect but were unsuccessful, according to Braun, who added that officers were able to avoid a confrontation with the “main crowd” of protesters. He noted that the agitated demeanor of the protesters shifted, and they began to break up as police drove through the area several times.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Portland Police Bureau for comment on the email but did not immediately hear back.