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Portland Sets ‘Emergency’ Naked Bike Ride for Sunday to Protest Guard Deployment Plan

A federal judge has blocked the Guard redeployment pending 9th Circuit review.

The World Naked Bike Ride, a protest against pollution-based transportation and highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists on the roads, returned to the Rose City on Saturday. Thousands of riders gathered in Northeast Portland’s Irving Park before taking a route across the city. (Photo by Tristan Fortsch for KATU News on August 12, 2023)
The World Naked Bike Ride, a protest against pollution-based transportation and highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists on the roads, returned to the Rose City on Saturday. Thousands of riders gathered in Northeast Portland’s Irving Park before taking a route across the city. (Photo by Tristan Fortsch for KATU News on August 12, 2023)
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The World Naked Bike Ride, a protest against pollution-based transportation and highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists on the roads, returned to the Rose City on Saturday. Thousands of riders gathered in Northeast Portland's Irving Park before taking a route across the city. (Photo by Tristan Fortsch for KATU News on August 12, 2023)

Overview

  • Organizers scheduled the clothing-optional ride for Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m., with the starting point to be announced Friday and the route kept private.
  • The event is billed as a peaceful response to the perceived militarization of Portland and attention on protests near the ICE facility in South Portland.
  • World Naked Bike Ride Portland says Oregon’s public indecency statute, ORS 163.465, permits this form of demonstrative protest.
  • U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut has twice halted plans to send both Oregon’s National Guard and troops from other states to Portland, with one order set to remain in effect until Oct. 19.
  • The Trump administration has appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with oral arguments scheduled Thursday, leaving the status of any deployment unresolved before the ride.