An online anarchist platform encouraged people on Wednesday to shine lasers at federal helicopters in Portland, Oregon, a crime that law enforcement officials say can create extreme danger for pilots.
A post on the leftist, Portland-focused website “Rose City Counter-Info” tells viewers to scatter throughout the city’s streets on Saturday for the attack — nicknamed “Laser Tag” — as federal agents respond to demonstrations near the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The goal is to “ground” the helicopters by making it difficult to safely fly them and flash too many lasers for law enforcement to hunt down those using them, according to the anonymously-written post.
An anarchist website encourages people to aim lasers at federal helicopters on Oct. 8, 2025, amid protests against the Trump administration in Portland, Oregon. (Image credit: Screenshot/Rose City Counter-Info)
“All you need is a laser. Leave home – they can see where the laser is coming from,” the post reads. “Go to a park, a field, or some other public place, and once the clock strikes 9 unleash your beam at the cop copter. Mask up. Coordinate with friends to throw a laser party!”
“Let’s take back the night together!” the announcement continued. “It won’t take many of us to ground the helicopters!”
The post also tells allies to wear gloves and clean their laser pointers with alcohol in case they must dispose of it. A link in the text offers tips on keeping one’s DNA off an object.
Rose City Counter-Info did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously called out the website in July for “doxxing” ICE officers by publishing their names and home addresses. The agency promised prosecutions for such activity.
Federal prosecutors also charged a man with the crime of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft in Portland days before the Rose City Counter-Info post, alleging he aimed it at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter in September.
“The laser can cause blindness and spotting in vision, making it a challenge to find other aircraft and obstacles, which could lead to a catastrophic event,” an FBI agent said in a criminal complaint. One crew member in the helicopter had to avert his eyes while in flight due to the laser, the complaint said.
The DHS did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment. The FBI’s Portland office declined to comment in an automated email response, citing the ongoing government shutdown.
President Donald Trump is pushing to bring National Guard troops to Portland over months of chaotic anti-ICE protests, which have corresponded with nearly 150 arrests near the local ICE facility. Oregon and Portland are jointly challenging his plan in court.
Other tactics by the protest mobs have included forcing homeless people to help distract or confront law enforcement at the ICE facility, according to Portland police.
Protesters should no longer tolerate “the federal regime” spying on them from helicopters, the Wednesday post declares.
“Actions that aim at destroying the capacity of our enemies to enforce control in simple and concrete ways can make more daring actions possible,” it says.
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