Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility, which has recently become a site of daily clashes between federal agents and demonstrators.
Oriana Korol, 38, was playing “Ghostbusters” with her group — the Unpresidented Brass Band — during a massive protest outside the ICE facility in Oregon’s largest city Sunday evening when federal agents arrested her, her loved ones said. She has since been taken to a jail in Washington as her husband and bandmates demand answers about her arrest.
“Why are they targeting a clarinet player? A clarinet player standing on the sidewalk far away from the street, following instructions,” her husband wondered, noting they share a three-year-old child.
Korol was “peacefully protesting,” her band said in a social media post Monday. “Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed.”
The Portland ICE facility has become a battleground in recent weeks for anti-immigration demonstrators and federal agents, whom President Donald Trump sent to the liberal city, which he dubbed “war-ravaged,” as part of his crime crackdown.
