A right-wing independent journalist is leveraging his short-lived arrest in a bid to put the Portland Police Bureau on trial — alleging a deep-seated bias by the bureau’s top brass against conservatives.

A warning of litigation filed Thursday says the influencer, Nick Sortor, will proceed with a $10 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city over his arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in South Portland.

“The city of Portland and its police department maintain a long-standing pattern and practice of hostility toward conservative political viewpoints, and demonstrable tolerance, sympathy or coordination with Antifa,” the tort claim notice says.

Sortor, 27, was held in the downtown county jail overnight Oct. 2 on suspicion of second-degree

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