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District attorney says he will refuse to prosecute Portland rioters for a list of offenses, including rioting
Theblaze ^ | 8/11/2020 | carlos garcia

Posted on 08/12/2020 6:56:21 PM PDT by bitt

The new DA will decline to prosecute a list of offenses

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that his office would decline to press charges against protesters and rioters in the demonstrations in Portland, Oregon.

Schmidt made the announcement Tuesday at his first media briefing since assuming the office on Aug. 1.

Schmidt said in his statement that the policy change was intended to make society more equable.

"If we leverage the full force of the criminal justice system on individuals who are peacefully protesting and demanding to be heard, we will cause irreparable harm to them individually and to our society," he said.

"The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office will presumptively decline to prosecute a case where the most serious offense is a city ordinance violation or where the crime(s) do not involve deliberate property damage, theft or the use or threat of force against another person," Schmidt explained.

The statement included a list of offenses from protesters that the office would decline to prosecute. The offenses that will be ignored included the following, according to KGW-TV:

Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer

Disorderly conduct in the second degree

Criminal trespass in the first and second degree

Escape in the third degree

Harassment

Riot (unless accompanied by a charge outside of this list)

"As prosecutors, we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these demonstrations and support those who are civically engaged through peaceful protesting. We will undermine public safety, not promote it, if we do not take action to bring about immediate change," Schmidt added.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


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To: bitt

I’m sure he’d do the same if some right wing group burned down a city after looting the stores...right?


41 posted on 08/12/2020 9:23:37 PM PDT by GOPJ ( If YOU live in an American hellhole, YOU elected a democrat mayor.)
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Disorderly conduct in the second degree
(1)A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the second degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, the person:

(a)Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior;

(b)Makes unreasonable noise;

(c)Disturbs any lawful assembly of persons without lawful authority;

(d)Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic on a public way;

(e)Initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false, concerning an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe or other emergency; or

(f)Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which the person is not licensed or privileged to do.

(2)(a) Disorderly conduct in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor.

(b)Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, disorderly conduct in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor if the crime is committed within 200 feet of the real property on which the person knows a funeral service is being conducted.

(3)As used in this section, “funeral service” means a burial or other memorial service for a deceased person


Criminal trespass in the first and second degree
A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully in a motor vehicle or in or upon premises.

(2)Criminal trespass in the second degree is a Class C misdemeanor


Escape in the third degree
(1)A person commits the crime of escape in the third degree if the person escapes from custody. (2)It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person escaping or attempting to escape was in custody pursuant to an illegal arrest. (3)Escape in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor

Riot (unless accompanied by a charge outside of this list)
1)A person commits the crime of riot if while participating with five or more other persons the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.

(2)Riot is a Class C felony


--- If anyone gets shot doing any of these things, will the shooter be left alone ?
42 posted on 08/12/2020 9:32:00 PM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: bitt

Time to charge him with “dereliction of duty” and more importantly, “malfeasance of office”.


43 posted on 08/12/2020 9:45:00 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: bitt

Portland descends further into sh*thole status.


44 posted on 08/12/2020 9:50:21 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: CMailBag

This is why Soros and company spend so much time on the “dog catcher” races. You chip away under the surface, you can have a huge national impact.


45 posted on 08/12/2020 11:24:40 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: bitt
they vote for it, they get it....

hurry home my precious dtr from that awful sewer of a place...

46 posted on 08/12/2020 11:44:21 PM PDT by cherry
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To: bitt

The real enemy is leftists (i.e. democrats) in government.

JoMa


47 posted on 08/13/2020 3:03:39 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: bitt

This is an insurrection; Portland, Seattle, etc. are enemy occupied territory. The Soros DA project has produced poison fruit.


48 posted on 08/13/2020 3:46:25 AM PDT by Truth29
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Portlanders couldn’t be happier to see the DA carrying out their wishes. Some of these terrorist kids are theirs and are doing the work Mom and Dad can’t, because they are busy working the RCPUSA phone lines; after all, sitting home gets boring when all there is to do is collect those $40,000 month trust fund checks.


49 posted on 08/13/2020 4:29:48 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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