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Posted on 07/19/2022 1:06:27 PM PDT by AuntB
July 19, 2022 at 12:08 pm PDT
A Multnomah County circuit judge has dropped charges against Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, and Russell Schultz for their role in a 2019 street brawl outside a cider bar in Northeast Portland. A trial in the case of a third defendant, Mackenzie Lewis, will continue.
Judge Benjamin Souede threw out the charges in court this morning, saying that prosecutors had failed to demonstrate that Gibson and Russell Schultz had engaged in “tumultuous and violent conduct,” one of the requirements for conviction on riot charges.
“The state is trying to convict Mr. Schultz for being present at an incident that violence occurred, and they can not do so,” Souede said.
“I am somewhat bewildered that the state has driven this case to this point,” he added, placing blame on the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
The three defendants, along with three other men, were arrested for “taunting and physically threatening” anti-fascists at the Cider Riot bar on May Day. They were charged with felony riot.
The melee was caught on film. Two of the other men pleaded guilty, and a third was sentenced to prison for assault in an unrelated incident.
Patriot Prayer is a right-wing group based in Vancouver, Wash. that has repeatedly clashed with anti-fascist protesters in violent street battles in Portland and across the West Coast.
Appointed July 12, 2017 Personal Profession General counsel to Gov. Kate Brown (D) Benjamin Souede is a judge for Position 30 of the Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Court. https://ballotpedia.org/Benjamin_Souede
This is really good news.
It’s great news👍👍👍
And the reality good part is the guys they were fighting with 2 plead guilty and the other went to jail. Ha friggin HA!
Patriot Prayer has nothing to do with the Proud Boys
I’m sorry...just got out of the dentist....
I’ll go away
Just put that on the long list of shit I’ll burn in hell for M’Kay??
This is Oregon too. Amazing.
“This is Oregon too. Amazing.”
Yes, I am in shock. This never happens in Oregon...
Take it easy.
anti-fascists = communists
anti-fascists = fascists
But notice the writer of the article uncritically describes the leftist groups as “anti-facist.” There is no sense whatsoever that they are left-wing extremists who have often engaged in their own acts of violence and intimidation.
FYI
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Wouldn't even need the police; just place them under citizen's arrest and cite the Cider Riot case.
Hmmmmm...
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