How do you reward violent left wing communist thugs who riot, looting, burn down and otherwise assault people? You don’t charge then with any crimes, as Portland has decided to do with hundreds of left wing thugs arrested over the last 80 days of rioting.
| Dumb-asses! Portland to drop charges on hundreds of rioters |
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Hundreds of protesters in Portland who were arrested in the past 80 days of demonstrations will not face any charges, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday.
“The protesters are angry … and deeply frustrated with what they perceive to be structural inequities in our basic social fabric, and this frustration can escalate to levels that violate the law,” Schmidt said. “This policy acknowledges that centuries of disparate treatment of our black and brown communities have left deep wounds and that the healing process will not be easy or quick.”
The policy drops charges against people who were arrested for interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, escape, harassment and riot — unless they were accompanied by some other charge of physical violence or property damage.
Portland has been rocked for months following the death of George Floyd, as demonstrators decry the use of force by police, especially against Black people. Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died in police custody in Minneapolis in May; a video showed an officer kneeling on his neck for over eight minutes.
Peaceful demonstrations in the Oregon city have descended into chaos as police and protesters clashed outside of precincts in the north and east of the city, the police union headquarters and a building that houses police offices in downtown.