Many Portland rioters will see their criminal cases dropped by leftist DA

Oregonian | Aug 12, 2020 | News | 20 

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, leaning on a group of community representatives he called his transition team, announced Tuesday that his office will drop most of the charges filed against protesters.

His prosecutors won’t pursue demonstrators accused of interfering with police, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, escape or harassment if the allegations don’t involve “deliberate’’ property damage, theft or force against another person or threats of force, Schmidt said.

The office also won’t prosecute people on a riot accusation alone. It will proceed with a riot case only if it includes an accompanying allegation of specific property damage or use of force, he said.

“What we’re doing is recognizing that the right to speak and have your voice heard is extremely important,” Schmidt said. “If you’re out there committing violence, you’re damaging property, those cases are going to be prosecuted. If you’re a person who is out there demonstrating and you get caught up in the melee, those are the kinds of cases that we’re talking about.”...........To Read More...

My Take - So, can I assume that he thinks it's alright for the KKK to come into Portland and do the same things these misfits are doing? Don't bet on it. When laws are enforced selectively, it's tyranny, and tyranny is part and parcel of the left. Every government that was overthrown by communists imposed infinitely worse conditions on their citizens than did the one they destroyed. And by a lot!

We need to start teaching history once again.