{"id":45534,"date":"2020-08-12T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/most-charges-against-portland-protesters-wont-be-prosecuted-da-says\/"},"modified":"2020-08-12T21:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:37:00","slug":"most-charges-against-portland-protesters-wont-be-prosecuted-da-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-charges-against-portland-protesters-wont-be-prosecuted-da-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#Most charges against Portland protesters won\u2019t be prosecuted, DA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Most charges against Portland protesters won\u2019t be prosecuted, DA says<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 12, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 2:37pm               <span>|<\/span> Updated <span>August 12, 2020 | 2:58pm<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A protester leads a chant in front of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office yesterday.\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/portland-protests-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>A protester leads a chant in front of the Multnomah County Sheriff&#8217;s Office yesterday.<\/span><br \/>\n                            <span>Nathan Howard\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        Hundreds of Portland, Oregon, protesters arrested during two months of clashes with law enforcement won\u2019t be prosecuted, the city\u2019s district attorney announced.<\/p>\n<p>Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt unveiled the policy change Tuesday regarding hundreds of the 550 protest-related arrests since late May.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new policy, Schmidt\u2019s office will \u201cpresumptively decline\u201d to prosecute cases that don\u2019t fit his criteria, including interfering with a peace, parole or probation officer; second-degree disorderly conduct; first- or second-degree criminal trespass; third-degree escape and harassment. Rioting charges will also not be prosecuted unless accompanied by another crime not included in the list, Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p>The move will likely lead to no charges for \u201chundreds of people\u201d arrested since May 29, a spokesman for the Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent crimes, arsons and intentional property damage cases will still be prosecuted,\u201d spokesman Brent Weisberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Portland police have referred 550 cases to the DA\u2019s office since the protests began on May 29, four days after George Floyd\u2019s police-custody killing in Minneapolis. Of those, about 140 were felony crimes, including assault, arson, riot and theft.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors are moving ahead in only around 45 of those cases, while the remainder were dropped or are deemed under review, Weisberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the protests in Portland reached 76 straight days, but with no arrests late Tuesday and early Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>One group of protesters blocked traffic in downtown Portland for several hours, but the \u201cgathering was peaceful\u201d and officers did not need to interact with the crowd, police said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A separate group of several hundred people gathered late Tuesday at Laurelhurst Park before marching to the Penumbra Kelly Building, which is shared by the Multnomah County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Portland police, KOIN reports.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators there chanted \u201cBlack lives matter\u201d during the protest billed as a \u201cdirect action march,\u201d the station reports.<\/p>\n<p>The group blocked traffic for several hours near the law enforcement facility before a few protesters \u201centered upon\u201d the property, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Portland Police began making public address announcements reminding the crowd they were to remain off of the property or they would be subject to arrest,\u201d police said. \u201cThe group members left the property after hearing the announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were made during either protest and a majority of the crowd left the area by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations were a departure from recent violence at the demonstrations toward Portland cops, who were struck with \u201cdangerous objects\u201d like ball bearings, golf balls and potatoes as recently as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Previous protests have also included lit fireworks tossed at police and fires set by demonstrators, The Oregonian reports.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/12\/most-charges-against-portland-protesters-wont-be-prosecuted-da\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Most charges against Portland protesters won\u2019t be prosecuted, DA says&#8221; August 12, 2020 | 2:37pm | Updated August 12, 2020 | 2:58pm Enlarge Image A protester leads a chant in front of the Multnomah County Sheriff&#8217;s Office yesterday. 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