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Fifth Column
Portland's new DA drops charges against HUNDREDS arrested over 76 nights of riots and won't prosecute future 'non-deliberate' acts including criminal trespass, harassment and disorderly conduct
2020-08-13
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced a policy change on Tuesday saying they won't prosecute non-violent misdemeanor charges

  • It includes interfering with police, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, escape or harassment

  • Allegations will be dropped if they don’t involve 'deliberate' property damage, theft or force against another person or threats of force

  • It doesn't affect federal charges, of which there are dozens, including arson

  • The DA acknowledged those caught in situations where they have been tear gassed while exercising their First Amendment right

  • About 550 charges have been referred to the DA since May 29 and they include 140 felonies, 45 of which are currently being pursued by authorities

  • DA said the majority of those arrested amid racial injustice protests are white
Related:
Multnomah County: 2020-08-12 New DA for Multnomah County (which includes Portland), @DAMikeSchmidt, announced his office will not prosecute felony riot
Multnomah County: 2020-08-09 ‘Pipe Bombs' Thrown at Portland Antifa?
Multnomah County: 2020-07-30 DAs backed by Soros, other liberal activists join fray in clash with police
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  No news: Jurisprudence in ruins since
People injured to impuissance;
Judicial ideal
Now for justice to "feel ya,"
Indulge an attraction to nuisance.
Posted by: Voldemort Darling of the Gepids9394   2020-08-13 22:01  

#10  Danielle Sered writes beautifully about a system that centers what a victim truly needs to heal, and what holding someone accountable for actions that harm others can look like.

Maybe he misunderstood who the victims are here?
Posted by: gorb   2020-08-13 16:49  

#9  Schmidt was elected in May.

His predecessor, Rod Underhill, retired about six months before the end of his term, but the fact is that Multinomah County voted Schmidt in, and he would doing what he's doing sooner or later.

May they get it good and hard.
Posted by: charger   2020-08-13 15:49  

#8  Schmidt was deputy DA and was promoted when the DA retired.

here is a piece from an interview earlier in August

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What book influenced or inspired you the most

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered. This is one of the best books on restorative justice that I’ve come across, about doing things differently in the criminal justice system. Danielle Sered writes beautifully about a system that centers what a victim truly needs to heal, and what holding someone accountable for actions that harm others can look like. Her work shows that we can get better public safety outcomes and serve victims of crime better by moving away from an overly punitive paradigm, and incorporating restorative practices and philosophy into our criminal justice system.
Posted by: lord garth   2020-08-13 13:21  

#7  Schmidt was deputy DA and was promoted when the DA retired.

here is a piece from an interview earlier in August

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What book influenced or inspired you the most

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered. This is one of the best books on restorative justice that I’ve come across, about doing things differently in the criminal justice system. Danielle Sered writes beautifully about a system that centers what a victim truly needs to heal, and what holding someone accountable for actions that harm others can look like. Her work shows that we can get better public safety outcomes and serve victims of crime better by moving away from an overly punitive paradigm, and incorporating restorative practices and philosophy into our criminal justice system.
Posted by: lord garth   2020-08-13 13:21  

#6   I don't see what incentive the police have to get involved against the rioters

Why? Dancin' in the Streets.

Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-13 11:16  

#5  I don't see what incentive the police have to get involved against the rioters, but they have to know the DA will be rabid to prosecute any "white-supremacist vigilantes," and you know there are some cops who would like to make that pinch.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-13 09:29  

#4  
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-08-13 08:52  

#3  This isn't anarchy.

This is the imposition of a new order and authority on the populace.

IOW anarcho-tyranny.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2020-08-13 05:59  

#2  Time to start doing what she refuses to prosecute outside her house.

Just like the dems refused to prosecute the KKK, the dems refuse to prosecute their new armed wing, antifa.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-08-13 02:59  

#1  Anarchy - a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110   2020-08-13 02:04  

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