[ April 20, 2024 ]
The Democrats found their back door to dismantling the police — and it’s brilliant in its simplicity. Don’t prosecute crimes. Let criminals run free.
This is a Soros strategy.
DAs backed by Soros, other liberal activists join fray in clash with police (Fox News)
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REPORT: Nearly 70% Of Portland Rioters Had Charges Dropped By Progressive DA
Nearly 70% of the individuals arrested during the riots and unrest in Portland, which stretched from the end of May through early October, had their charges dismissed by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office, according to data released Thursday.
By: Daily Wire, October 9, 2020:
The Portland DA “released a new statistical dashboard that analyzes protest-related cases referred to his office by law enforcement for prosecutorial review and potential issuing,” the office announced on in a statement on Thursday, laying bare Multnomah County’s strategy in handling cases of individuals arrested during protests, demonstrations, riots, and unrest, referred to them by Portland’s Police Department.
The results are not surprising. Multnomah DA Mike Schmidt pledged, near the beginning of the unrest, that his office would drop “lesser charges that the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) often arrests protesters for, such as rioting, disorderly conduct, and ‘interfering with a peace officer’—a catch-all term for not following orders or bothering a cop,” according to the Portland Mercury. In that statement, Schmidt noted that his office’s policy would be retroactive to May 29th, when Portland PD began arresting demonstrators.
“If we leverage the full force of the criminal justice system on individuals who are peacefully protesting and demanding to be heard, we will cause irreparable harm to them individually and to our society,” he said. “The prosecution of people exercising their rights to free speech and assembly in a non-violent manner takes away from the limited resources that we have to prosecute serious crimes and to assist crime victims.”
Thursday’s numbers show Schmidt was serious. Of 974 cases referred to the Multnomah DA’s office for prosecution, 666 were rejected — 68% of all referred cases.
Most were rejected “in the interest of justice,” — the office’s own vague catchall.
- 974 demonstration-related cases have been referred to MCDA;
- 182 of those cases are pending review;
- 95 felony cases have been issued;
- 33 misdemeanor cases have been issued;
- 543 cases have been rejected in the interest of justice;
- 44 cases have been rejected due to insufficient evidence
- 12 cases have been rejected due to a legal impediment
- 67 cases have been rejected pending investigative follow up from law enforcement. These cases can be resubmitted to the district attorney’s office for prosecutorial review once law enforcement completes its follow up.
Schmidt hailed the database — and the limited number of prosecutions — as an achievement.
“This is a major step forward for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office,” Schmidt said in the press release, adding that his office has embraced a “smarter approach” to justice. “Transparency in the work we do is a keystone to my administration. Moving this data online for the community to easily use will have a significant impact on understanding cases that arise from mass demonstrations.”
Oddly enough, as Portland Mercury points out, the DA’s “smarter approach” does seem to involve a racial disparity: “Of the cases the MCDA has accepted so far, the defendants have a slightly higher chance of being Black or Hispanic when compared to all protest-related cases referred by police.”
To make up for the DA’s lack of prosecutions, the Department of Homeland Security deputized members of the Oregon State Police and the Portland Police Department. Individuals arrested by or for inferring with those officers can be referred to the United States Attorney’s office for prosecution if the DA declines to follow up.
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6 Comments
3 years ago
Vote for BIDEN and more judges wil fall in line not even put in office by Soros.
Vote Trump or else!
3 years ago
Cancel All Oregon Vandalism and Riot Laws
I’m serious, and it can be done. Tyrants like to have lots of laws, that they can enforce selectively, to ‘get’ their enemies. Russia has laws against everything. Then the prosecutor can indict anyone they don’t like. Oregon Democrats plan the same thing, charging conservatives for civil disturbance, but dropping charges against BLM and ANTIFA.
Selective law enforcement is a hallmark of tyrants. Tyrants rule by authority, not laws. And selective law enforcement is authoritarian. Dumping the law entirely makes the tyrant wake up. Suddenly, burning down the tyrant’s house is legal.
Selective laws are a type of secret law, because only the tyrant knows if you will be indicted or not.
Rule # 19: There shall be no secret law.
3 years ago
Cancel All Oregon Vandalism and Riot Laws
I’m serious, and it can be done. Tyrants like to have lots of laws, that they can enforce selectively, to ‘get’ their enemies. Russia has laws against everything. Then the prosecutor can indict anyone they don’t like. Oregon Democrats plan the same thing, charging conservatives for civil disturbance, but dropping charges against BLM and ANTIFA.
Selective law enforcement is a hallmark of tyrants. Tyrants rule by authority not laws. And selective law enforcement is authoritarian. Dumping the law entirely makes the tyrant wake up. Suddenly, burning down the tyrant’s house is legal.
Selective laws are a type of secret law, because only the tyrant knows if you will be indicted or not.
Rule # 19: There shall be no secret law.
3 years ago
As I’ve pointed out before …
Leftists are pro-crime. They need the crime to create the demoralization and destabilization – i.e. the ‘problem’ – for which Only They have the ‘solution.’
… and for double-bonus points … they blame “The Enemy” for the violence and their inability to ‘solve’ the problem.
*** Everyone here have an excellent weekend!
3 years ago
Mostly ” peaceful ” lol
3 years ago
Why haven’t Soros and his sons been ventilated?
