Portland DA Dismisses Misdemeanor Charges Against Nick Sortor
Via KOIN : Nick Sortor, who lives in Washington, DC, was slated to be arraigned on Monday afternoon on a second-degree disorderly conduct charge related to an incident outside of the ICE building on Thursday night. However, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said that while Portland police officers had probable cause to arrest Sortor, “after a careful review of the investigation, including reports and video, we do not believe the crime of disorderly conduct can be proven against Mr. Sortor beyond a reasonable doubt.” On one hand, for a DA to drop or reduce charges is not unusual, as true crime shows on TV are careful to point out. On the other, there were allegations that Sortor had instigated the attack : According to probable cause documents filed in the case of Angela Davis, [also arrested in the incident,] police relied in part on information from confidential reliable sources embedded in the crowd or CRS. According to one CRS, they witnessed a white man ...