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>> ALL
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU PICK WILL BEGIN THIS
HALF-HOUR IN EAST PORTLAND AND
A MAJOR CHANGE IN TONE FOR THE
ONGOING PROTEST AGAINST POLICE
BRUTALITY.
BRUTALITY. THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM OREGONIAN
PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE.
PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE. A CROWD ABOUT 100 PEOPLE
MARCHED TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE
BUILDING ON EAST BURNSIDE AND
47th THE LAST NIGHT.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO REPORTS
OF VANDALISM AND NO ARRESTS
WERE MADE.
WERE MADE. IT COMES AFTER MULTIPLE NIGHTS
OF CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS
AND POLICE IN NORTH PORTLAND.
OFFICERS MADE DOZENS OF ARRESTS
ON THOSE NIGHTS.
NOW THE BRAND-NEW DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SAYS THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARRESTED AT THE
DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE
PROSECUTED.
PROSECUTED. TIM GORDON HAS DETAILS.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
THE VOICES OF THE PROTESTERS BE
HEARD.
HEARD.
HEARD. >>
HEARD. >> MIKE SCHMIDT RAN AND WON ON
A PROGRESSIVE PLAN FOR JUSTICE.
TODAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT
PROSECUTE MOST PEOPLE ARRESTED
DURING THE PROTESTS UNLESS
THERE IS SOME TYPE OF VIOLENCE
OR DAMAGE.
OR DAMAGE. >> I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY
CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A FREE PASS.
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO PROVIDE
PROTESTERS WITH A FORM TO MAKE
THEIR VOICES HEARD.
I WILL NOT TOLERATE DELIBERATE
ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST POLICE
OR ANYONE ELSE.
>> CRIMES THEY GENERALLY WILL
NOT BE PROSECUTED INCLUDE
INTERACTING WITH A PEACE
OFFICER, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND
CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND EVEN
RIOTS UNLESS YOU ARE DOING
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. >> THE OTHER SIDE IS IF YOU ARE
IN THAT CROWD AND YOU'RE THE
PERSON THROWING AND CAUSING
DAMAGE, THAT IS THE RIGHT
CHARGE THAT WILL BE TAKING.
>> ASSAULT AND ARSON WILL BE
PROSECUTED LIKE BEFORE BUT OF
ABOUT 550 ARRESTS MADE SO FAR,
THE DAS OFFICE IS ABOUT 400
WERE ARRESTED ON THE LESSER
CHARGES HE WOULDN'T BE PURSUING.
FROM LEWIS AND CLARK LAW
PROFESSOR, WE GOT THE REMINDER
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS USE
THEIR DISCRETION ALL THE TIME.
>> THE PROSECUTORS ARE ALREADY
HAVING TO DECIDE I HAD THESE
FIVE CASES, I CAN ONLY DO TWO
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. MUCH BETTER IN SOME SENSE TO
LAY OUT THE CRITERIA FOR
DISCRETION. THESE ARE THE KINDS
OF CASES WE THINK ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> SCHMIDT DID SAY THEY ARE IN
A TOUGH SITUATION ON THESE
NIGHTLY PROTESTS.
NIGHTLY PROTESTS. >> OFFICERS CAN STILL MAKE
ARRESTS.
ARRESTS.
ARRESTS. PORTLAND POLICE CHIEF REACTED
THING IN PART THE PORTLAND
POLICE BUREAU REMAINS COMMITTED
TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY
THROUGHOUT THESE LONG MONTHS
THAT WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO
MAKE ARRESTS AT ALL.
ONE POLICE MAKE ARRESTS, THEY
ARE BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE
THAT A CRIME IS BEING
COMMITTED.
COMMITTED. NOW POLICE WILL HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER EVEN IF THEY ARE
WORKING FROM DIFFERENT
PLAYBOOKS.
PLAYBOOKS. >> IT IS MY HOPE THAT WHEN THEY
ARE LOOKING AT REFERRING CASES
FOR PROSECUTION THAT THEY ARE
TARGETING AND BUILDING CASES ON
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY
DESTROYING PROPERTY, LIGHTING
THINGS ON FIRE AND HURTING
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THAT IS WHERE WE WANT THEM TO
FOCUS THEIR TIME AND ATTENTION.
>> THIS NEW POLICY IS
RETROACTIVE TO THE HUNDREDS OF
ARRESTS MADE IN THE PAST FEW
MONTHS SO IF YOU WERE ARRESTED
ON ONE OF THOSE LESSER CHARGES,
YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE IT GO
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. TIM
AWAY. TIM GORDON, KGW NEWS.
>> WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARRESTED ON
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY. HIS CASE IS LIKELY AMONG THOSE
THAT WILL NOT GO TO COURT
DURING THIS NEW DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SILBERT AND WAS
ARRESTED AFTER HE SAYS POLICE
GAVE A WARNING FROM FAR AWAY
THAT HE RIOTS HAD BEEN DECLARED
AND THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. JASON SAYS HE WAS AT THE
PROTEST TO TAKE VIDEO SO HE
CAUGHT MOST OF THIS ON CAMERA.
HE TOOK ISSUE WITH POLICE
ARRESTING ONE OF HIS FRIENDS
WHO WAS WORKING WITH HIM AND
ADMITS HE CURSED AT THE OFFICER
BUT SAYS OTHERWISE HE DID NOT
DO ANYTHING WRONG.
>> HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN ME A
DIRECT ORDER.
DIRECT ORDER. I WAS COMPLYING WITH THAT
ORDER.
ORDER.
ORDER. HE
ORDER. HE DID NOT LIKE THE PROFANITY I
SHOUTED.
SHOUTED.
SHOUTED. HE MAY HAVE CONSTRUED THAT AS
ENTICING BUT HE STARTED CHASING