Judge Acquits Patriot Prayer Founder Joey Gibson 1 Other In Portland Riot Trial
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Souede granted a motion Tuesday to acquit far-right activists Joey Gibson and Russell Schultz, who each faced one riot charge, saying no reasonable jury could find that their behavior at a 2019 street confrontation “threatened an imminent breach of the peace.” “Oregon’s law clearly does not permit such an outcome,” Souede said, issuing a harsh rebuke to the district attorney’s office for pursuing a jury trial on the evidence presented....