Even when Portland’s Antifa criminals are arrested and charged with major crimes, Multnomah County District Attorney [MCDA] Mike Schmidt either drops or otherwise refuses to prosecute over 90% of the cases. In fact, Schmidt has publicly bragged on Twitter about dropping hundreds of charges against Antifa and BLM rioters. Even when they are prosecuted, they get a minor wrist slap.
Previously, Hannah Lilly was prosecuted for trying to burn down the Multnomah County Justice Center. This is a towering building that houses a police precinct headquarters, courtrooms, and a city jail. Hundreds of people could have been killed. Lilly received zero jail time. Schmidt gave her a plea deal in which she alleged she would pay a large fine and do 120 hours of community service.
Antifa was emboldened by the light sentence and attempted to burn down the Justice Center once again. They set a dumpster on fire and pushed it up against the building in hopes it would spread to the eleven-story occupied building.
Portland City Hall was also heavily damaged.
A recap of the violence and destruction in Portland by #antifa on the one-year anniversary death of George Floyd. #BLM #PortlandRiots https://t.co/ucOKDk5Dpj pic.twitter.com/MEKThqBin6
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 27, 2021
Portland #antifa tried to burn down the Justice Center tonight to commemorate their burning of the same occupied facility a year ago. #BLM pic.twitter.com/jZW8mIwIl1
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 26, 2021
Crews are now cleaning up the vandalism at Portland City Hall downtown. A few windows were smashed and the rotunda was tagged with graffiti during a demonstration that Portland Police declared a riot last night #LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/Uh0ZD5a7DD
— Dan McCarthy (@DanMcKATU) May 26, 2021
