http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=131&v=8f30bVczKRk
Charges have been dismissed against a man in Portland who drove through black lives matter protesters this past October. The driver, Mark Alan Dickerson, had been charged with “reckless driving” and “harassment” after he slowly drove toward a small group of people who were protesting a grand jury’s return of no true bill against police officers who shot Patrick Kimmons, who was seen by officers opening fire in a parking lot, then running toward officers with the gun in his hand. Multnomah County Judge Kenneth Walker dismissed the misdemeanor charges against Dickerson, because the alleged victim, Arthuray Dudley, couldn’t appear in court to testify.
Willamette Week reports:
The case against a driver who struck a protester with his car last October was dismissed by a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge Monday morning because the victim could not stay in court all day.
A spokesman for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says the struck protester, Arthuray Dudley, met with a prosecutor on the morning the trial was set to begin and said he could not stay in court all day “because he had conflicting child care issues.”
The District Attorney’s office offered to contact CourtCare, a program that cares for children under 11 years old, to help provide child care. But Dickerson told the court he couldn’t stay.
“We believed that based on the video evidence, and with the victim’s testimony, the state could have proven the charges against Mr. Dickerson,” MCDA spokesman Brent Weisberg said in a statement shared with WW. “But with regard to the harassment charge, given the facts of this particular case, the court granted a defense motion to dismiss the charges after the victim, Mr. Arthuray Dudley, informed the court that he would be unavailable to testify.”
Weisberg says Dudley’s testimony was critical for the state’s case.
Judge Kenneth R. Walker dismissed the case rather than delaying the trial.
Video of the incident, with commentary, was posted to YouTube. You can see Dickerson driving toward the line of people, and they move out of the way and start accosting him. Dudley then backs into the roadway, intentionally putting himself in front of the truck, only to be hit. Dudley continues to stay in the road, and it looks as if he throws himself into the truck. It also appears as though Dudley is grinning during this. You can see and hear some of the protesters hitting his truck with their protest signs, which apparently isn’t a crime, according to the Multnomah County district attorney, Rod Underhill.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/judge-drops-charges-against-motorist-who-drove-through-black-lives-matter-mob/
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