Portland Court: It’s Not a Crime to Stab White People If They Use a Racial Slur After Being Attacked
by David Lindfield
A Portland jury has acquitted a man who admitted to stabbing a stranger at a downtown transit station because a video showed the victim shouting a racial slur after he was attacked.
The defense argued that the slur was key to proving self-defense because the attacker thought the victim might have been racist when he stabbed him.
Multnomah County prosecutors charged 43-year-old Gary Edwards, who is black, with second-degree assault in the July 7 knife attack on white man Gregory Howard Jr.
The stabbing occurred near the Union Station MAX stop, Oregon Live reported.
Under Oregon’s Measure 11 mandatory sentencing law, Edwards faced nearly six years in state prison.
Edwards claimed he acted in self-defense because he believed Howard to be racist.
Howard denied the claim.
Jury nullification: A Portland, Ore. jury acquitted a violent black career criminal who admitted to stabbing a white man because the victim said the N-word after being stabbed. The defence argued the stabbing was self-defence against racism. pic.twitter.com/Z6O8G4RkLW
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