Overview

• The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute Nick Sortor on a second-degree disorderly conduct charge after reviewing reports and video.
• A senior deputy prosecutor concluded Sortor’s physical contact was defensive and justified under the circumstances.
• Two others arrested in the same Oct. 2 incident, Angella Lyn Davis and Son Mi Yi, remain charged with second-degree disorderly conduct.
• The DA’s memo said Portland police had probable cause to arrest all three to break up a chaotic confrontation, even though the case against Sortor was not provable.
• The U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division opened a review of Portland police for alleged viewpoint discrimination, led by Harmeet K. Dhillon, drawing a sharp rebuke from Portland’s city attorney as details from court filings described Davis chasing Sortor in a feathered costume and an umbrella confrontation.