MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR – The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office recently revealed an interactive dashboard that can detail the case statuses of all arrests linked to riots and protests.
And when reviewing the status of cases from May 29th up until October 5th – a staggering 666 cases have been dropped out of 974 cases filed.
And most of these cases have been getting dropped under the status of “Rejected: Interest of Justice”.
When running the numbers, roughly 68% of cases filed related to arrests made during the riots and protests saw the cases get thrown out by the DA’s office within the county that is home to none other than Portland.