Kenneth Harold is accused of smashing windows of a Starbucks on Southwest Morrison Street in downtown Portland during an unlawful assembly on April 20, 2021. (Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian/TNS)
“This case raises a unique charge that is rarely — if ever — brought and which has the potential to be brought in a politically targeted manner that violates the First Amendment,” his lawyers wrote to the court. “The extreme focus on Mr. Harold by federal law enforcement when he was just a single protestor among hundreds that night, and thousands over the course of months, cannot readily be explained.”
mbernstein@oregonian.com
