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Arrested Protesting March4Trump

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A little over a year ago, I was arrested after being struck by a truck at the March4Trump in Lake Oswego.   The driver was not charged, and was referred to by the officers as the 'victim'.

Here's the driver hitting me from one camera angle:
And, here he is hitting me from another angle:

The City of Lake Oswego brought four charges against me (Resisting Arrest, Interfering With a Peace Officer, Criminal Mischief and Disorderly Conduct).  They took nearly a year to schedule me for trial, and in the end, only the Disorderly Conduct actually stuck.

Here's the arrest itself, in all it's glory, where you can see what they felt justified the charges of Resisting Arrest and Interfering With a Peace Officer:


To summarize the findings of the jury, I was found guilty of standing in a road, where hundreds of other people also were standing, and where there were no sidewalks.  I was fairly lucky, in that no fines were assessed, and I was assigned community service.

So, yeah, in a nutshell, I'm asking for help to recoup the legal fees, including court costs, community service fees and the money I had to pay my public defender.  If any donations come in above and beyond, the remainder will be donated to the National Lawyers Guild.

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Michael Smith
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Portland, OR

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