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Indiana man sentenced in federal court for role in 2020 Portland protests
A federal choose in Oregon sentenced an Indiana man to 10 years in jail on Tuesday for his violent actions throughout Portland’s racial justice protests.
Portland police allege Malik Fard Muhammad threw incendiary units like this one at officers throughout a protest in October.
Portland Police Bureau
Through the summer time and fall of 2020, Malik Muhammad threw Molotov cocktails at police and smashed the home windows of the Oregon Historic Society.
He was charged in each state and federal courtroom. Earlier this yr, he pleaded responsible to 14 felonies in state courtroom, together with tried homicide. Final month, he pleaded responsible in federal courtroom to 2 counts of possessing unregistered damaging units.
Muhammad will serve each his state and federal sentences — 10 years complete — in Oregon.
It’s the harshest federal penalty stemming from the 100-plus days of protests that started in the summertime of 2020.
Court docket paperwork state that along with touring to Portland, Muhammad additionally went to Louisville, Kentucky, in August 2020. There he engaged in tactical coaching and performed firearms coaching with what federal legislation enforcement described as different “anti-government” and “violent extremists.”
Based on courtroom paperwork, Muhammad is a U.S. Military veteran recognized with post-traumatic stress dysfunction in addition to bipolar dysfunction, based on courtroom paperwork. On the time of the protests, Muhammad was not taking medicine.