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He may have been 鈥渙bnoxious,鈥� a Portland-area judge said of conservative Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson, but he did not cause a riot involving Antifa and other left-wing demonstrators in May 2019.

Tuesday鈥檚 ruling from Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Souede frees Gibson from the threat of a felony federal riot charge conviction and a five-year prison sentence.

The acquittal, Gibson told Thursday鈥檚 Dori Monson Show, is a win for free speech and non-violent demonstrations and counter-protests.

“The record is overwhelming and indisputable that Mr. Gibson spoke obnoxiously to the crowd at Cider Riot,” the judge determined. “He was provocative, he was taunting … That is all speech … Speech cannot be considered in whether or not defendant committed a crime of riot.”

鈥淲hen the judge made that decision, he didn鈥檛 necessarily like me, but it was important for him to uphold the law,鈥� Gibson told Dori about Souede鈥檚 ruling.

Instead, Souede ruled, there was no evidence that Gibson鈥檚 involvement showed a level of violence that justified felony riot charges.

鈥淚 am somewhat bewildered that the state has driven the case to this point,鈥� Souede said. 鈥淎s an institution, the district attorney鈥檚 office鈥檚 decision to push this case to trial is surprising, given the state of the evidence.鈥�

The case involved the response from Vancouver, Wash.-based Patriot Prayer followers, a group Gibson founded in 2016 to counter violent protests in Portland and other cities on the West Coast. The May Day 2019 brawl, Gibson said, occurred during a post-protest gathering of left-wing demonstrators, including alleged Antifa and anti-fascist groups, outside the Cider Riot bar. Conservative counter-protestors 鈥� including Gibson 鈥� arrived at the bar鈥檚 parking lot to face those they considered responsible for vandalism in Portland earlier that day.

In defense of his response, Gibson told Dori鈥檚 listeners, 鈥淚 can鈥檛 control other people, but what I always do is document. I鈥檒l try to talk to people. Sometimes it can come across as antagonistic. I鈥檓 never physical, so they (left-wing demonstrators) have meltdowns. The demons really come out, for some reason, when they see me.鈥�

Video evidence presented in court backed Gibson up.

On the day of the brawl, Gibson said, he was met by those 鈥渢hrowing stuff and pepper-spraying me 鈥� but all I did was stay there and never responded in violence.鈥�

Despite the clash, none of the leftist protestors were cited for the fighting, Gibson said.

Gibson, 39, told Dori鈥檚 listeners that the three years since he was charged in connection with the fight were 鈥渉ard for me and for my family and my kids 鈥� not knowing if (their) dad was going to be locked up.鈥�

And now, The Dori Monson Show asked Gibson in their Thursday interview, is Gibson going to sue the District Attorney for wrongful prosecution?

鈥淥ne hundred percent,鈥� Gibson said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e really looking forward to it.鈥�

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