One out of three members of Patriot Prayer were convicted on riot charges for their involvement in a May 1, 2019, street brawl. In July, a jury found Mackenzie Lewis, a member of far-right group Patriot Prayer, guilty of engaging in a riot during a May Day brawl with anti-fascists in 2019. The decision came after a somewhat unusual trial, which began with three defendants all facing riot charges: Lewis, Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson,.
The lawsuit was filed on June 5, 2020, by the local advocacy group Don’t Shoot PDX and eventually six named protesters. In addition to the financial settlement, the Portland Police Bureau will "decommission all remaining inventory" of its rubber ball distraction devices, similar to flash-bang grenades. A federal judge will oversee the injunction and retain the authority to enforce it for the next 14 months. After that, the city can ask for the case to be dismissed.
The city of Portland, Oregon, has settled a federal lawsuit over its police bureau's use of tear gas and other crowd control devices during racial justice protests in 2020