The prosecution said it was irrelevant what Howard said after the attack. Prosecutors also argued that Edwards was always “in control” throughout the attack.

“The defendant is not scared for his life. He didn’t retreat, he sauntered up — and he sauntered away after he stabbed someone. The defendant created the situation,” prosecutor Katherine Williams told the jury.

Edwards, who was acquitted on Oct. 31, has previous convictions for attempted second-degree assault in 2021, and was sentenced to three years in prison for a separate stabbing at a Portland light rail station in May 2020.

He was also accused of fourth-degree assault over a fight with a store clerk, but the case was dismissed in June because of a lack of available public defenders.

Howard also has a lengthy rap sheet, and was convicted of felony rape of a child in Kitsap County, WA, in 1997, records show.

>>1463266
Criminals getting away with crimes in Portland? Wow, I'm shocked. What next? Mass shootings in Chicago?

>>1463266
>Howard claimed he only used the racial slur after being stabbed, but Edwards testified that the victim called him the word the moment he saw him.
Evidently they didn't believe his claim. Probably because no one says racial slurs out of fucking shock you retard; you only do that shit if you already used them regularly.

Based

>>1463269
>errrmmm the bad word you call the fucking savages justifies them acting like fucking savages
black worship in the US is batshit insane

>>1463269
>yeah this guy got stabbed but he deserved it for being racist
Holy shit you're a fucking faggot.

>>1463272
>Starts fight
>Loses fight
>"whaaa whaaa whaaa all I did was insult him until he stabbed me"

>>1463273
Yes. Don't be a shithead and people will be more sympathetic towards you when you get stabbed. It's a very simple equation.

>>1463272
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words

>>1463276
Read your own fucking article instead of making your own idea of what it says based on the title, retard.

>>1463266
Talk shit, get shit.

>>1463277
>Believing a far right propaganda rag being spammed by election tourists on /news/
White man fucks around and finds out, now republicans are crying crocodile tears when the shoe is on the other foot.

>>1463281
>uh-oh i've been caught acting retarded, better go on a non-sequitur

>>1463277
>Howard claimed he only used the racial slur after being stabbed, but Edwards testified that the victim called him the word the moment he saw him.
You first retard.

>>1463284
>Fallacy fallacy
The black guy acted in self defense and in fear of his life from the aggressive cracker as confirmed by a jury of their peers.
Keep seething

This is why Democrats are against gun rights. This ape would have been blasted away and not even made the news in any sane state

>>1463290
NYpost racebait enjoyers are some of the stupidest people on the planet.

>rightards are subhuman imagine giving an orange ape free reign to murder because of words, righties are the scum of the earth
ftfy

>>1463272
Removal of a racist >>1463286 for using the gamer word in this thread is based
>black worship in the US is batshit insane
>an orange thing pardoning blacks
QED
You voted for this

>>1463275
>I'm allowed to stab people I don't like

>>1463266
West coast liberals are weird as fuck. It's gotta be the only place in the world where you can stab someone and get away with it depending on what they say to you after you've stabbed them... Although I strongly suspect this legal defense theory would not apply to anyone if they don't have black skin tone.

>>1463305
Racists deserve to live in fear. It's all they have anyway.

>>1463276
Anon, the guy got stabbed *before* he said this word that apparently you endorse murdering people over

>>1463309
Not according to the defense retard. Read the article and not clickbait.

>>1463309
your thread sucks and you need to improve your lying skills

>>1463280
He got stabbed *before* he said it. He was snuck up on and stabbed. What he said after getting stabbed wouldn't matter at all in any civilized society

>>1463313
No he did not.

i see op is taking the quantity over quality approach to this thread

>>1463310
Ah yeah, he snuck up behind the guy with a pocket blade right before stabbing him because he wanted to trade it or something like that, totally believable.

>>1463316
your thread full of lies won't distract anyone from the racist gestapo armed to the teeth

>>1463317
>In leftist America, anyone can stab you without consequences as long as there are no witness who were around to hear it and you claim they said the n word
Fuck off

>>1463318
>pretending to be american
nobody buys it. why don't you fuck off to somewhere other than our corner of the internet

>>1463275
>Yes.
The defense's legal argument, unironically, was that he was trying to trade an open knife for a pack of cigarettes. And it was only until the guy was stabbed that he called him a 'jogger american'.

Frankly, I don't care what the guy said. "Naughty no-no ungood word panic" isn't a valid reason to do anything except call him a slur in return, in my book.

>>1463321
do you like playing red homeless man vs blue homeless man? ever get any good booster packs

>>1463323
You do understand that you're taking the position that stabbing people because of racism should be acceptable, right?

>>1463325
you suck at your job shill. you're supposed to shepherd the argument to that point, not outright say what your objective is. why would the actions of two random homeless people have any effect on me

>>1463321
Facts don't matter to progressives. Only their feelings matter to them. And they feel very strongly that if you call someone a n word after they've stabbed you, then the person who stabbed you gets a get out of jail free card

>>1463327
stop talking to yourself shill faggot

>>1463319
Is your think tank unable to afford to write you any new material or something?

>>1463330
are you projecting again? this weak sauce thread of yours is nothing compared to the daily shitshow trump puts on for us

>>1463325
He literally doesn't care. Progressives condone just about all racism as long as they can use it to get white people stabbed

>>1463308
Then you wonder why you animals keep going to jail for shooting old people in the streets during your 'peaceful protests'. You wonder how Trump could win a second term. You wonder why people don't agree with you that Luigi did nothing wrong. But hey, don't take my word for it. Even leftists like Bill Maher have called out your bullshit.

>>1463332
didn't i tell you to stop talking to yourself, extremely obvious shill/op

>>1463333
>Then you wonder why you animals keep going to jail for shooting old people in the streets during your 'peaceful protests'.
No he doesn't
He doesn't think at all. He's progressive.

>>1463334
He will never stop talking to himself, it's how he gets paid.

>>1463333
Also, just stop replying to him. He has epic melties when people ignore him. It really fires up his schizophrenia. Talk to me instead

>>1463337
still talking to yourself, eh shill

>>1463337
He's going to keep bumping the thread to the top of the catalog for the next two days anyway whether he needs to talk to himself or not.

>>1463266
>local shill crashes out over realizing they can't say their special word in public
lmao

>>1463326
>why would the actions of two random homeless people have any effect on me
The issue isn't with the homeless man, it's with the jury letting the guy go because someone called him a slur after he stabbed them.

>>1463342
Look at the 3 posts before you. Ignoring this schizophrenic retard caused him to crash out and have an epic meltie. It's great to watch, honestly

>>1463342
does " homeless and has a lengthy rap sheet" describe you? if not, this story does not affect you

>https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/12/use-of-racist-slur-by-wounded-man-in-portlands-old-town-stabbing-spurs-jury-to-acquit.html
>Transit cameras showed Edwards, a fixed-blade knife clasped at his side, approaching Howard from behind as he sat on a bench. The video has no sound, but Howard springs up and pushes Edwards as soon as he sees him. The duo scuffle against a wall for a brief moment, ending with Edwards stabbing Howard in the shoulder.
tl;dr racist's on video attacking the Black guy unprovoked

This isn't all that different from the case where that delivery guy killed the racist that attacked him
>https://6abc.com/post/prosecutors-clear-oregon-fedex-driver-after-deadly-punch/4747158/

The moral of the story is it is always morally correct to fight back against Nazis. With violence. While standing your ground.

>>1463266
Thats Pootland, Orangutanon for you.
Leftists judges, and leftfags in general are an unscrupulous fucking plague

the internet is dead

>>1463345
>if not, this story does not affect you
You're not keeping up with the news cycle. Here's another from oregon.
>https://bendbulletin.com/2025/11/04/conviction-overturned-in-2021-barry-washington-jr-shooting-new-trial-possible/
tl;dr
>2021
>guy comes walking out of a club with his girlfriend
>black guy comes up, starts making sexual advances
>both of them tell him to fuck off
>black guy starts making racist comments, cracks the boyfriend in the head
>boyfriend shoots him
>goes before a progressive jury, they find him guilty of murder
>statue is erected in honor of the guy who got shot
>fast forward to 2025
>court of appeals reverses conviction because the prosecution tried to imply that the defendant had a duty to retreat when the law doesn't require that

>>1463349
Truth

>>1463353
There is no standard of law in the eyes of the leftist anon, that's why justice is not being administered equally you know this.
All that matters to them is skin color.

>>1463355
I just want to know if racism is a justifiable reason for violence in the eyes of the law now.

>>1463355
All that matters to them is power and means to achieve power.
They literally don't care about anything or have any morals.

>>1463356
It is if it occurs in a US progressive municipality and the aggressor is black.
Anywhere else in the US treats assault like assault, regardless of the aggressors skin color

>>1463357
No it's a bunch of uppity privileged white folks that with savior complexes

>>1463359
Yeah how privileged of me to expect a functioning state government.
I'm becoming more racist every single day in ways I've never thought possible.

>>1463360
The state government is functional. You want to portray it as non-functional because they're democrats.

op is really in need of his meds tonight. holy shit.


stop talking to yourself faggot

>>1463361
>portray
>Edwards admitted to stabbing Howard Jr., but claimed it was in self-defense after the victim had used racial slurs, Oregon Live reported.
I don't think so bro

>>1463360
Well, I do agree with you that knifing people is wrong regardless of what names they may have called you, even is they said them before getting stabbed, and even if nobody else was around to hear them get said

>>1463364
A jury of his peers didn't think he was guilty. Cope and seethe.

>>1463333
>possessing guns
>liberals
Pick one

>>1463269
As a person of color living in a civilized state,I'm going to try this. I'm going to get a bigot to call me the n-word, and then I shall stab him. I want to see how many times I can get away with it.

>As soon as Howard sees Edwards, he jumps up and starts pushing him
>As soon as Howard sees Edwards, he jumps up and starts pushing him
>As soon as Howard sees Edwards, he jumps up and starts pushing him
>As soon as Howard sees Edwards, he jumps up and starts pushing him
>As soon as Howard sees Edwards, he jumps up and starts pushing him
Not guilty

>>1463386
I shall rile the redneck by oogling his legal aged daughter (or son)

>>1463387
Howards was the guy who got stabbed retard. This probably helped his defense.

>>1463389
Yes. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying Edward is not guilty. Howard attacked Edward so Edward was just defending himself.

>>1463389
my homeless-gi-oh deck is much more advanced than yours, shill, you have much to learn

>>1463266
Is this your first time hearing about jury nullification, or are you just baiting?

>>1463371
https://kutv.com/news/local/man-ordered-to-stand-trial-for-shooting-during-provo-blm-protest
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/04/909515885/protester-suspected-in-portland-shooting-death-killed-by-law-enforcement
https://nypost.com/2021/09/27/antifa-member-benjamin-varela-charged-with-shooting-protester/

>>1463281
based so if black man calls white guy cracker, the white guy can shoot him?

>>1463405
Pretty sure white dudes get off for shooting black dudes that physically attacked them all the time.

>>1463404
>expert with guns
>liberals
Pick one

>>1463407
Nice double entendre

>>1463335
There were no arrests at the no kings rallies

nobody tell him

>>1463417
So how many times are you going to strawman? Is there a limit?

>>1463480
>all white rightards are terrorists. No Exceptions
>all your opinions are wrong
Pick one

>>1463313
>He got stabbed *before* he said it.
>>1463314
>No he did not.

Even if the White guy had walked up to a random Black dude and called him the N-word, it does NOT justify attempted murder and no, "fighting words" doesn't qualify.

>>1463266
If I ever get attacked in my corner of Coontown I'll be sure not to say the N-word or anything from my dictionary of hate! Gotta be politically correct when you're seeking justice because racial slurs are verbal violence that transcend actual violence and we can't have that! We have to consider the poor monkey's feelings!

I genuinely do not understand why left wingers unironically believe the rights of criminals matter more than the rights of victims. Like those faggy ass fuckin pussies that get robbed and say shit like, "well they must have needed it!" Or those that defend thieves. Such disgusting cowardice.

>>1463633
>>1463648
>>1463651
Your thread sucks op, just let it die

>>1463653
You're just angry and upset that normal people see shit like this and that's why youre so hated

>>1463658
What the fuck would you know about normal people?

>>1463266
Clickbait. The jury doesn't give the reason why they found him not guilty so it's unsupported speculation that the slur had anything to do with it.

>>1463667
>A Portland, Oregon, jury has cleared a black man of assault charges for stabbing a white man — after it was revealed that the victim said the N-word after the attack.

>>1463696
>Please ignore his testimony that he said it before the fight and the footage shows the white guy starting the fight

>>1463648
>say the N-word
>we can't have that!
Just ask >>1463286. Oh wait

>>1463698
If someone calls me an asshole I'm allowed to stab him? Or are you trying to create laws that only protect specific people from specific speech? (Like the arparthied)

>>1463711
>Guys calling someone a slur is basically the same as just swearing at them
You're in complete denial of reality and history. Go outside retard.

>>1463712
>that mean word is different than this mean word because of my personal objection

The world doesn't wrap itself around your petty faggot ass distinctions you piece of fuckin shit

>>1463712
Okay so if someone calls me a big nose daygo wop im allowed to stab them? Or are you only making laws that only protect black people from what some random arbiter deems "racist"

>>1463711
>the arparthied
>arparthied
We don't need to call you illiterate, you demonstrate that you are. You're definitely not American.

>>1463718
Explain it to the jury.

>>1463720
>big nose daygo
>daygo
You're a small-brained non-American.

>>1463722
I get it, youre a coward with no argument so you have to focus on the placement of a single letter
>>1463723
Wont have to, I don't live in a far left shit hole
>>1463727
>yet another coward can't answer a simple question

>>1463720
>your honor, the defendant called my client a "mayo monkey". I rest my case

the seething shill is off his meds again

>>1463735
Hey one anon here said that racial slurs are 10 billion times worse than swear words and justify killing someone, Im just asking for clarification

>>1463743
Oh no, I actually agree with him. I think we should be able to stab people for being racist to us.
Maybe Iryna Zarutska would've been alive if someone told her that this is the new standard now.

>>1463749
>Maybe Iryna Zarutska would've been alive if someone told her that this is the new standard now.
Nah, I'd rather remain the superior race that doesn't have to fall to the same leveld as subhuman brown people and weak left wingers.

>>1463759
>doesn't have to fall to the same leveld as subhuman brown people
>leveld
The jokes just write themselves.
Can you hear me at that level you're at, whilst digging that hole of failure you're in?

>>1463767
How old are you? Why do you think anyone cares about a mistype?

>not being able to spell properly
You must be over 18 to use this board, >>1463768

>>1463775
I take that as a yes? I'm not sure I'm not a small child that's incapable of answering a question

All the small child that is >>1463778 has to do is to stop behaving the way he does on /news/, thus grow up and be a normal sane adult.
I'm a normal sane adult who doesn't behave the way a child is here, so what is >>1463778's excuse?

>>1463779
Imagine being so pathetic you need bots to push your nonsense lmao

>ai yam souperior!
>noh, u kant make fun of my speling
>stahp
>STAHP
keep making the retard crash out anon

Imagine not being a normal sane adult, a pathetic shill has to behave the way he does in such an immature manner as demonstrated between this post and >>1463779

>>1463331
Shalom

>>1463779

You still haven't answered the anon's question: "are you trying to create laws that only protect specific people from specific speech?"

Between this post and >>1463783 is an immature anon proving he is by behaving the way he does and it's not the one with a single word reply
Proof of said anon being immature? Thinking that I can personally 'create laws'. An adult would never so much as think of asking such a question of anybody except those who are elected lawmakers.