Protest-Related Antifa Prosecutions (2019–2025)

Schinzing participated in an arson at the Multnomah County Justice Center during 2020 unrest. Prosecutors emphasized individual accountability for violent acts committed within large crowds.

Bass pleaded guilty to first-degree arson, attempted assault, criminal mischief, and rioting connected to protest violence in Portland.

A federal grand jury indicted a 19-year-old for arson tied to a fire at the Portland Police Association building during unrest.

Federal charges filed against multiple defendants for arson and damaging federal property tied to gatherings near an ICE office.

Nadya Malinowska, 33, of Portland, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offense of failing to obey a lawful order.

David Pearl, 35, also of Portland, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offenses of failing to obey a lawful order and creating a disturbance.

August Dean Gordon, 31, of Beaverton, Oregon, has been charged by criminal complaint with the misdemeanor offenses of willful depredation of government property and assaulting a federal officer.

Trenten Edward Barker, 34, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony offenses of arson of federal property and depredation against federal property.

In a rare instance where prosecutors framed defendants as part of an “Antifa conspiracy,” a California court issued jail sentences after violent confrontations in Pacific Beach. Labeling was contested; charges centered on assault and conspiracy.

Jeremy White — one of the defendants who went to trial, convicted of conspiracy to riot.

Brian Cortez Lightfoot Jr. — also tried and convicted; prosecutors alleged multiple counts including conspiracy, use of tear gas.

Alexander Akridgejacobs, Christian Martinez, Ruchelle Ogden, Bryan Rivera, Faraz Martin Talab, Joseph Austin Gaskins — these were among the eight defendants sentenced (some by guilty plea) with sentences ranging from 180 days to two years.