Prosecutors asked that the case be dismissed after Officer Corey Budworth and the alleged victim engaged in “a restorative justice process.”
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office dismissed a fourth-degree assault charge against a Portland police officer accused of hitting a photographer in the head with a baton during the summer 2020 protests.
Officer Corey Budworth was assigned to the Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team at the time of the alleged assault.
The charge, filed in June 2020, prompted the entire Rapid Response Team to resign.
In court documents filed Friday afternoon, Multnomah County Chief Deputy District Attorney
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