The new DA will decline to prosecute a list of offenses Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that his office would decline to press charges against protesters and rioters in the demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. Schmidt made the announcement Tuesday at his first media briefing since assuming the office on Aug. 1. Schmidt said in his statement that the policy change was intended to make society more equable. "If we leverage the full force of the criminal justice system on individuals who are peacefully protesting and demanding to be heard, we will cause irreparable harm to them individually and...