A Portland jury has acquitted a black man, Gary Edwards, of stabbing a White man after claiming he heard the victim use a racial slur, ruling the attack was “self-defense” despite Edwards’ prior assault convictions, including a 2020 stabbing.

BREAKING - A Portland jury has acquitted a black man, Gary Edwards, of stabbing a White man after claiming he heard the victim use a racial slur, ruling the attack was “self-defense” despite Edwards’ prior assault convictions, including a 2020 stabbing.

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