{"id":2518783,"date":"2025-12-08T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catastrophe-of-justice-black-man-acquitted-of-stabbing-after-prosecution-says-white-victim-used-the-n-word\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:40:48","slug":"catastrophe-of-justice-black-man-acquitted-of-stabbing-after-prosecution-says-white-victim-used-the-n-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catastrophe-of-justice-black-man-acquitted-of-stabbing-after-prosecution-says-white-victim-used-the-n-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Catastrophe of Justice: Black Man Acquitted of Stabbing After Prosecution Says White Victim Used &#8216;the N-Word&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatastrophe-of-justice-black-man-acquitted-of-stabbing-after-prosecution-says-white-victim-used-the-n-word%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article argues that the greatest threats to the United States come from internal forces rather than foreign adversaries like china or Russia.It identifies two major internal dangers: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-hoft-from-tgp-presents-at-transform-washington-on-january-6-web-conference-video\/\" title=\"Joe Hoft from TGP Presents at \u201cTransform Washington on January 6\u201d Web conference (VIDEO)\">military-industrial complex<\/a>, which profits from perpetual war, and the &#8220;woke-industrial complex,&#8221; which is accused of promoting Marxism-inspired identity politics that undermine customary values such as Christianity by distorting truth. The article highlights a recent controversial Portland court case where a Black man was acquitted of stabbing a white man after the victim used a racial slur. The verdict sparked outrage on social media, with critics blaming the judicial system and leftist influences for fostering injustice and enabling violent crime. The piece warns that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-search-for-an-entry-point-into-populism\/\" title=\"Democrats search for an entry point into populism\">identity-based worldview<\/a> has permeated institutions like education and the criminal justice system, eroding societal norms and possibly provoking public backlash.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Forget China, Russia, or any of America&rsquo;s alleged foreign adversaries. The greatest twofold danger to the United States originates from within.<\/p>\n<p>In government, the threat comes, first and foremost, from the military-industrial complex, which enriches itself in endless war. In politics, education, culture, criminal justice, and every other area that reflects a society&rsquo;s values, the threat comes from the woke-industrial complex, which uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-hate-christianity-kryptonite-marxism-filmmakers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marxism<\/a>-inspired identity politics to attack Christianity by inverting truth.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/crime\/2025\/12\/use-of-racist-slur-by-wounded-man-in-portlands-old-town-stabbing-spurs-jury-to-acquit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Oregonian<\/a>, a jury in Portland, Oregon, acquitted 43-year-old Gary Edwards, a black man, of second-degree assault for knifing 43-year-old Gregory Howard Jr., a white man, because security officers&rsquo; body cameras later captured Howard using a racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>Surely there must be another reason, right? Surely the jury heard evidence that called into question who actually initiated the violent confrontation, right?<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, no. The facts remain largely undisputed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>On July 7, Howard sat on a bench at one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-watching-portland-awfl-go-insulting-ice-begging-mercy-will-best-three-minutes-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland&rsquo;s<\/a> light rail stops. Edwards approached from behind with a knife. The two scuffled, and Edwards stabbed Howard in the shoulder. Cameras caught the entire altercation.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Edwards testified to what the video showed: he stabbed Howard. The black defendant, however, claimed that Howard used the racial slur before the confrontation, which the white victim denied.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, of course, it makes no difference whether Howard used the slur before or after the attack. Under law, Edwards committed a crime, and Howard did not.<\/p>\n<p>As one might expect, users on the social media platform X reacted with outrage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This type of dystopian justification for violence is completely insane,&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Portland Oregon jury acquitted a homeless black man for stabbing a white man who used a racial slur after he was attacked. Using the slur as justification for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>This type of dystopian justification for violence is completely insane.<\/p>\n<p>&#129313;&#127758; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNXOsv0LoE\">pic.twitter.com\/yNXOsv0LoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheSimulatedPatriot (@the_simulated) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_simulated\/status\/1997492908577235331?\">December 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another user rightly blamed the judge for permitting the farce. After all, the judge could have excluded evidence of what Howard <em>said<\/em> as immaterial.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judge should be removed from bench for even allowing this highly prejudicial &amp; irrelevant evidence that put a mentally ill lunatic back on the streets,&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WTAF? Victim says a &ldquo;mean&rdquo; word AFTER he&rsquo;s stabbed, so PORTLAND jury acquits madman who stabbed him.<\/p>\n<p>Judge should be removed from bench for even allowing this highly prejudicial &amp; irrelevant evidence that put a mentally ill lunatic back on the streets.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/viu7yCs2mm\">https:\/\/t.co\/viu7yCs2mm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Voice of Sanity (@HouseofElon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseofElon\/status\/1997750217433866685?\">December 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another user rightly blamed &ldquo;leftists\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-warns-handful-communist-radical-judges-trying-assume-powers-belonging-solely-potus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communists<\/a>&rdquo; for &ldquo;ruining our justice and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-desperately-tries-to-salvage-da-braggs-reputation\/\" title=\"AP Desperately Tries to Salvage DA Bragg\u2019s Reputation\">law enforcement systems<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The leftists\/communists are ruining our justice and law enforcement systems. We no longer have justice, we have appeasement. We no longer have law enforcement, we political pandering and cowardly approaches to keeping out of trouble. Our communities are failing from this garbage.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Piehota (@chrispiehota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrispiehota\/status\/1997329040080769076?\">December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, blaming &ldquo;leftists\/communists&rdquo; makes total sense.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Marxists have always regarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/upset-foiled-2-days-trump-warned-tennessee-dem-house-candidate-hates-christianity-lost-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity<\/a> as the primary obstacle to their ascendancy. Because Christianity teaches that each individual soul has value, Marxists must obliterate the individual altogether by consigning him or her to a group defined, for instance, by skin color or some other irrelevant quality.<\/p>\n<p>While conservatives slept, liberals planted this toxic, identity-based worldview in schools and elsewhere decades ago. It has now borne the intended fruit.<\/p>\n<p>It was one thing when that deranged worldview infected campuses only. But now that it has consumed the criminal-justice system &mdash; now that a racial slur excuses a knife attack and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >judges put violent criminals back<\/a> on the streets because of a victim&rsquo;s <em>words<\/em> &mdash; one wonders how long it will take for exasperated citizens to demand the destruction of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-star-timothee-chalamet-triggers-woke-mob-calling-uncomfortable-truth-childless-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woke<\/a>-infested institutions and, if necessary, to carry out that destruction themselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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