PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue criminal charges in the 2017 wrongful arrest of a Black man who said he was targeted because he complained about a racially hostile work environment at a Portland, Oregon, towing company. Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said Friday there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that officers involved in Michael Fesser’s arrest “willfully violated” Fesser’s civil rights or federal public corruption laws. Fesser’s lawyer, Paul Buchanan, told The Oregonian/OregonLive he recognized the high bar that’s required to support a federal criminal civil rights case and isn’t surprised by the outcome.
DOJ won’t pursue charges in wrongful arrest of Black man
