PORTLAND – Police said a Portland light-rail train operator was assaulted when he told a man who was yelling about First Amendment rights to get off the train.
Steven Caldwell, 24, was arrested Friday.
Portland Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley said the operator first told Caldwell over the loudspeaker to quiet down or he would have to exit the train.
Burley said when Caldwell continued yelling. the operator walked up to him at the East Burnside and 102nd Avenue stop and asked him to leave. Then, Burley said, Caldwell attacked the operator with his fist, and possibly his foot.
Police arrested Caldwell nearby. The operator was examined by medical personnel but didn’t go to a hospital.
