Assailant sentenced to 20 months in prison after August beating near downtown protest

PORTLAND — A 26-year-old man was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in the beating of another man this summer near a downtown protest.

Marquise Love was convicted on one count each of third-degree assault and felony riot, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said.

On Aug. 16, Love and several others kicked, punched and pushed a man, Adam Haner, after his truck slammed into a light pole near Southwest Broadway and Taylor streets, blocks from a rally outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. In a video, Love could be seen running from behind Haner and kicking him in the head, knocking Haner unconscious.

Love turned himself in a few days after the attack, according to the district attorney’s office, and was held on $260,000 bail.

Haner was hospitalized and returned home a few days after the attack. More than 3,000 people donated to a fundraiser in his name, raising $136,000 in the week after the assault.

The district attorney’s office said in court on Monday that Love expressed genuine remorse, apologizing to Haner and wishing him a speedy recovery.

Video and statements from the district attorney’s office indicate others were involved, but no others have been charged.

Activists and protest organizers in the city decried the violent episode, saying the assailants threatened the message behind the Black Lives Matter movement. Elected leaders in Portland, including Mayor Ted Wheeler and city Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, also condemned the incident.