On Aug. 26, Kevin Phomma was arrested during a racial justice demonstration outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore.
Prosecutors say Phomma sprayed police officers with bear repellant, so the U.S. Department of Justice charged him with civil disorder, a felony.
Fast forward to Jan. 6, where Reed Christensen, a Republican Party leader from Oregon’s Washington County walked up the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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