The Real Story
EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY OCEANPLOT SHOW A COMPLICATED INCIDENT AT THE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FREE SPEECH CONFRONTATION EARLIER THIS MONTH. SCREENSHOTS ATTACHED.
A REVIEW SHOWS THREE SEPARATE CRIMINAL CASES EMERGING FROM THE INCIDENT, PLUS A MAJOR REVERSAL BY THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY DA AND THE UNIVERSITY:
— A NEW SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SHOWS THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECLINED TOMMY (THOMAS ALLEN)’S TRESPASS CHARGE, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, PSU HAS NOW VOIDED THE ENTIRE TWO-YEAR EXCLUSION. HE IS NO LONGER BANNED FROM CAMPUS AS OF DECEMBER 10, 2025.
— A PSU STUDENT, JASON MCKENNA-WESTBURGLITT ALLEGEDLY GRABBED TOMMY’S IPHONE, RAN ~25 YARDS, AND THREW IT INTO THE STREET. THE PHONE WAS SHATTERED AND NO LONGER WORKED. OFFICERS CHARGED HIM WITH FELONY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
— A SECOND PSU STUDENT, MICHAEL HAJIME WATASE, ADMITTED CHEERING THE PHONE THEFT, HOLDING THE PHONE TO PRESSURE TO LEAVE CAMPUS, PUNCHING HIM IN THE LIP, AND KICKING HIM IN THE LEG AS THE CROWD BROKE APART. HE WAS CITED FOR ASSAULT IV AND HARASSMENT.
“HE WAS HOLDING THE PHONE BECAUSE HE WANTED [TOMMY] TO LEAVE CAMPUS.”
— A THIRD MAN, ELEAZAR PEREZ, ALLEGEDLY PICKED UP A PSU-RENTED BIKE DURING THE CHAOS, RODE OFF WITH IT, AND LATER POSTED A VIDEO TITLED “CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY.” WHEN ACCUSED OF STEALING THE BIKE ON INSTAGRAM, HE REPLIED 🤫. PSU POLICE NOW SAY THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST ELEAZAR FOR THEFT II.
IN SHORT: THE ONLY CHARGE THE DA REJECTED WAS THE ONE AGAINST THE MAN WHO WAS ATTACKED. EVERY OTHER CASE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD.
HOWEVER, THE REPORT RAISES REAL QUESTIONS AROUND FREE SPEECH, AND HOW UNIVERSITIES ALLOW AND POLICE POLITICAL EXPRESSION WHEN CONFRONTATIONS ESCALATE — AND WHY THE ONLY PERSON INITIALLY BANNED FROM CAMPUS WAS THE ONE WHO WAS VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED AND HAD HIS PHONE DESTROYED.