Dakotah Horton

Released
Full name:Dakotah Ray Horton
Date of birth:1996
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2020s
State:Oregon
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 8 Months 11 Days
Support
Anti-Fascism Police Accountability Black Lives Matter Movement
Dakotah Horton

Biography

Dakotah Horton is a Portland, Oregon activist who was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for assaulting a Deputy U.S. Marshal with a baseball bat during sustained anti-police/BLM protests at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland on July 27, 2020. Horton struck a kneeling marshal from behind with a wooden bat during a chaotic confrontation between federal officers — deployed by the Trump administration — and protesters. A loaded firearm was also found on him at arrest. He pleaded guilty in federal court and was sentenced in December 2021 before Judge Michael H. Simon.

Birth-year evidence

DOJ August19,2020 complaint announcement names Dakotah Ray Horton,24. This anchors age to announcement, not December2021 sentencing. Birth1995/1996. Sources: Source 1. Birth is recorded approximately, not as a verified exact birthday; possible years: 1995, 1996.

Case

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Charges: Assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon (18 U.S.C. § 111(b)) — struck a Deputy U.S. Marshal from behind with a wooden baseball bat at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse during BLM/anti-federal-deployment protests, Portland, Oregon, July 27, 2020; a loaded firearm was also recovered at arrest
Arrested: Aug 17, 2020
Incarcerated: Aug 19, 2020
Released: Apr 30, 2022
Sentence: 24 months federal prison + 3 years supervised release
Judge: U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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