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The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is considering criminal prosecution for Portland Police Bureau Officer Thomas Clark, believed to be the officer who tackled and punched volunteer medic Tyler Cox during an August 2020 protest, according to multiple sources.
Cox’s attorney Joe Piucci tells WW that the case has been under review by the district attorney’s office since December but that the DA has not made a decision whether to pursue charges.
Video from the Aug. 31 protest shows the officer tackle and punch Cox, who works as an ICU nurse in Portland.
This development occurs less than two weeks after a grand jury indicted PPB Officer Corey Budworth on one count of fourth-degree assault June 15 for allegedly hitting a photographer with a baton during a protest last August.
It also follows news that a case for Detective Erik Kammerer is under review by the Oregon Department of Justice, at the request of Multnomah County prosecutors.
Both Budworth and Kammerer were members of the protest unit called the Rapid Response Team. It is unclear whether Clark was also an RRT member.
The DA’s office declined to comment on the matter.
“Our office continues to investigate and review matters involving members of law enforcement,” said spokesman Brent Weisberg. “It would be inappropriate and detrimental to those ongoing investigations to describe the scope of these probes or to release any additional information.”
The Portland Police Bureau did not respond immediately to WW’s request for comment.