A judge Friday declined to lower the bail of a 45-year-old man charged with beating a 31-year-old woman with a baton and breaking her vertebra during a clash between the right-wing group Patriot Prayer and its antifa opponents.

The confrontation happened May 1 outside the Northeast Portland bar Cider Riot, but Ian Alexander Kramer wasn’t arrested until Aug. 7. Kramer, who has ties to Patriot Prayer, has remained in jail for the past 23 days, unable to post 10 percent of $269,000 bail.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Angel Lopez said Kramer “presents a clear and present danger to the community.”

“I also believe that if he is convicted, he will go to prison and that there will not be a probation offer" from the prosecution, Lopez said. That means Kramer poses a flight risk, the judge added.

He rejected a request from Kramer’s defense attorney, Jason Steen, to lower bail to $50,000.

During the hearing, Heather Clark asked the judge not to make it easier for Kramer to get out of jail pending trial. Kramer is accused of beating Clark with the baton.

“I didn’t know who Ian Kramer was until someone sent me a video of him hitting me from behind in the back of the neck with a baton,” Clark said. “I was unarmed and unmasked. This was the person that delivered the blow that made me think for a moment I was either dying or at the very least paralyzed.”

A larger confrontation involving multiple people had broken out that night when about 20 right-wing protesters, associated with both Patriot Prayer and the group Proud Boys, showed up outside Cider Riot. The bar was hosting a May Day gathering attended by some left-wing activists who took part in demonstrations earlier that day.

Publicly posted videos show a chaotic scene, with shouting, swearing, brawling, drink-throwing and people using pepper spray or mace on others.

The bar’s owner has filed a lawsuit against Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson and several other men associated with the group, claiming they interfered with his business that day by inciting violence and fights.

Kramer and five other men associated with Patriot Prayer, including Gibson, were later indicted on criminal charges of rioting in connection with that evening’s confrontations.

Deputy District Attorney Melissa Marrero said her office has videos of Kramer and others showing up at the bar looking for a fight. The bar was patronized that evening by many members of antifa.

“In those videos, you can see that the defendant is ... talking about the weapons that he has, you can see that he has some sort of mace as well as an asp baton out,” Marrero told the judge. "...He’s wearing protective goggles and some sort of respirator or mask to protect. He’s talking about the cops, that they’re not going to do anything. He’s talking about 'Look at what they’ve done to Proud Boys around the country.”

Kramer’s attorney, Jason Steen, said that after listening to the prosecutor’s description of the encounter, he wanted to highlight what Clark did that night.

“Clearly on the video Ms. Clark is running across the street into a crowd of people who are associated with my client with her fists swinging,” Steen said.

Clark shook her head as Steen spoke.

“We disagree that she feels that she is in some kind of danger from my client,” Steen said. “My client, if he’s released, will steer clear of her and anyone else involved in these demonstrations.”

In addition to rioting, Kramer is accused of unlawful use of a weapon and other crimes -- including second-degree assault, which upon conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison.

The other men facing riot charges in addition to Kramer and Gibson are Matthew Cooper, Russell Schultz, Mackenzie Lewis and Christopher Ponte.

-- Aimee Green

agreen@oregonian.com

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