Two of six men accused of inciting a riot between right-wing Patriot Prayer and left-leaning antifa outside a Northeast Portland pub in May agreed to plea deals and were sentenced Monday.

Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson isn’t among those who have reached deals with prosecutors. Legal observers expect Gibson to go to trial as scheduled in March because he has more at stake.

Like with the others, Gibson if he entered a plea likely would face probation, some jail time and a prohibition against participating in any unpermitted protests, marches or demonstrations in Multnomah County while he’s on probation. That last condition could be the toughest to accept: Gibson has made a name for himself and his group by leading many rallies, gatherings and marches over the years in Portland. At times, his events have been permitted. At times, not.

Matthew Demetrius Cooper, 24, pleaded guilty to a single charge of riot outside the now-shuttered Cider Riot pub during the May Day clash. In addition to the ban on attending protests, Cooper was sentenced to three years of probation.

Christopher Ryan Ponte, 38, pleaded no contest to riot. A charge of recklessly endangering another person was dismissed. Ponte was sentenced to 10 days in jail, the protest ban and three years of probation.

Multnomah County Circuit Court’s electronic scheduling system shows all four of the other defendants -- Gibson, Ian Alexander Kramer, Mackenzie Lewis and Russell Earl Schultz III -- as scheduled to go to trial in March.

On May 1, Cider Riot, near Northeast Eighth Avenue and Couch Street, was hosting a gathering of antifa members celebrating demonstrations they held elsewhere in the city that day. Hostilities exploded after about 20 right-wing protesters, including Gibson, arrived outside the watering hole and confronted antifa members sitting on the patio. Several videos show people using pepper spray, throwing drinks and fighting.

Cooper was captured on a video posted to YouTube repeatedly walking up to a crowd of antifa members and yelling at them. He can be heard exclaiming: “You are afraid to fight a black guy!” At one point, Cooper shoves someone in the crowd seconds before another man hits a woman on the head and knocks her out cold.

In the video, Gibson gets between Cooper and the crowd and directs him back to the other side of the street.

Most of the action was caught on the video, starting at the 42-minute mark. Cooper is wearing the green-striped shirt and Gibson is wearing a black T-shirt, sunglasses and cap:

Cooper and his defense attorney told the judge that he was at the confrontation to record it for his YouTube channel.

“Looking back on my behavior, that wasn’t my best day,” Cooper told the judge. “I went from someone filming the situation to someone getting emotionally involved.”

Cooper said he was going to practice self-restraint by staying away from protests for the next few years and focusing on other subjects for his YouTube channel.

“It’s emotionally draining, the fights and brawls in the street,” he said.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Angela Lucero decided not to sentence Cooper to 10 days in jail, as the prosecution had requested, saying she was taking into account information that defense attorney Nedu Nweze provided her in her chambers before the hearing. The judge didn’t elaborate on that information.

At Ponte’s plea and sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Sean Hughey said Ponte fueled the melee by showing up “dressed for battle” with goggles to protect his eyes from pepper spray. He then threw debris into the crowd and swung at someone to punch them, Hughey said.

“Mr. Ponte’s conduct was fanning the violence and the tension,” Hughey said, “...keeping this riot going and growing and expanding.”

Defense attorney Jon Sarre said Ponte might have thrown a punch at someone, but that was in response to that person first swinging at him with a guitar. Sarre said it doesn’t appear the punch made contact with the person.

Sarre said Ponte, however, agreed to change his plea because he’s taking responsibility for his presence at the confrontation.

“Mr. Ponte wants to get on with his life,” the attorney said.

In sentencing Ponte, Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge said he will be allowed to serve his 10 days in jail on weekends so it won’t interfere with his job.

Of the other defendants, Ian Alexander Kramer, 45, has been indicted on the most serious charges -- second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and other charges for allegedly striking the woman on the head with a baton. If convicted, he could be sent to prison for nearly six years.

Meanwhile, Gibson is disputing a single charge of felony riot. In court papers filed last year, a Portland police detective said Gibson could be seen in a video “physically pushing” the woman before she was hit with the baton.

Gibson and several other supporters also are defending themselves against a $1 million lawsuit filed by former Cider Riot owner Abram Goldman-Armstrong, who is suing them for allegedly interfering with Goldman-Armstrong’s business and ability to make money. Goldman-Armstrong claims Gibson led the group in their May 1 spree of violence.

The civil lawsuit doesn’t yet have a trial date. Gibson has appealed a ruling by Judge Andrew Lavin last fall that the lawsuit can go forward because Gibson’s alleged actions aren’t protected by a state law protecting free speech. Gibson also is appealing a ruling that the trial will take place in Multnomah County. Gibson wants the trial moved to a different county because he claims he can’t get a fair trial in liberal-minded Multnomah County.

-- Aimee Green

agreen@oregonian.com

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