Clark County prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges Tuesday against a man accused of nearly hitting protesters after a Patriot Prayer gathering in downtown Vancouver in summer 2017.

Senior Deputy Prosecutor James Smith wrote in a motion and order for dismissal, signed by a Clark County District Court judge, that the charges against William Donald “Billy” Wilson, 33, of Portland, should be dismissed without prejudice due to “the interest of justice and the complaining witness’ desire not to testify.”

Wilson originally faced two counts each of reckless endangerment and reckless driving in connection with an incident that happened after a rally organized by the far-right activist group Patriot Prayer near the Vancouver waterfront on Sept. 10, 2017.

Wilson — driving a lifted, black Chevrolet Silverado pickup adorned with two American flags — exchanged taunts with a crowd of protesters along Columbia Street, near the entrance to the Vancouver Convention Center, according to police reports, video of the event and multiple media outlets at the scene.

Wilson repeatedly sounded his truck’s horn, which played a strain of “Dixie,” and some protesters blocked and struck the vehicle, shouting at Wilson. One hit Wilson with a water bottle, chucked through his open driver’s-side window, as visible in video from the event. Wilson reversed his truck and fled as the crowd scattered.