Proud Boy Tusitala ‘Tiny’ Toese sentenced to 8 years for violence at Portland rallies

A judge on Friday sentenced Proud Boy Tusitala “Tiny” Toese to 95 months in prison, almost two years after violent clashes with Portland anti-fascists in August 2021.

Toese, 27, had been a notoriously violent attendee at far-right rallies. He was charged in January 2022 with five counts of assault, including assault with a weapon, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of riot and two counts of criminal mischief. He was acquitted of one of the assault charges.

A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge found him guilty of those charges in March of this year. He was charged in relation to a political rally held in the parking lot of a former Kmart. Toese was one of the “primary organizers” of the rally, according to an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in March 2022. He acted as an emcee for the event, introducing speakers and delivering speeches of his own, court documents say.