A man seen in a widely circulated video on Twitter knocking a man to the ground unconscious that attempted to protect a transgender woman from being assaulted was yesterday sentenced to 20 months in prison for the assault in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center in Downtown Portland on August 12th of this year.

26-year-old Marquis Love, a self-professed Black Lives Matter protestor pleaded guilty to kicking victim Adam Haner in the head, knocking him unconscious in a video that went viral shortly after, leading Love to turn himself in after he was identified by others online after the attack.

Haner stated to authorities that he stopped during the protests to [...]