India, Dec. 8 -- A black man was cleared of assault charges by a Portland, Oregon, jury for stabbing a white man after it was revealed that the victim said the N-word following the attack. Gary Edwards, 43, who stabbed 43-year-old Gregory Howard Jr. on July 7 was found not guilty of second-degree assault, KPTV reported.

Edwards admitted to stabbing Howard Jr. However, he claimed he did it in self-defense and accused the victim of using racial, as reported by KPTV.

Edwards is a homeless man with a long rap sheet. He was acquitted on October 31, and has previous convictions for attempted second-degree assault in 2021. He was sentenced to three years in prison for a different stabbing incident at a Portland light rail station in May 2020, ...