Multnomah County late Monday released footage from the altercation at the Central Library that led to a stabbing on Aug. 25.

Earlier in the day , County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson called on District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to make the footage public because, she believed, accounts of the incident by the Portland Police Bureau and the media might not be accurate.

“There seems to be a serious discrepancy between the video I saw, reports from library and security staff, and how this incident was reported by PPB and subsequently some of the media,” Vega Pederson said in a statement. “To date, what has been shared publicly appears to rush to judgment around a serious incident involving young Black people despite the existence of video footage and statements that are more complicated.”

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