The jury found White guilty of felony conspiracy to riot, the most serious charge, and acquitted him of felony assault of a man on a bicycle who was documenting the Antifa rioters with his cell phone.
Lead prosecutor Makenzie Harvey showed jurors the armored black costume and mask worn by White at the riot, even though he claimed to be a volunteer "Medic." White was armed with bear mace, a knife and a taser.
During the third week of trial, White took the stand in his own defense, a surprise given that at the start of trial, he shocked the court by changing his "Not guilty" plea to "Not guilty by reason of insanity." It was at first unclear if White intended to pursue his insanity plea for the one count in which he was found guilty, conspiracy to riot.
Prosecutor Harvey displayed video of the Antifa group chanting "Kill all Nazis" while marching, showing White in front of the group and carrying an Antifa flag.
White responded: "Not leading, as directing. I seem to be in front of the procession but we are all walking in the same direction." The video showed the entire group, dozens of black bloc marchers, following White.
Jeremy White admitted to being at the front of the So Cal Antifa march and holding an Antifa flag while dozens followed him to where the Trump supporters were.
In private messages on Instagram using his "Antifa Soldier" account, White wrote to another person, "Yeah we f*cked his shit up." White admitted he wrote that but countered, "'We' in the colloquial sense, I didn't lay a hand on him, or touch him, I didn't direct the attack.
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