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‘Antifa Soldier’ Testifies in PB Riot Trial: Jurors Get Black-and-White Portrayals [Video]

Jeremy White wore an elegant black suit, including black shirt and tie, as he took the witness stand Monday, beginning 7 hours of testimony in his assault and conspiracy-to-riot trial.

But by the time he left the box Tuesday — this time in a blue coat — jurors in downtown Superior Court were intimately familiar with his alter egos’ dress as “Antifa Soldier” and “street medic.”

Like O.J. Simpson in his 1995 murder trial, White was asked to don gloves — albeit a padded kind. But White also strapped on other “personal protection equipment” including flak vest, gas mask, helmet and goggles.

Items that supposedly indict him as a frightening presence.

Jeremy Jonathan White, 41, and fellow Angeleno Brian Cortez Lightfoot Jr., 27, were the lone defendants of 11 originally charged in the Jan. 9, 2021, series of brawls at a right-wing Patriots March in Pacific Beach.

The rest pleaded guilty to lesser charges for shorter prison sentences. Lightfoot was still uncertain …

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