Since a member of the right-wing “Patriot Prayer” group, Aaron “Jay” Danielson, was shot and killed in Portland, the police investigation has reportedly focused on Army veteran Michael Reinoehl. bit.ly/3lNpiQV
Reinoehl has not been charged or arrested, but in a conversation with journalist @donovanfarley, Reinoehl said he believed he and a friend were about to be stabbed, and that he acted in self defense. bit.ly/3lNpiQV
“I had no choice. I mean, I, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. But I wasn't going to do that.” bit.ly/3lNpiQV
At the protest, he found himself in a confrontation with a man who he says threatened him and another protester with a knife. “Had I stepped forward, he would have maced or stabbed me,” Reinoehl said. bit.ly/3lNpiQV
“You know, lots of lawyers suggest that I shouldn't even be saying anything, but I feel it's important that the world at least gets a little bit of what's really going on.” bit.ly/3lNpiQV
Two weeks later, he said, he has no regrets about his actions. “If the life of anybody I care about is in danger, and there's something I can do to prevent it … I think that any good human being would do the same thing.” bit.ly/3lNpiQV
“Honestly, I hate to say it, but I see a civil war right around the corner. That that shot felt like the beginning of a war.” bit.ly/3lNpiQV
