Michael Forest Reinoehl, an ANTIFA anarchist, was shot and killed by police last night during an attempted arrest. Reinoehl admitted, just hours earlier, to shooting and killing Aaron “Jay” Danielson, 39, on August 29 in Portland, OR.
According to reports, 48-year-old Reinoehl was seen exiting an apartment and entering a vehicle in Olympia. As officers tried to arrest him, Reinoehl pulled a gun and was shot multiple times.
In an interview with Vice News, published just hours before his death, Reinoehl bizarrely claims that he shot Danielson, a Trump supporter, in self defense. This despite numerous videos on social media showing Danielson and a friend allegedly being confronted by Reinoehl and shot at close range.
Listen closely. This was the instant of the murder in Portland.
A: “Hey! Hey, we got one right here! We got a Trumper right here!”
B: “Right here?”
<Two gunshots>pic.twitter.com/UxUGdKZ1tJ— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 30, 2020
“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,” claimed Reinoehl, suggesting Danielson was about to stab his friend.
Reinoehl says the killing of Danielson felt like the beginning of a civil war to him.
“Honestly, I hate to say it, but I see a civil war right around the corner. That shot felt like the beginning of a war,” Reinoehl said.