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Two more law enforcement agencies said they won’t be sending resources to help with Portland riots

Two more law enforcement agencies said they won’t be sending resources to help with Portland riots 1

PORTLAND, OR – Surrounding law enforcement agencies near Portland, Oregon have been distancing themselves from the city when it comes to sending officers from their respective departments to assist Portland Police with the ongoing riots.

Agencies like the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, the Gresham Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office have recently vocalized that they’re not intending to send officers directly into Portland after Oregon Governor Kate Brown requested said resources.

However, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Washington state’s Vancouver Police Department withdrew resources back in June of this year already, after having previously sent deputies and officers to Portland. Furthermore, both agencies said that they’ll not be sending any resources for a variety of reasons.

Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins noted how when the protests and riots were happening early on in Portland, he accommodated a verbal request from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office to send over some deputies to help officers on the ground.

Yet, after less than a week, Sheriff Atkins said he stopped sending over deputies:

“After the five days, we chose not to go back anymore because we didn’t have anything officially from them.”

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But it wasn’t just because the sheriff didn’t get any formal written request from the Portland mayor that led him to withdrawing support – there was also concerns about liability issues and the fact that Clark County taxpayers would be footing the bill for resources deployed to riots in Multnomah County:

“Even at that point early on, it was obvious that it was going to be a significant expense to Clark County taxpayers.”

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Sheriff Atkins did point out that if there was a situation that was beyond a riot, for instance a “massive shooter” situation, he said that resources would be deployed immediately.

However, when it comes to riots that the city hasn’t properly addressed, he said that deputies will not be getting sent:

“I’m not going to go to a planned protest event that is 90-some days going when actions aren’t being taken against the aggressors who are being arrested. I’m not putting my people in harm’s way, and I can’t put citizens of Clark County in a financial situation, without some sort of agreement with the city of Portland.”

Also, sources have told Law Enforcement Today that one Clark County deputy was injured during the riots in Portland and is said to be seeking legal recourse.

Washington state’s Vancouver Police Department mirrored those very sentiments.

Public Information Coordinator Kim Kapp stated that officers had been sent to Portland 11 different times, with the final instance happening on June 16th.

Kapp addressed three key factors as to why the VPD will no longer be sending over officers.

Namely, those factors are liability issues, officer safety and that Portland officials haven’t done much in way of prosecuting the rioters arrested:

“The danger to our personnel, the associated liability combined with the apparent lack of legal consequence for people being arrested on a nightly basis make it impractical for us to send any of our personnel to Portland at this time to assist with protests or crowd management.”

Kapp’s statement noted that they too wouldn’t be against possibly helping Portland Police with other situations, as long as that situation isn’t the current protests and riots:

“Any requests for assistance from any of our regional partners will be evaluated based on our staffing needs as well as the type of assistance being requested. The Vancouver Police Department has no current or future plans to send our personnel to Portland to assist with the nightly protesting that is occurring there.”

Just recently, the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police and Oregon State Sheriff’s Association issued a statement on Governor Brown’s call for outside agencies to assist the PPB in the riots as well:

“Unfortunately, due to the lack of support for public safety operations, the associated liability to agencies who would be assisting in Portland and the lack of accountability for those arrested committing criminal acts, we cannot dedicate our limited resources away from the communities we serve.”

It’s almost as though every entity that has denied Portland officer resources for riot control were noting the same issues as to why they don’t intend to assist in the riots.

And it seems that it all boils down to rioters getting any real-time legal consequences and police not getting the needed support to do their job efficiently.

Imagine that.

Antifa member wanted for murdering Trump supporter in Portland shot and killed after pulling gun on task force

LACEY, WA – The man wanted for murdering a Trump supporter in Portland is dead.

This, after a task force including federal agents moved in to arrest him in Lacey following the issuance of a warrant for his arrest.

Michael Reinoehl, 48 years old, a self proclaimed member of Antifa, was determined to be the suspect in the shooting death of Aaron Danielson, also known as Jay Bishop, who was a Trump supporter and a proud American. He was also a member of the Constitutionalist group Patriot Prayer.

It’s been reported that as agents from both the FBI and US Marshals arrived at an apartment complex as part of an arrest task force in Lacey with an arrest warrant for Reinoehl.

Apparently, when they encountered him as he got out of a vehicle, Reinoehl started to run before pulling a gun out and pointed it at the agents. This resulted in an agent firing his weapon at Reinoehl, who died from gunshot wounds.

Lt. Ray Brady of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said:

“As they attempted to apprehend him, there was gunfire.”

Lt. Brady said that four law enforcement officials fired their weapons, including those from the Department of Corrections, Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and Lakewood Police Department.

Reinoehl’s death came just hours after he gave an interview with Donovan Farley, which was posted by Vice News, where he admitted to shooting Danielson.

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During the interview, Reinoehl alleged that he felt he was going to be stabbed. He stated:

“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.

“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.”

Law Enforcement Today previously reported on the shooting. The suspect, now identified as Reinoehl, can be heard on video taunting Danielson as a Trump supporter seconds before shooting him.

Additionally, it’s been said that Reinoehl was an Army veteran, but apparently there is no record of him having served.

It appears that someone has created a Twitter account in Reinoehl’s name following his death, as the following message was posted to his new account about four hours after he died:

“Holy fuck it is hot down here.”

Antifa and pro Antifa groups are treating Reinoehl as a martyr, saying he will not “rest in power.”

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Here’s more on the shooting incident brought to you previously by Law Enforcement Today.

PORTLAND, OR– Police are actively searching for a self-identified member of Antifa who gunned down a pro-police, Trump supporter during violent riots in downtown Portland on Saturday, August 29th.

Police have identified the victim as 39-year-old Aaron J. Danielson of Portland. He was shot in the chest as Trump supporters and protesters against police brutality and racism clashed.

It was the 90th consecutive night that Portland has seen protests.

As police continue to investigate, The Oregonian reported that a 48-year-old man who was accused of carrying a loaded gun an an earlier downtown Portland protest is now under investigation in the fatal shooting of Danielson. 

The 48-year-old, identified as Michael Forest Reinoehl calls himself an anti-fascist and has posted videos and photos of demonstrations he has attended since late June, accompanied by the hashtags “#blacklivesmatter,” “#anewnation,” and “breonnataylor.”

On social media and in a video interview with Bloomberg QuickTake News, Reinoehl described himself as a professional snowboarder and contractor who has former military experience, but “hated” his time in the Army.

According to reports, back on July 5th, at one of the demonstrations, Reinoehl was cited at 2:10 a.m. in the 700 block of Southwest Main Street on allegations of possessing a loaded gun in a public place, resisting arrest, and interfering with police.

According to court records, Reinoehl was given a date to appear in court for later that month, but the allegations were dropped on July 30th with a “no complaint”.

Unfortunately, the court documents did not indicate why prosecutors decided not to pursue accusations; he spend no time in jail for those incidents.

On Sunday morning, August 29th, Reinoehl’s 36-year-old sister was awakened by a threatening phone call from someone who told her that her whole family was in danger unless they turned him over.

The sister said that is how she found out that her brother was allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of Danielson.

She reported the threat and once she looked online and saw screenshots of her brother’s photo, she called Portland detectives. She said:

“We reached out to police and confirmed that we recognized Micheal in the screenshots.”

According to his sister, Reinoehl has been estranged from the family including her, their parents, and his younger brother for at least three years. She said:

“On the one hand, this whole thing surprised the daylights out of us because we always thought he was a lot of bark, not a lot of bite. But, he’s also been very impulsive and irrational.”

According to his family, he has stolen his mother’s seizure medication and owes a lot of debt. He has two kids and is separated from their mother. Police said that Reinoehl is also wanted on a failure to appear warrant from a June 8th speed racing case in Baker County in eastern Oregon. 

He and his 17-year-old son were racing in two different cars at speeds of up to 111 mph heading east in Interstate 84 after midnight near North Powder.

He faces allegations including driving under the influence of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another, unlawful possession of a gun, and riving while suspended and uninsured. 

Back in June, he tweeted:

“I am 100% ANTIFA all the way! I am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters! We do not want violence, but will not run from it either! Today’s protesters and Antifa are my brothers in arms.”

According to reports, A “Trump 2020 Cruise Rally” was set to take place early on Saturday, August 29th. A large group of supporters gathered in Clackamas, Oregon’s Town Center around 4 p.m. Many of the supporters had American flags, Thin-Blue Line flags, and Trump 2020 flags displayed on their vehicles.

A long line of cars, motorcycles, and trucks left Clackamas and made their way around the rally route, which included the downtown Portland area.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office announced via Twitter that people should expect traffic delays and avoid the rally route if possible.

This pro-Trump rally comes a few nights after the last night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) where on the last night, Trump gave his nomination acceptance speech.

Many demonstrators at the pro-Trump rally in Oregon said that they wanted to come out and provide a counterpoint to the other protests that have been happening in Portland for the last three months. One supporter, Mark Claiborne said:

“I’ve been fortunate to live through and vote in several elections. I can’t remember a time where the different between the two ideologies and platforms were so diametrically different.”

Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Chief Chuck Lovell said that police were aware that the pro-Trump supporter rally was headed to the city.

He said that he had his officers attempt to block the caravan from reaching the downtown area where violent rioters have repeatedly attacked officers for the last three months.

However, despite their efforts, a portion of the pro-Trump caravan managed to make their way into downtown Portland. Prior to the fatal shooting of Danielson, video footage captured several clashes between the pro-Trump supporters and those protesting against police violence and racism.

According to some witnesses, two men were yelling and have an altercation around 8:45 p.m. Shots were fired and a wounded man was seen on the ground.

Allegedly, the suspect fled the scene on foot. Once police were able to confirm that the victim had died, they immediately began a homicide investigation.

Pictures of Danielson from the rally show he was wearing a Patriot Prayer hat and he had a Thin Blue Line flag patch on the satchel he was carrying. Friend and long-time business partner, Luke Carrillo said that Danielson was a good and decent man.

Carrillo said that the two of them were like brothers; they shared a business and a house. He referred to Danielson as “Jay”. Carrillo also said that Danielson constantly wore a smile and always had a kind word; he was not a bad guy and his loved his country and his city.

The group organizers of Patriot Prayer wrote a statement on Facebook as the group mourned Danielson’s death:

“He had a huge heart. God bless the life he lived.”

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