Killings of Aaron Danielson and Michael Reinoehl
Aaron Danielson | |
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Born | Aaron Joseph Danielson September 4, 1980 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
Died | August 29, 2020 Portland, Oregon, U.S. | (aged 39)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Occupation | Moving company owner |
Known for | Being killed by Michael Reinoehl during 2020 Portland George Floyd protests |
Michael Reinoehl | |
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Born | Michael Forest Reinoehl May 17, 1972 |
Died | September 3, 2020 Lacey, Washington, U.S. | (aged 48)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Known for | Killing of Aaron Danielson, and subsequent killing by law enforcement, during 2020 Portland George Floyd protests |
On August 29, 2020, Aaron Danielson, an American supporter of the
On September 3, 2020, Danielson's suspected killer, Michael Reinoehl, an American left wing anti-fascist
An investigation by the Thurston County Sheriff's Office concluded that Reinoehl had most likely initiated an exchange of gunfire with officers before he was killed.[18][19] However, some witnesses stated that officers opened fire without warning,[20] and a review by The New York Times also disputed this,[19] concluding that local investigators had discounted key pieces of evidence.[19][21]
Background
In the weeks and months prior to the two killings, Portland was the site of significant protests against
On August 29, 2020, hundreds of Trump supporters took part in the "Trump 2020 Cruise Rally", a caravan of more than 100 cars and trucks displaying pro-Trump flags and signs which drove through downtown Portland.[23] The rally was set up by Meridian-based real-estate developer Alex Kuzmenko, who used an assumed name to organize the activities on Facebook and other social media.[24][25] Caravan participants and counterprotesters got into heated and sometimes violent confrontations.[26]
Aaron J. Danielson
Aaron Joseph Danielson (born September 4, 1980) was a resident of Portland.[27][28] Danielson was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. He attended local schools including Shadle Park High School, dropping out during his senior year and then briefly working as a mover in Spokane.[29] Danielson moved to Portland soon after and together with a friend established a moving company which transported heavy items such as safes, hot tubs, stoves and statues.[29] He never married and did not have children.[30]
According to
Danielson's parents said he blamed antifa for destruction in Portland and was convinced that the group was funded by someone who wanted America destroyed by civil war.[29] Danielson's parents said he had always been a staunch Republican, but that more recently, especially since the start of the protests, they had noticed that his views had shifted, stating: "He started to get more and more concerned about government taking over, the U.N. coming in, China controlling everything. I mean, we started hearing about it. We hadn't heard about it before that."[29] Danielson frequently texted them and sent them videos to watch.[29]
Danielson was a supporter of the
Shooting of Danielson
Danielson was shot and killed at about 8:45 p.m. on August 29, near the intersection of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Alder Street in Portland.[35] Reinoehl was identified as the shooter on social media within hours.[11] A police affidavit requesting a warrant for Reinoehl's arrest, released after his death, included surveillance camera evidence showing that Reinoehl had spotted Danielson and Pappas and had hidden in a parking garage to let them pass, "reaching toward the pocket or pouch on his waistband."[11][36] When Danielson and Pappas crossed the road, Reinoehl, joined by an associate, followed them, with the shooting occurring moments later.[11][36][37] Immediately prior to the shooting, someone was heard to shout "We've got a couple right here", followed first by a warning that Danielson was preparing to use a can of mace and then two gunshots.[8][38] The actual shooting was not recorded by the surveillance camera, but it was captured on videos recorded by bystanders that circulated online.[34][38]
According to the police affidavit, Danielson had a loaded Glock pistol in a holster and was holding a can of bear spray and an expandable metal baton.[39] Danielson's can of bear spray is believed to have been struck by the first bullet due to damage to the can and a gaseous cloud that erupted after the first shot was fired.[11] The second bullet hit Danielson's upper right chest, killing him.[11]
In an interview with a freelance journalist that was aired by Vice, Reinoehl said he acted in self-defense as Danielson was about to stab another protester with a knife.[10][40] However, no knife was found on Danielson.[35]
At a memorial held in a park in
Michael F. Reinoehl
Michael Forest Reinoehl (May 17, 1972 – September 3, 2020)
Reinoehl had been estranged from his family in recent years and was reported to have been supporting himself through odd jobs carried out for friends.[30][44] A snowboarding friend said that Reinoehl had been known for daredevil snowboard stunts in his youth, but that he had been struggling in recent years and had gone through a difficult divorce.[44] Reinoehl's sister described him as "not very stable" to The New York Times and said that his involvement in the Portland protests "made him feel like his existence meant something again."[30][13]
Reinoehl's social media accounts showed that he had been heavily involved in the protests for three months, helping to provide security.[9][42] A protest leader said Reinoehl had been trained in de-escalation and was "excellent at that".[8] Another local organizer described Reinoehl as a "guardian angel" for protesters.[13] A protester who had become friends with Reinoehl said: "Nightly, he would break up fights."[8] Reinoehl's social media posts, which had previously been about scenes of snowboarding, nature and his children, focused almost exclusively on the protests in Portland from May 30 onward.[45]
Reinoehl was wanted for failing to appear in court for a June 2020 speed racing case. According to state police, he had raced his 17-year-old son on
In a June 2020 Instagram post that was characterized by The New York Times as "laced with violent messages", Reinoehl wrote that he was "100% ANTIFA all the way!"[34][8] In the same Instagram post, Reinoehl also wrote: "We truly have an opportunity right now to fix everything. But it will be a fight like no other! It will be a war and like all wars there will be casualties."[51] Reinoehl said he was prepared to fight "to change the course of humanity".[43] Reinoehl was not associated with Rose City Antifa or the Portland-based anti-fascist organization Popular Mobilization.[52] In an interview aired by Vice Media, Reinoehl stated: "I felt that my life and other people around me's lives were in danger, and I felt like I had no choice but to do what I did. [...] They want to paint a picture of antifa having major involvement. A lot of people don't understand what antifa represents. And if you just look at the basic definition of it, it's just anti-fascist. And I am 100% anti-fascist. I'm not a member of antifa. I'm not a member of anything. 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."[10][53][54] Reinoehl told Vice that he had not turned himself in after the shooting of Danielson because he feared that police were collaborating with right-wing protesters and that he might be killed in custody.[10][13] Reinoehl told Vice that his home had been shot at and that he was being hunted.[10]
Shooting of Reinoehl
Reinoehl was charged with
A seven-month inquiry into his death determined "Reinoehl fired first," "that he failed to comply with orders to surrender and was reaching for a gun in his possession when he was shot."[56] Despite this finding, officer reports released after the initial summary reveal that no officers described Reinoehl pointing or firing a weapon towards the officers. Several officers did report him reaching for his waist when the police opened fire.[21]
Members of the task force approached Reinoehl outside an apartment on a residential street as he attempted to enter his car.[8] Lieutenant Ray Brady of the Sheriff's Department in Thurston County stated that four officers fired at Reinoehl outside an apartment after he drew a gun.[3][9] Brady said he did not believe the involved officers used bodycams or vehicle dashboard cameras during the incident.[55] A statement by the U.S. Marshals Service said that Reinoehl had been armed and threatened the lives of officers.[13] No officers were hurt during the incident.[9]
Initial witness reports
There were conflicting witness reports immediately after the event:[57]
- One witness was reported as saying she saw Reinoehl fire first.[55] However, according to another account, the same witness said she was not present when the shooting began.[20]
- Another witness told The New York Times that he saw two SUVs approach the area quickly around 6:45 p.m. and then heard gunshots over a period of one and a half minutes.[8] He said that he saw a man next to a white pickup, walking backwards and appearing to hold a gun while officers fired at him.[8]
- Two witnesses working nearby were reported to have said that Reinoehl was in a car outside an apartment complex when two unmarked SUVs converged on Reinoehl's car. Reinoehl then got out of the car and fired 40 to 50 rounds from what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle at the SUVs before officers returned fire.[58] One of the witnesses later said he and his coworker were misquoted and he was unsure whether Reinoehl had a weapon.[59]
- Another witness said he heard 30–40 gunshots and yet another witness said he heard 8–10.[58]
- On September 9, a resident of the apartment complex where Reinoehl had been staying who witnessed the shooting issued a statement through his attorney, saying that Reinoehl was walking towards his car, holding only a cellphone and eating candy when officers arrived at the scene, and that officers opened fire without any verbal warning.[60][61][62] He said that after officers began firing, Reinoehl tried to duck for cover behind his car, which was blocked in by police vehicles.[62][63] The witness said Reinoehl never got into the car, nor did he ever see Reinoehl hold a weapon or reach for anything while he was being fired at.[60][62][63]
Statements by officials
Law enforcement officials did not state that Reinoehl fired at them before they opened fire but only that he drew a weapon.[8]
On September 17, authorities said that Reinoehl was found to have been armed with a .380-caliber handgun.
Witness video shows officers attempting to perform CPR on Reinoehl.[58][65] The aftermath of the shooting was recorded on video and posted on the internet.[58]
New York Times witness interviews
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According to a report in The New York Times published on October 13, 2020, of 22 people who were near Reinoehl when he was shot, 21 told the Times they did not hear officers issue any commands or identify themselves prior to shooting.[20] Five eyewitnesses said the officers began shooting immediately after arriving on the scene.[20] None of the eyewitnesses interviewed by the Times stated that Reinoehl was holding a weapon.[20] One eyewitness described protecting his eight-year-old child from the gunfire, which he assumed was the work of criminals until he saw the officers' clothing.[20] Overall, four officers fired 37 times on Reinoehl, from rifles and handguns.[20] One of the officers involved said he thought he saw Reinoehl raise a gun inside his vehicle before the first shots were fired, but two others stated they did not.[20] Officers also gave differing statements on whether Reinoehl had pointed a weapon at them later in the street, with one saying he did, and others saying he had only appeared to be trying to "retrieve" a gun from his trouser pocket.[20] An updated statement by the investigators said that officers found a gun in Reinoehl's pocket when they searched his body, and that his hand had been on it when he fell.[20]
As of October 2020, the Thurston County sheriff's department is conducting a criminal homicide investigation into Reinoehl's death.[20]
A review by The New York Times released on April 10, 2021, concluded that local investigators discounted key pieces of evidence that contradicted the notion that Reinoehl fired his weapon; for example, Reinoehl had a full magazine in the gun found on him.[19]
Vice report
In May 2022 Vice News reported on an extensive collection of documents it was able to review related to the shooting and subsequent investigation, some of which had been redacted, most of which came from the Thurston County sheriff's office. "[They] offer contradictory and troubling information", the site wrote.[66]
A key Marshals witness declined to speak to investigators. Mysterious evidence was sent anonymously to investigators months after the killing. The accounts of law enforcement personnel involved were baffling and at times inconsistent, not always squaring on questions as basic as whether Reinoehl was carrying a rifle or had shot at them. A former combat medic for the U.S. Army who witnessed the killing—and tried to keep children, including his own son, from being shot as police sprayed dozens of bullets—provided an account that countered official narratives, but the lead investigator in the case didn't speak to him for a month and a half after the shooting.
According to Vice, the information in the documents about the vehicle Reinoehl was in, what weapons he had, and who he was traveling with was detailed and accurate enough to support an inference that law enforcement had an informant close to Reinoehl.[66]
The task force that prepared to arrest Reinoehl was hampered in communicating since their radios were not working properly as they had taken them outside the jurisdiction of the local police department that usually used them. The decision to attempt the arrest seemed from the documents to have been taken by two officers who may have reacted to something they heard on the radio. An investigator found upon reviewing the contents of Reinoehl's car a week later that he had a disassembled assault rifle in a backpack in the car. An empty .223-caliber
The shell casing seemed from the documents to have been at the center of an
Reactions
Danielson's killing
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential candidate, released a statement on August 30, the day after the shooting, saying: "The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable. Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable. I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same."[67]
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at the
In October 2020, Danielson's killing was added to the
Shortly before Reinoehl's death was announced on September 3, President
Reinoehl's killing
After Reinoehl's killing, hundreds of people protested outside a police station in Portland.[8] A protest organizer who knew Reinoehl said: "If the cops want this to stop, how is coming out here and killing us helping? That's literally why we are out here. They aren't giving us a day in court and are shooting us before asking questions."[38]
Attorney General William Barr described Reinoehl as a "violent agitator"[13] and said "the tracking down of Reinoehl – a dangerous fugitive, admitted Antifa member, and suspected murderer – is a significant accomplishment in the ongoing effort to restore law and order to Portland and other cities."[73][74] Trump commended Marshals for "strength" and "bravery".[13] On September 12, President Trump said that Reinoehl was "a violent criminal, and the U.S. Marshals killed him. And I will tell you something, that's the way it has to be. There has to be retribution when you have crime like this." Commentators described the statement as appearing to endorse extrajudicial killing.[14][15][16] Trump referred to the matter again at a rally on October 15. He criticized Portland Police for letting days pass by without arresting Reinoehl, even though he had been quickly identified on social media, and then stated: "We sent in the U.S. Marshals. It took 15 minutes it was over. Fifteen minutes, it was over. We got him. They knew who he was. They didn't want to arrest him. Fifteen minutes, that ended."[75][76]
Reinoehl's estranged sister told NPR she was both angry with her brother and sad at his death: "It's awful. This whole thing is awful. There's a lot of people out there who feel like violence is the only solution to fixing things now, people on both sides."[45]
See also
- Violence and controversies during the George Floyd protests
- Terrorism in the United States
- 2019 Tacoma attack
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