Estate of Antifa victim sues Portland and officials

 Victoria Taft:

The estate of the man gunned down by a “100% Antifa!” assassin is suing the city of Portland, Oregon, for its abject failure to keep violent antifa rioters in line.

Aaron “Jay” Danielson was killed by a gunman, who was lying in wait, after a car rally for President Trump in downtown Portland in September of 2020–the “summer of love.” Danielson wore a “Patriot Prayer” hat. Patriot Prayer is a right-leaning group of Trump supporters whose rallies often met with violence by violent left-wing attackers.

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The man responsible for his death, Michael Forest Reinoehl, went into hiding in a rural area of Washington state, where federal lawmen found him days later. Reinoehl died in a shootout.

Fox News reports that the Danielson’s estate’s lawyer, Christopher Cauble, said Portland’s flaccid response to antifa violence set the stage for the shooting.

Time and time again, City leadership and law enforcement have failed to find an effective response to clashing groups of protesters. For well over a year, they have known when and where these rallies would occur and the likelihood of escalating violence. Yet no strategy of protective intervention has been utilized to this day. This reckless dereliction of duty, cost our client, Aaron Danielson, his life.

Portland police successfully kept the two sides apart during a planned free speech rally by the right-of-center group. At that event, there was no violence. But the city soon after went back to a more hands-off approach. What the city hasn’t figured out, notwithstanding plenty of evidence, is that when antifa doesn’t show up there’s no violence.

The lawsuit targets the city of Portland, Mayor Ted Wheeler, District Attorney Mike Schmidt, and the Portland Police Bureau for their infamously lax oversight of the out-of-control and violent left-wing attacks on anyone who doesn’t agree with their political viewpoints.

The leftist extremists dismiss entire swaths of people as “fascists” whom they need to eradicate from Portland. The city gives support and encouragement to the antifa thugs, suggesting Trump supporters and groups like Patriot Prayer are fascists and the cause of antifa violence. Portland’s support of antifa and tacit approval of their ideologically driven violence continues to this day.

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Antifa is a left-wing group that supports Democrats and riots against law enforcement and the elections of Republicans.  They have become the Brownshirts of liberal fascism.  The group has also joined BLM in some of the riots prior to the 2020 election.