Far-right leader wants Portland mayor to apologize for lawlessness that he says killed a follower
As social justice activists prepared Saturday for the 100th consecutive day of protests in Portland, Ore., the leader of a far-right organization called on the city’s mayor to apologize for “a culture of lawlessness” that he said resulted in the death of one of his followers last weekend.
Reinoehl, who had a Black Lives Matter raised-fist tattoo on his neck, died Thursday in a hail of gunfire as members of a federal fugitive task force confronted him in Lacey, Wash. Court documents seeking his arrest described both Danielson and Reinoehl as carrying firearms at the time of the shooting in Portland.
Meanwhile, on Saturday night, Portland officers blocked hundreds of protesters who tried to march to demonstrate at a police precinct building, ordering them to return to a city park where they had initially assembled. Saying that protesters had thrown fire bombs at them, police declared the assembly a riot and unleashed tear gas and impact munitions, to be met with volleys of commercial fireworks.Gibson spoke earlier Saturday as activists prepared for their nightly rally and march.
He said of Brown: “The way that she talked about Jay is a million times harder than anything that she ever said about the people rioting in Portland every single day.” Among them was John Sullivan, 39, an activist from Salt Lake City who said he had come to take part in a few days of demonstrations including the 100th nightly protest.
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