Trump Appears To Brag About Extrajudicial Killing Of Antifa Activist—”They Didn’t Want To Arrest Him”

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[TWEET]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: We sent in the US Marshals, took 15 minutes and it was over... They knew who he was, they didn’t want to arrest him and 15 minutes that ended <a href="https://t.co/fJA5BsJVeF">pic.twitter.com/fJA5BsJVeF</a></p>— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1316801262277455872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>[/TWEET]

Donald Trump seemed to admit that the U.S. Marshals’ killing of the anti-fascist activist Michael Reinoehl was, as some suspected, an assassination and that they never intended to arrest him because they wanted him dead. During yet another campaign rally, this time in North Carolina, he spoke on the moment that the Marshals found Reinoehl coming out of an apartment and straight-up said “they didn’t want to arrest him.”

According to interviews conducted with witnesses by The New York Times, Reinoehl was given no time to surrender after multiple unmarked SUVs sped up to his car as he was leaving an apartment.

“On Sept. 3, about 120 miles north of Portland, Mr. Reinoehl was getting into his Volkswagen station wagon when a pair of unmarked sport utility vehicles roared through the quiet streets, screeching to a halt just in front of his bumper,” the Times reports. “Members of a U.S. Marshals task force jumped out and unleashed a hail of bullets that shattered windows, whizzed past bystanders and left Mr. Reinoehl dead in the street.”

 

[Elixir]

Meh. What's one more dead after he has killed one or two hundred thousand?

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That appears to be a confession to conspiracy to commit first degree murder under color of authority.

The only reason I wouldn't recommend the death penalty is that I think he's taking credit for something he didn't do.

 

[Deepak]

That appears to be a confession to conspiracy to commit first degree murder under color of authority.

The only reason I wouldn't recommend the death penalty is that I think he's taking credit for something he didn't do.

He badly wants a death squad. If nothing else, that's a murder accusation.

 

[Bronzeage]

George Will said, Trump is a weak man's idea of a strong man. Pro tip: This makes it easy to spot the weak men in the crowd.

What Trump wants to do is puff up his tough guy persona, and he does that by claiming a tragic miscarriage of justice is standard operating procedure. If this happened in El Salvador, it would be called a death squad execution.

 

[Derec]

If true, it is of course completely unacceptable.

However, why is Reinoehl referred to as "Antifa activist"? He is the Antifa assasin, or even better, Antifa murderer. He should have been brought into custody if possible, but referring to him as an "activist" is burying the lede.

That Rittenhouse kid has a much better claim to self defense than Reinoehl, who ambushed that Trump supporter, but you don't see mainstream media call him a mere "activist", do you?

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

If true, it is of course completely unacceptable.

However, why is Reinoehl referred to as "Antifa activist"? He is the Antifa assasin, or even better, Antifa murderer. He should have been brought into custody if possible, but referring to him as an "activist" is burying the lede.

That Rittenhouse kid has a much better claim to self defense than Reinoehl, who ambushed that Trump supporter, but you don't see mainstream media call him a mere "activist", do you?

You mean suspect. He wasn't declared guilty in court. Executing him doesn't change that, but somehow I am not surprised by your whataboutism.

 

[Jarhyn]

If true, it is of course completely unacceptable.

However, why is Reinoehl referred to as "Antifa activist"? He is the Antifa assasin, or even better, Antifa murderer. He should have been brought into custody if possible, but referring to him as an "activist" is burying the lede.

That Rittenhouse kid has a much better claim to self defense than Reinoehl, who ambushed that Trump supporter, but you don't see mainstream media call him a mere "activist", do you?

You mean suspect. He wasn't declared guilty in court. Executing him doesn't change that, but somehow I am not surprised by your whataboutism.

No, see, you just don't get it. Absolute fail. Only beerbros are innocent until proven guilty. Only casual rapists get the benefit of the doubt. How don't you know that?

/s

 

[laughing dog]

There is circumstantial evidence to suggest Mr. Trump is correct. There are reports that Mr. Reinhohl was shot 30 times even though there was no fire arm in his hand. His loaded firearm was in his pocket.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That appears to be a confession to conspiracy to commit first degree murder under color of authority.

The only reason I wouldn't recommend the death penalty is that I think he's taking credit for something he didn't do.

He badly wants a death squad. If nothing else, that's a murder accusation.

Yes, it's pretty clear it was murder. Cop killers are very likely to get murdered and apparently they extended that to cop's allies.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

If true, it is of course completely unacceptable.

However, why is Reinoehl referred to as "Antifa activist"? He is the Antifa assasin, or even better, Antifa murderer. He should have been brought into custody if possible, but referring to him as an "activist" is burying the lede.

That Rittenhouse kid has a much better claim to self defense than Reinoehl, who ambushed that Trump supporter, but you don't see mainstream media call him a mere "activist", do you?

We don't know about Rittenhouse--the important part is off screen, we don't know whether he has a case for self defense or not.

However, the Antifa guy was clearly attacked. It's debatable whether the threat was enough to justify lethal force in self defense. Just being bear-sprayed isn't enough, but the pattern of spraying and beating is another matter. I would have a very hard time convicting him given the whole situation.

The assassins were the officers who went to "arrest" him. They should get the death penalty, but cops who kill cop-killers never get punished.