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9:14 AM 9/6/2020 - Antifa shooter Michael Reinoehl appeared to target victim: photos
Jay Danielson (black t-shirt, left), and Michael Reinoehl on the far right. Portland Police
The self-described antifa member who shot a Trump supporter in Portland last Saturday appears to have targeted his victim, new images show.
The pictures, from a surveillance video released by Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, show Michael Forest Reinoehl ducking into the alcove of a parking garage, then emerging to follow two counterprotesters who had just walked by, while reaching for his waistband.
A short time later, two gunshots were fired, one that hit the victims bear spray can and the other that proved fatal, The Oregonian reported. The footage, pieced together with photos from other surveillance cameras and witness videos, includes a scene where Reinoehl is seen with his right arm extended as a cloud of bear spray erupts near the victim, Aaron Jay Danielson.
Police found a single Winchester .380-caliber bullet casing on the street, a metal canister of bear spray that was hit with a bullet and a collapsible metal baton near Danielsons body, according to documents from the DAs office made public Friday. Danielson had been spraying the bear mace in the moments before he was shot, witnesses told cops, according to the Daily Mail.
Danielson, 39, was pronounced dead at 8:55 p.m. last Saturday on Southwest Third Avenue, about 10 minutes after the shooting was reported. He died from a single bullet to the upper right chest, an autopsy found. The bullet was found lodged in his back. A friend who was with him claimed they were hunted down and that the shooting was a planned execution.
Police found ammunition of the same caliber used in Danielsons shooting and clothing Reinoehl wore that night in Reinoehls Portland apartment.
Reinoehl was shot multiple times by Washington State officers outside an apartment in Lacey, Washington, a town about two hours north of Portland. A witness who was driving to the small apartment complex that Reinoehl was leaving said she saw him open fire from a car and that the officers returned fire. Reinoehl died at the scene. He had a handgun but Washington investigators said its not clear yet whether he fired it.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued a statement praising the swift action that led law enforcement to Reinoehl. I applaud the outstanding cooperation among federal, state, and local law enforcement, particularly the fugitive task force team that located Reinoehl and prevented him from escaping justice.
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The avowed Antifa supporter who was a suspect in the killing of a Patriot Prayer member during a clash of opposing groups in Portland, Ore., last Saturday appeared to be targeting the victim prior to the shooting, according to court documents unsealed Friday. FOX News 1. World from Michael_Novakhov (27 sites)
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be intensively arming Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan, with massive Russian weapons deliveries, threatening a possible new war in the South Caucasus.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, all former Soviet satellite-republics, including Azerbaijan and Armenia, broke away from Moscow and gained independence. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter
Russian political leaders, especially its current president Vladimir Putin, haven't hidden their regret for the dissolution of the USSR. Putin deplored the collapse of the Soviet Union as, "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" [of the 20th century].
Along with its neo-imperialistic "near abroad" concept, referring to the newly independent republics that emerged after the Soviet Union's dissolution, Russia still considers the South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, its exclusive influence zone.
In the absence of a proactive European Union and US leadership in the Caucasus, Russia has become increasingly aggressive in the region, chiefly concerning the Armenia-Azerbaijan long-standing conflict.
The conflict began in the early 1990s when Armenia, aided by Russia's military, invaded, and during which ethnically cleansed Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven adjacent districts. One million local Azerbaijani civilians were forced to flee their ancestral lands, to become internally displaced people inside Azerbaijan.
Despite four UN Security Council resolutions condemning Armenian's occupation and demanding all of the Armenian troops' immediate withdrawal from Azerbaijan's occupied lands, Armenia's belligerence continues. Under military occupation, Armenia illegally holds around 20% of Azerbaijan's sovereign territory while the forcibly displaced Azerbaijanis hopefully wait for Armenia's greenlight to allow them to return to their homes.
Since Russia's military and financial aid to Armenia helped carry out the invasion to Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan being the first South Caucasus country to have kicked the Russian military forces out of its territory, one can say, this was the "price" Azerbaijan paid for gaining independence.
In the years after Armenia's invasion, though struggling with Armenia's illegal occupation of its territory and carrying out its commitment to see to the internally displaced Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijanis welfare, the Republic of Azerbaijan has become the South Caucasus region largest economy and the West's most important ally and partner. Unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan refused to be part of any Russia-led military-economic union.
Over the last 30 years, Russia has continued to arm Armenia. Russia's military base in Armenia is among its largest in the world. Russia owns 80% of Armenia's economy and its military forces guard Armenia's borders and airspace. Armenia is also a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Russia-led anti-NATO military block and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Several strategic oil and gas pipelines, most essential to Azerbaijan's sovereignty and economy, as well as to Europe and the United States pass through Tovuz district. The South Caucasus natural gas Pipeline (SCP), a key part of the Southern EU Energy Corridor, passing through Tovuz, Georgia, Turkey and Southern Europe routes, which is due to become operational in few months, will deliver Azerbaijani gas to European markets via Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
Bypassing both Russia and Iran, this pipeline will deliver non-Russian-non-Iranian natural gas directly to Europe's consumers' market, helping reduce Europe's dependency on Russian gas and improving the continent's energy supply sources' diversification.
Seeking to maintain energy deliveries control to Europe via its own networks, Russia fiercely opposes the SCP project. Therefore, it is no coincidence that Armenia's latest military adventure against Azerbaijan's vital Tovuz district took place a few months prior to this strategic gas pipeline's completion.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, asked Putin to clarify the nature of the shipments to Armenia, considering that Moscow is one of the OSCE Minsk Group's three co-chairs, tasked with resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict not aggravating it.
Almost daily a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter, flying over the Caspian Sea and via Iran, lands in the Armenian capital of Yerevan with assorted Russian weapons. Is it becoming obvious that Russia is preparing Armenia for a fight with Azerbaijan?
Azerbaijan claims that Armenia sides with Russia in Syria, actively participates in Syria's conflict, and is also dealing with the "black trade" weapons' purchase from Syria.
Iran, always suspicious of Azerbaijan's secular governance and the country's being US and Israel strategic partner is a willing participant in this dangerous energy gambit adventure in the Caucasus.
The latest developments in the South Caucasus, especially Russia's neo-imperialist policies and arms deliveries are alarming. Considering Azerbaijan's geostrategic and geo-economic importance and its significant role in connecting Central Asia with the West, the United States and Europe should be alarmed by Russia's continuing weapons shipments to Armenia.
Without some sort of diplomatic intervention, unrest may erupt in the South Caucasus region from which only Russia can benefit. Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!
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