I was arrested in January 2018 at an anti-fascist protest of an alt-right gala in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Nearly a thousand people, many of whom were Proud Boys, were celebrating the one-year anniversary of Trump’s inauguration inside a venue there. Outside, roughly a hundred protesters milled around […]
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How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist
Police officers guard an area where Aaron Danielson was shot and killed at a protest in Portland, Ore., Aug. 29, 2020. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times) Michael Reinoehl was on the run. A few days after a shooting left a far-right Trump supporter dead on the streets of Portland, Oregon, […]
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‘Straight to Gunshots’: How a U.S. Task Force Killed an Antifa Activist
The U.S. Marshals Service declined to comment for this article, citing the pending investigation. The agency previously said that it had attempted to “peacefully arrest” Mr. Reinoehl and that he had threatened the lives of law enforcement officers. President Trump, who has described the racial justice protests that have roiled […]