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[[Aaron Danielson]] was a member of the [[Patriot Prayer]] group who was executed by Antifa assassin Michael Forest Reinoehl in Portland on August 29, 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/beklager691/status/1300133591884525569</ref> Danielson was a native of Portland and used the pseudonym "Jay Bishop" to protect himself from Antifa. Reinoehl posted a manifesto on [[Instagram]] on June 16, 2020. In the manifesto Reineohl wrote, "I am 100% ANTIFA all the way! I am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters! Even if some of them are too ignorant to realize what antifa truly stands for."<ref>https://archive.is/qdc90</ref> Patriots had been attacked throughout the day by [[violent]] [[Leftist]]s.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/caught-video-far-left-protesters-hurl-objects-overpass-onto-passing-vehicles-trump-flags/</ref> Danielson was specifically targeted as a supporter of [[Blue Lives Matter]].<ref>https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/08/30/new-video-angle-further-points-to-targeted-shooting-of-trump-supporter-in-portland/</ref> Danielson had been stalked by Reinoehl right up to the shooting.<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portland-shooting-suspect-followed-right-wing-activists-after-spotting-them-downtown-unsealed-arrest-warrant-says/</ref>
[[Aaron Danielson]] was a member of the [[Patriot Prayer]] group who was executed by Antifa assassin Michael Forest Reinoehl in Portland on August 29, 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/beklager691/status/1300133591884525569</ref> Danielson was a native of Portland and used the pseudonym "Jay Bishop" to protect himself from Antifa. Reinoehl posted a manifesto on [[Instagram]] on June 16, 2020. In the manifesto Reineohl wrote, "I am 100% ANTIFA all the way! I am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters! Even if some of them are too ignorant to realize what antifa truly stands for."<ref>https://archive.is/qdc90</ref> Patriots had been attacked throughout the day by [[violent]] [[Leftist]]s.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/caught-video-far-left-protesters-hurl-objects-overpass-onto-passing-vehicles-trump-flags/</ref> Danielson was specifically targeted as a supporter of [[Blue Lives Matter]].<ref>https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/08/30/new-video-angle-further-points-to-targeted-shooting-of-trump-supporter-in-portland/</ref> Danielson had been stalked by Reinoehl right up to the shooting.<ref>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portland-shooting-suspect-followed-right-wing-activists-after-spotting-them-downtown-unsealed-arrest-warrant-says/</ref>
An Antifa commander was arrested carrying a flamethrower to a [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] Black Lives Matter rally. Matthew Banta, 23, is “known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests,” a criminal complaint said in his Green Bay arrest record.<ref>https://www.wbay.com/2020/08/31/neenah-man-arrested-at-green-bay-protest-has-ties-to-antifa/</ref>
An Antifa commander was arrested carrying a flamethrower to a [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] Black Lives Matter rally. Matthew Banta, 23, is “known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests,” a criminal complaint said in his Green Bay arrest record.<ref>https://www.wbay.com/2020/08/31/neenah-man-arrested-at-green-bay-protest-has-ties-to-antifa/</ref> He was carrying an Antifa flag and stickers along with “military-grade 5-minute” smoke grenades, fireworks rockets, and a flamethrower.<ref>https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/08/31/neenah-man-charged-bringing-smoke-grenades-green-bay-rally-accused-pointing-rifle-police-waupaca/3448722001/</ref> Banta was stopped after being spotted with “a whole bunch of white people with sticks, baseball bats and helmets” heading toward a [[BLM]] event in Green Bay, police said in the criminal complaint.
He was carrying an Antifa flag and stickers along with “military-grade 5-minute” smoke grenades, fireworks rockets, and a flamethrower.<ref>https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/08/31/neenah-man-charged-bringing-smoke-grenades-green-bay-rally-accused-pointing-rifle-police-waupaca/3448722001/</ref> Banta was stopped after being spotted with “a whole bunch of white people with sticks, baseball bats and helmets” heading toward a [[BLM]] event in Green Bay, police said in the criminal complaint.
“It’s worrisome when people associated with Antifa come here to Green Bay from out of town … for the purposes of committing violent acts,” Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith told WBAY.
“It’s worrisome when people associated with Antifa come here to Green Bay from out of town … for the purposes of committing violent acts,” Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith told WBAY.