The New York Times columnist’s argument falls apart on many subjects.
She claimed that Trump employed a dangerous double standard in condemning Reinoehl while defending Rittenhouse when both of them “claimed self-defense.” Yet the videos of the two encounters show remarkably different situations behind the two shootings.
Footage of the Danielson shooting in Portland shows the shooter walking up to Danielson and pulling the trigger, seemingly unprovoked. Meanwhile, footage of Rittenhouse’s shootings shows a crowd of people ambushing Rittenhouse before he opens fire, a much more clear-cut suggestion of self-defense. Rittenhouse, a minor, should not have been armed on the street (this is apparently illegal in Wisconsin) in the middle of violent riots. The teen said he went to Kenosha to protect property, and he had previously given medical help to rioters hit with pepper spray.
Reinoehl, meanwhile, had a long criminal record. Police had arrested him amid a violent riot in front of the federal courthouse in Portland. He had also failed to appear for a court date after state police arrested him and his 17-year-old son in a June 8 speed-racing case in eastern Oregon. Reinoehl also faced allegations of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another, unlawful possession of a gun, and driving while suspended and uninsured.
Portland police, investigating the Danielson shooting, issued an arrest warrant for Reinoehl. The man refused to turn himself in, necessitating the manhunt. Barr called him “a dangerous fugitive, admitted Antifa member, and suspected murderer.” (While Reinoehl expressed repeated support for antifa, he disavowed any membership in the Vice interview.)
She claimed that Trump employed a dangerous double standard in condemning Reinoehl while defending Rittenhouse when both of them “claimed self-defense.” Yet the videos of the two encounters show remarkably different situations behind the two shootings.
Footage of the Danielson shooting in Portland shows the shooter walking up to Danielson and pulling the trigger, seemingly unprovoked. Meanwhile, footage of Rittenhouse’s shootings shows a crowd of people ambushing Rittenhouse before he opens fire, a much more clear-cut suggestion of self-defense. Rittenhouse, a minor, should not have been armed on the street (this is apparently illegal in Wisconsin) in the middle of violent riots. The teen said he went to Kenosha to protect property, and he had previously given medical help to rioters hit with pepper spray.
Reinoehl, meanwhile, had a long criminal record. Police had arrested him amid a violent riot in front of the federal courthouse in Portland. He had also failed to appear for a court date after state police arrested him and his 17-year-old son in a June 8 speed-racing case in eastern Oregon. Reinoehl also faced allegations of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another, unlawful possession of a gun, and driving while suspended and uninsured.
Portland police, investigating the Danielson shooting, issued an arrest warrant for Reinoehl. The man refused to turn himself in, necessitating the manhunt. Barr called him “a dangerous fugitive, admitted Antifa member, and suspected murderer.” (While Reinoehl expressed repeated support for antifa, he disavowed any membership in the Vice interview.)
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