During a deadly shooting of a right-wing supporter in Anti-Reagan’s Portland, an Antifa protester said he acted in self-defense – but the victim’s witness and friend responded that the shooting came later without provocation.
‘I had no choice. I mean, I, I had a choice. I would have sat there and watched them hit a friend of my color. ‘But I didn’t have that,’ Michael Renoehl, 48, said in a video interview published by Vice News on Thursday.
Aaron, the year’s Aaron ‘Jay’ Daniel, was fatally shot on Saturday while leaving a political demonstration in support of President Donald Trump. Renault has not yet been arrested or charged in the case.
Renault did not say at all that he shot Dilson in a piece of video shown by Vice News before the full interview aired Thursday night, but he said his actions that night were in self-defense.
Antifa member Michael Renoel, 48, (above) spoke in a video interview published by Vice News on Thursday, claiming he shot and killed Trump supporter Aaron Danielson in self-defense.
Danielson’s friend Chandler’s father (right) said in a separate interview that the shooting happened later and without provocation.
Aaron ‘Jay’ Daniel was the victim of Saturday night’s shooting in Portland. He was a member of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group and also used the last name Bishop.
Police arrived at the scene “within a minute” of the shooting. The victim, later identified as Danielson, is seen wearing a hat with Ignatius of the Patriot Prayer.
Vice News reported that Renault said he feared he and his friend would be stabbed, but parts of the interviews released so far did not elaborate on the claim.
However, Danielson’s friend Chandler Pappas, who was by Bhela’s side when he was killed, condemned Renault’s statements, saying there was no confrontation or provocation before the shooting.
‘I know they won’t produce anything to prove this story,’ Dad said of Renault’s claim.
“They came after us, they shot and killed my friend,” Dad told Fox News on Thursday.
‘When they started beating us, we turned again. “I don’t even have time to register if someone showed us a gun,” Dad said.
Dad called the shooter “a white man” and noted: “He was the only person in town that night, other than me, wearing a white shirt.”
Dad said he was not armed during the incident. He said the cloud of smoke seen in the bystander video of the shooting is from Dani Nielsen, who is carrying a bear’s mace, which he says was punctured by a bullet.
The bystander video of the shooting shows Danielson and Dad showing off to the parking garage on the side of the road, before someone shouts ‘We got another here!’
Another person asked, ‘Here?’ Before two shots ring out.
Dad said no words were exchanged before the shot was fired. He said what he heard before the shots were words for the effect of ‘we got a couple from here’ and the effect of someone ‘pulling it out’.
Danielson is being treated by doctors after Dani Reagon was shot Saturday in Portland. Fights broke out in downtown Portland as a large convoy of Trump supporters flooded the city
Chandler’s father is seen by police arresting him as a medical attempt to revive his friend.
Dad blamed ‘corruption’ and political bias for the lack of charges or arrests in the case so far.
The shooting came a day after a clash between Trump supporters and far-left groups in Portland, in which activists were seen trying to block Trump supporters’ vehicles, and Trump supporters sprayed hammers and fired paintball balls from vehicles.
Renault emerged as a suspect in the case after Reg Region newspaper reported that it was investigating the murder, which took place after Danielson, a supporter of the Patriot prayer group, attended a rally in support of Trump.
Portland Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Renault, the self-proclaimed ‘100% Antifa’, was active in the Black Lives Matter demonstration against racism and police brutality in Portland, which has been going on for almost 100 days, according to messages and videos on its Instagram feed.
Antifa is a left-wing movement that opposes capitalism, and seeks to confront people who see it as racist or dictatorial.
Renault said in posts on Facebook and Instagram that he is a professional snowboarder and a veteran of the U.S. Army and is “ready to fight to change the course of humanity.”
However, the U.S. An Army spokesman told Dailymail.com that they had searched his service records for 48-year-old Michael Forest Renault and “could not find this person in our database.”
The Stolen Bravery Act of 2013 states that it is a federal offense to fraudulently claim military service for money or any other kind of benefit.
In a vice interview, Renault said he was a “former military contractor” who provided “security” for the Black Lives Matter protest.
“I am 100% Antifa,” Renault used the term for the anti-fascist movement in a June 16 post.
‘We really have a chance to fix everything. But it will be a fight like no other! It will be a war and like all wars there will be casualties. ‘
His Facebook page says he is from the community’s Grisham, Oregon, 15 miles east of Portland.
Michael Renoehl is being investigated by Portland police over the murder of Erin ‘Jay’ Danielson, a member of the Patriotic Prayer, who was shot dead in protest.
Renault shows rubber bullets on the left and bruises from snowboarding on the right.
In this post, from June 16, he claimed to have served in the army and was ‘hated’. He also wrote that it is 100% ‘Antifa’ and says that ‘we do not want violence but we will not run away from it’.
Renault was previously accused of carrying a loaded gun in protest of Portland and social media posts show him taking part in the Black Lives Matter protest.
And the 48-year-old former professional snowboarder has had several previous run-ins with police.
In June, he was charged with jogging with his 17-year-old son at 111mph on Interstate 84 with his 11-year-old daughter in the passenger seat.
Police said they found “useful amounts of marijuana and unknown prescription pills” from Renault’s 2005 Cadillac STS and a loaded, secret Glock pistol.
Both fathers were charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance and illegal possession of firearms.
The full interview with Renault will air on ET Vice News Tonight on Thursday at 11 p.m.
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