The anonymous message board 4chan may have, once again, beat the media to identifying a violent rioter.
On Saturday night, a Portland Black Lives Matter militant shot and killed a member of the pro-Trump group Patriot Prayer.
Warning Graphic: Here’s the only angle of the shooting in Portland that I have found so far. pic.twitter.com/CXPGplYzNb
— Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) August 30, 2020
Within minutes of the shooting, 4chan users got to work, and within hours… they had a name.
The face of the Portland murderer has already been found. He has a large BLM tattoo on his neck. pic.twitter.com/UiEw3zS525
— Chris Tomlinson (@TomlinsonCJ) August 30, 2020
The message board quickly claimed that the shooter is Michael Reinoehl, 48, of Portland.
The murder suspect has been identified as snowboard instructor Michael Reinoehl, from Oregon.
— Chris Tomlinson (@TomlinsonCJ) August 30, 2020
His name is Michael Reinoehl pic.twitter.com/TMTTHguPSI
— Brittany (@Brittany3l) August 30, 2020
The Nationalist Review wrote in their in-depth report, “the 48-year-old ‘professional snowboarder’ was previously featured on a Bloomberg promo for the riots where he described himself as part of the rioter’s security apparatus. Reinoehl touted his military experience and described events that led up to him receiving a bullet grazing on his arm. In the video, a neck tattoo identical to the shooter’s own tattoo is seen on his neck.”
Watch the interview here:
The shooter appeared to have a bandage wrapped around one of his arms to his elbow, the same way that Reinoehl’s arm was wrapped in the Bloomberg video.
Rioters in the city cheered and celebrated the murder by one of their peers.
For several hours, rumors were circulating online that a rioter had been killed by a supporter of President Donald Trump, but there was a big celebration when they found out it was actually the other way around.
“Everybody, I just got word. The person who died was a Patriot Prayer person,” the Black Lives Matter leader tells the excited crowd. “He was a f***ing Nazi. Our community held its own and took out the trash. I’m not going to shed any tears over a Nazi dying!”
Black Lives Matter celebrated the news that a pro-police, Patriot Prayer member was killed: pic.twitter.com/PZEi6CiWFl
— Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) August 30, 2020
Following the fatal shooting, rioters also surrounded and assaulted Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson. When Gibson retreated into a gas station, rioters broke the windows and threatened the owner.
Video of the antifa mob smashing up a petrol station in downtown Portland and trying to break inside. They said conservative activist Joey Gibson was inside. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/ObrVAJqBG3
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 30, 2020
Users on the message board were also first to identify Marquise Love, the man who attempted to kill a driver in the city earlier this month. They subsequently identified another person involved in the attack.
