In an exclusive interview, Michael Reinoehl, who has been linked to a killing at a Portland protest, said he believed he and a friend were about to be stabbed, and that he acted in self defense.

“I had no choice. I mean, I, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. But I wasn’t going to do that.”

Subscribe to VICE News here: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News

Check out VICE News for more: vicenews.com

Follow VICE News here:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/vicenews
Twitter: twitter.com/vicenews
Tumblr: vicenews.tumblr.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/vicenews
More videos from the VICE network: www.fb.com/vicevideo

#VICENews #News