Oregon: Anti-racist group argues shooting of Portland man was a neo-Nazi attack
— The Oregonian: “Police investigating Saturday’s shooting of Luke V. Querner in downtown Portland will review reports from a group called Portland Anti-Racist Action, which argues that Querner, a self-described anti-racist skinhead, was the victim of an orchestrated attack by neo-Nazis.”
— “As police work to track down witnesses, news of the brazen shooting quickly spread across the nation to other anti-racist and civil rights groups.”
— “Eric Ward, national field director for the Chicago-based group Center for New Community, which monitors social movements that promote bigotry, said he was familiar with Querner’s grass-roots activism, anti-racist and anti-fascist politics in Oregon.”
— “Ward, who previously lived in Eugene and Seattle, said there’s been a decades long struggle between neo-Nazi skinheads and what are called anti-racist skinheads, who trace their origin to Britain in the late ’60s and emulated the culture of early Jamaican immigrants with heavy influences from Jamaican ska, rock and reggae artists. They’re also known as Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, or SHARPs.”