Posted on Aug 5, 2022
Man accused of killing prominent Portland anti-fascist confessed to police, prosecutors say
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The timeline of Christopher Knipe’s arrest indicates news reporting and legal action may have played a role
A man who had long denied his role in the death of a well-known anti-fascist demonstrator confessed to police that he was driving the vehicle that struck and killed the man in the late hours of Oct. 11, 2019, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
“Okay, I guess I better come clean then,” Christopher Knipe allegedly told a Portland police detective who questioned him June 28 – nearly three years after Sean Kealiher was hit by a silver Ford Explorer owned by Knipe while he was leaving Cider Riot, a now-closed bar that was popular with leftist activists.
On Thursday afternoon police arrested Knipe, 47, and charged him with one count of second-degree murder. Knipe appeared in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon where he entered a plea of not guilty and was assigned an attorney. He remains in custody.
A man who had long denied his role in the death of a well-known anti-fascist demonstrator confessed to police that he was driving the vehicle that struck and killed the man in the late hours of Oct. 11, 2019, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
“Okay, I guess I better come clean then,” Christopher Knipe allegedly told a Portland police detective who questioned him June 28 – nearly three years after Sean Kealiher was hit by a silver Ford Explorer owned by Knipe while he was leaving Cider Riot, a now-closed bar that was popular with leftist activists.
On Thursday afternoon police arrested Knipe, 47, and charged him with one count of second-degree murder. Knipe appeared in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon where he entered a plea of not guilty and was assigned an attorney. He remains in custody.
Man accused of killing prominent Portland anti-fascist confessed to police, prosecutors say
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Family and friends of Kealiher have insisted for years that Knipe was involved in the murder, and that it was his SUV that ran over Kealiher. In 2021, Portland police denied a public records by OPB seeking the release of a stolen vehicle report filed by Knipe the day after Kealiher was killed.
Laura Kealiher and the two witnesses have insisted that a friend of Knipe’s was also in the SUV during the murder. Police have not made any other arrests in the case. Laura Kealiher said the deputy district attorney told her they did not have enough evidence to indict the man who was with Knipe that night.
The Portland Police Bureau has frequently cited a lack of cooperating witnesses as a reason arrests were not made for more than two years, despite police possessing the SUV involved.
It was not immediately clear if Portland police had obtained any new evidence in the case that led to Knipe’s arrest. However, the city has been under increased legal pressure to advance the case or reveal what it did know about Kealiher’s homicide."
..."Family and friends of Kealiher have insisted for years that Knipe was involved in the murder, and that it was his SUV that ran over Kealiher. In 2021, Portland police denied a public records by OPB seeking the release of a stolen vehicle report filed by Knipe the day after Kealiher was killed.
Laura Kealiher and the two witnesses have insisted that a friend of Knipe’s was also in the SUV during the murder. Police have not made any other arrests in the case. Laura Kealiher said the deputy district attorney told her they did not have enough evidence to indict the man who was with Knipe that night.
The Portland Police Bureau has frequently cited a lack of cooperating witnesses as a reason arrests were not made for more than two years, despite police possessing the SUV involved.
It was not immediately clear if Portland police had obtained any new evidence in the case that led to Knipe’s arrest. However, the city has been under increased legal pressure to advance the case or reveal what it did know about Kealiher’s homicide."
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