In 2020, Matthew Dolloff, an unlicensed security guard contracted through Pinkerton, shot and killed Lee Keltner, a conservative protester, in Denver, Colorado. Dolloff had been contracted by Pinkerton to guard a camera-crew working for 9News. The camera crew had been assigned to cover rival political groups protesting in Denver. Keltner had told a cameraman to stop filming him; Dolloff then approached Keltner. Keltner slapped Dolloff before spraying him with bear spray, and moments later Dolloff shot Keltner. Dolloff was arrested, investigated for first-degree murder, and charged with second-degree murder. The charge was later dropped

I'm mandela'd on this one, I thought he wasn't actively employed as a pinkerton at the time, and that he got killed in a shoot-out at a house with the pigs a day or two later, I'm probably conflating it with another event from around then if anyone knows anything that would fit?

[–] csverdad@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You left out the best part! Keltner ran a custom cowboy hat company named Crossfire LOL.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

SMALL BUSINESS TYRANT MORONS

[–] context@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm probably conflating it with another event from around then if anyone knows anything that would fit?

yeah, you're thinking of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_and_Michael_Reinoehl

On August 29, 2020, Aaron Danielson, an American supporter of the far-right group Patriot Prayer,[1][2] was shot and killed, allegedly by a far-left activist, after participating in a caravan which drove through Portland, Oregon, displaying banners and signs supporting President Donald Trump,[3] and clashing with participants in the local George Floyd protests.[3][4]

On September 3, 2020, Danielson's suspected killer, Michael Reinoehl, an American anti-fascist[3][5] activist[6][7] was shot and killed by a federally led fugitive task force near Lacey, Washington.[8][9]

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

yeah that's definitely it, thanks

[–] csverdad@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

Denver?

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, rent-a-cops (while they personally might aspire to the shittiness of cops) actually face consequences when they murder people in broad daylight...

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The guy who shot the chud who later got killed by the police was named like Roenahl or something like that and he was not a Pinkerton, he was a protestor from the Seattle area

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Michael Reinoehl killed a nazi in Portland, that was a different case than they are referring to. The chud in Denver was shot by a Pinkerton contracted security guard.

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

hey he gave it his all