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Right Wing Group Patriot Prayer No Stranger to Protests in Northwest

Associated Press

   PORTLAND - The man who was fatally shot in Portland, Oregon, as
   supporters of President Donald Trump skirmished with Black Lives Matter
   protesters was a supporter of a right-wing group called Patriot Prayer,
   which doesn't have a big national footprint but is well known in the
   Pacific Northwest.

   Patriot Prayer's founder, Joey Gibson, has held pro-Trump rallies
   repeatedly in Portland and other cities since 2016. The events have
   drawn counterprotesters from around the region and had heightened
   tensions in Portland long before Black Lives Matter demonstrators began
   nearly 100 days of nightly protests over the police killing of George
   Floyd.

   The shooting victim was identified by Gibson as Aaron "Jay" Danielson
   of Portland. Photos taken of the body show he was wearing a Patriot
   Prayer hat. Police have released few details and pleaded with the
   public on Sunday to come forward with any information about the
   shooting.

   Danielson also went by the name Jay Bishop, according to a statement on
   Patriot Prayer's Facebook page.

   Gibson, a one-time Senate candidate, founded Patriot Prayer in 2016. In
   past interviews with The Associated Press, Gibson has said he and his
   group are not a hate group and simply want to exercise their freedom of
   speech without interference from left-wing groups or protesters.

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