Kyle Brewster, convicted in notorious 1988 hate crime killing, seen at pro-Trump rallies in Salem, Portland
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
A shot of the crowd at the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally at Oregon s Capitol in Salem appears to show Kyle Brewster (with flag scarf) in attendance. Brewster was among three men convicted in the 1988 hate killing of Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant who was beaten to death on a Portland street.
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By The Oregonian/OregonLive
One of the men convicted in the infamous 1988 hate killing of Mulugeta Seraw in Portland got into a bloody clash at the Jan. 6 pro-Trump demonstration outside the state Capitol in Salem.
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