Tuesday, June 2, 2020

One of the White Supremacists May Have Been Apprehended, Explosives Charges

While we wait for official identification of the white supremacists referenced in a couple of Sunday posts,* here are some of the stories.
First up, a guy from Illinois who, quite frankly doesn't look supreme or superior to anyone. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press: 
‘Let’s start a riot,’ says Illinois man in federal charges accusing him of starting fire, looting in Minneapolis 
“We came to riot,” a man from an Illinois town stated in a video he livestreamed on Facebook when he was in Minneapolis. And federal authorities say that’s what he did.
He was accused Monday — one week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody — of passing out explosive devices and encouraging people to throw them at law enforcement officers, appearing to light a building on fire and looting a business.

Matthew Lee Rupert, 28, posted messages on Facebook on Thursday about the protests in the Twin Cities over Floyd’s death and wrote, “I’m going to Minneapolis tomorrow who coming only goons I’m renting hotel rooms,” according to the criminal complaint. He is from Galesburg, Ill., which is about 45 miles from Peoria....MUCH MORE
Here's Rupert, he's looking at charges that could land him in Federal penitentiary for life:

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The Smoking Gun

And in Knoxville it appears one of the white supremacists is the weird guy from Deliverance (to re-reference Burt Reynolds), top row, second from right:

KPD investigating after 9 charged with disorderly conduct in Fort Sanders

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Here's another one: Ten weapons found in car leaving downtown Knoxville, KPD says
 
*In The Midst of The Killings, Arson And Looting In Minneapolis There's Still Time For Theater 
BBC: "What Makes Germans So Orderly?"