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TexasTowelie

(116,772 posts)
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 12:24 AM Jul 2017

Inside the Arrest of Alleged Capitol Hill White Supremacist William Scott Planer

William Scott Planer, who was accused online of violent activity and affiliating with white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in the Capitol Hill neighborhood late last year, has been arrested in Colorado Springs. He was initially charged with a misdemeanor for placing an anti-Semitic sticker on the door of a synagogue, but he is currently being held on a $500,000 bond related to a felony charge in California, where he allegedly attacked a protester during a white supremacist rally last year.

This past December, reports of white supremacist activity in the Capitol Hill area were on the rise, as we documented in our post "Six Examples of Hate Crimes in Denver Since the Presidential Election." Swastikas and other racist graffiti was found in multiple locations and even on vehicles, raising concerns about a growing wave of intolerance in the age of President Donald Trump.

Around that same time, the blogspot for Rocky Mountain Antifa (slogan: "Never Give Fascists the Streets" ) warned about the residents of a house on the 1400 block of Ogden.

An introductory section focusing on "a neo-nazi nest of sloppy drunks who regularly harass, intimidate and sometimes attack people walking by" included the following Facebook item:



Read more: http://www.westword.com/news/william-scott-planer-white-supremacist-arrested-for-vandalism-assault-warrant-9271781

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Inside the Arrest of Alleged Capitol Hill White Supremacist William Scott Planer (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
This is why ANTIFA is good. juxtaposed Jul 2017 #1
Antifa is GOOD? SergeStorms Jul 2017 #2
 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
1. This is why ANTIFA is good.
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 12:33 AM
Jul 2017

Right wing radio has been pushing antifa is a terrorist group, deflection works with these assholes.

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
2. Antifa is GOOD?
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 03:04 AM
Jul 2017

I fail to see the reasoning in that statement. Could you please explain? Thanks in advance.

These clowns say they're against fascism, but everything they do seems to REEK of fascism. What am I missing here?

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