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Yonnie3

(17,427 posts)
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 06:33 PM Oct 2017

2 of 3 charged with attempted homicide after Spencer speech in Florida were at Aug. 12 rally

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A man who fired a shot at anti-Nazi protesters following a speech at the University of Florida by a white nationalist has been charged with attempted murder, police in Gainesville said Friday. Two men who allegedly urged him to shoot face the same charge.

A Gainesville Police Department report released on Friday said that Tyler Tenbrink, 28; William Fears, 30; and his brother, 28-year-old Colton Fears, all from Texas, were arrested on attempted homicide charges following an appearance on campus by white nationalist Richard Spencer.

Hours before the shooting, all three men had spoken with the media in support of Spencer's speech and white nationalism.

William Fears told The Gainesville Sun that he believed James Fields, who is accused of driving his car into a crowd of protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12 and killing Heather Heyer, wasn't unjustified.
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2 of 3 charged with attempted homicide after Spencer speech in Florida were at Aug. 12 rally (Original Post) Yonnie3 Oct 2017 OP
Three Richard Spencer Supporters Arrested for Attempted Murder of Protesters in Gainesville Gothmog Oct 2017 #1
Ah, the old BATON strikes again! MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #2
All these scum should be imprisoned. Duppers Oct 2017 #3

Gothmog

(145,119 posts)
1. Three Richard Spencer Supporters Arrested for Attempted Murder of Protesters in Gainesville
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 06:43 PM
Oct 2017

Deplorables and sick and demented people. Trump's base is full of nazis and white supremacists http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/20/richard_spencer_supporters_arrested_for_attempted_murder_in_gainesville.html

Three supporters of white supremacist Richard Spencer have been arrested for the attempted murder of protesters near a Thursday event in Gainesville, Florida, city police announced in a statement. Colton Fears, William Fears, and Tyler Tenbrink were apprehended at 9 p.m. Thursday; William Fears is 30 years old and the others are 28. All three are residents of Texas. From the Gainesville PD statement:

Shortly before 5:30pm, it was reported that a silver Jeep stopped to argue with a group of protesters and began threatening, offering Nazi salutes and shouting chants about Hitler to the group that was near the bus stop. During the altercation, Tenbrink produced a handgun while the Fears brothers encouraged him to shoot at the victims. Tenbrink fired a single shot at the group which thankfully missed the group and struck a nearby building.

Individual arrest reports say that one of the protesters involved in the altercation struck the Jeep with a baton before the shot was fired.

Spencer’s event on the University of Florida campus began at roughly 2:45 p.m. Spencer, who infamously celebrated Donald Trump’s election at a Washington “alt-right” event by giving a speech rife with references to Nazi slogans, also spoke at the Aug. 12 Charlottesville, Virginia, alt-right rally after which protester Heather Heyer was killed by a white supremacist who is accused of intentionally running her over with a car.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
2. Ah, the old BATON strikes again!
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 08:00 PM
Oct 2017

Watch the NBA (National Baton Association) come out with the idea that those "good ol' boys in the Jeep would have not needed to use that gun if they each had their own baton!

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
3. All these scum should be imprisoned.
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 08:06 PM
Oct 2017

"killing Heather Heyer, wasn't unjustified"!!! MyFrickinHolyAtheistGod.

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