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2022-03-07 Fifth Column
Hate-Hoaxing Atlanta Rioters Who Tried to Frame Trump Supporters Convicted
[PJMedia] A trio of Black Lives Matter and Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
rioters who tried to frame right-leaning groups were convicted of federal crimes, The Post Millennial reports.

John Wesley Wade, 35, Ellie Melvin Brett, 37, and Vida Jones, 19 were initially arrested in Oct. 2020 following a three-day spree of vandalism to police cars, postal property, and a bank in metro Atlanta. The three men planted notes that attempted to tie the crimes to the Proud Boys and other Trump-supporting groups.

"The suspects tried to frame the Proud Boys by leaving notes near the sites of vandalism that read ’Stand By,’ a reference to when former President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
told the right-wing group to ’stand back and stand by’ after he was asked to condemn white supremacist militias during the first 2020 presidential debate," reports Mia Cathell at The Post Millennial.

The crime spree began on Sept. 30, 2020, at a Walmart on the west side of Atlanta, when one of the men smashed the window of an Atlanta Police Department vehicle with a brick. The note referred to the 2020 election and the Electoral College. Similar phrasing to the wording on the note showed up on an Instagram account belonging to one of the three men.

An hour later, one of the men threw a brick through the window of a Wells Fargo branch in Midtown Atlanta, and then in the wee hours of Oct. 1, another APD vehicle was vandalized, this one parked at a residence not far from the Walmart where the first incident took place. These two acts of vandalism featured similar notes as the first incident — but these were only the beginning.

The next night, the trio graduated to arson, beginning with a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) police car parked at a train station. Then they set multiple fires at a post office in the West End area of Atlanta, damaging five USPS vehicles and destroying bulk containers of mail. Later, video footage at a nearby gas station showed one of the men buying another gasoline can.

In the south Atlanta suburb of East Point, the men set fire to two public works vehicles. Law enforcement found a note attached to a brick in one of the vehicles.

"The note stated ’*STOP the FAITHLESS ELECTOR vote in the WHITE HOUSE...and the FAITHLESS CHRISTMAS in the WHITE HOUSE;’ cited several Bible verses, but misspelled Jeremiah as "Jerimiah;" and included the Instagram handle, ’@NoFaithLessElector,’ associated with Brett," reported Cathell.

The three men filmed each act of arson and posted them on social media. On Oct. 4, an Instagram account reportedly associated with Jones posted footage of fire and police response to the East Point fires with the caption, Where’s the media coverage?"

A Twitter post from a now-suspended account from The Base, an Antifa group out of New York City, referred to the three as "comrades."

Brett pled guilty and will be sentenced March 22, and Jones pled guilty and faces a sentencing hearing on March 25. Wade received a sentence of five years for federal arson charges. Interestingly enough, at the time of the incidents, Wade was out on bond for his role in burning down a Wendy’s in Atlanta in the riots following the death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of police.

Tellingly, the GPS data from Wade’s ankle monitor places him at the incidents of vandalism and arson. Sentencing guidelines also stipulate that any time he serves for the Wendy’s incident and for the property damage and arson spree will not run concurrently. Wade was one of 36 suspects arrested in conjunction with the burning down of the Wendy’s restaurant.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-07 08:10|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top
 File under: Antifa/BLM 

#1 theGPS data from Wade’s ankle monitor places him at the incidents of vandalism and arson.

Real Men of Genius™
Posted by Frank G 2022-03-07 08:50||   2022-03-07 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Glad it's fed time. They get to do 90+% of their sentences.
Posted by Chris 2022-03-07 10:11||   2022-03-07 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 85%
Posted by illeagle 2022-03-07 10:16||   2022-03-07 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Too quick to the touch. Federal sentences are served at 85%, but there are covid early releases and other such nonsense diversions. But more importantly, what are they actually gonna get.
Posted by illeagle 2022-03-07 10:19||   2022-03-07 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Restitution will never happen in full
Posted by Frank G 2022-03-07 10:20||   2022-03-07 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Bringing young people back from the dead is very difficult indeed.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-07 10:22||   2022-03-07 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm going to go out on a limb and note that Anitfa/Burn Loot and Murder seem to be dumber than a box of rocks. Yes, I know that's mean to the rocks but I am avoiding using profanity. The fact they are trying to frame someone and yet post it to THEIR own social media accounts shows a level of....stupidity that beggars the imagination. Even our chew toys don't approach that level.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-03-07 13:42||   2022-03-07 13:42|| Front Page Top

#8  Bringing young people back from the dead is very difficult indeed.

Wouldn't that be an interesting project to work on! Do they need to be actually alive again or just re-animated? Like the guy said, there is a difference between all dead and mostly dead.
Posted by SteveS 2022-03-07 13:49||   2022-03-07 13:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Bringing young people back from the dead is very difficult indeed.

On a certain day every two years
When the dodo stands on the donkey's rear,
Through their ears, beacons of dark blast
Cross past the booth, mateys, your vote is caste!
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-07 14:33||   2022-03-07 14:33|| Front Page Top

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