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mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:28 PM Jun 2020

Washington state woman arrested, accused of setting 5 police vehicles ablaze in George Floyd riots

SEATTLE, Wash. - A 25-year-old Tacoma woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly lighting five unmarked Seattle police vehicles on fire during riots at the end of last month.

Margaret Aislinn Channon faces federal arson charges in connection with the incident, according to U.S. Attorney Brian Moran.

“This defendant was captured by multiple cameras using an accelerant, lit like a blowtorch, to start fires in five vehicles,” Moran said in a statement.

The alleged arsons happened on May 30 around the area of Sixth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. Local police abandoned the nearby East Precinct building, at 12th Avenue and Pine Street, earlier this week following violent protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

Demonstrators have moved in to the surrounding neighborhood and declared it a “cop-free” area that they call the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.”

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/washington-state-woman-arrested-accused-of-setting-5-police-vehicles-ablaze-in-george-floyd-riots?fbclid=IwAR1z5yk-crAfjNvy8mn5zq_-B3_Asw-tGvlN7hA48w2nz_SSEcK6tB-P6dE

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Washington state woman arrested, accused of setting 5 police vehicles ablaze in George Floyd riots (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jun 2020 OP
Well you shouldn't do that soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
The 'blowtorch" looks similar to what the lady was spraying at the Atlanta Wendy's. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #2
Yeah, like who's paying her, and the woman in Atlanta, and the guy in Minn... brush Jun 2020 #7
My guess is that no one paid her. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #10
You actually think that woman independently on her own set fire to 5 police cars? brush Jun 2020 #11
Funding? maxsolomon Jun 2020 #12
Don't tell Trump that she isn't black. Doodley Jun 2020 #3
Someone with her full name has an Instagram account called "maggotslaw" csziggy Jun 2020 #4
The twitter user with the name is Russian FreeState Jun 2020 #8
+1, I wouldn't doubt it uponit7771 Jun 2020 #15
That twitter account hasn't posted anything since 2014 csziggy Jun 2020 #16
Another Trumpster/vandal pretending to be a protester? keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #5
Kick Cha Jun 2020 #6
Gee look at how dark her skin tone is! MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #9
White woman. KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #13
Anyone else think there's a group of these people paid to go about the country inflaming situations? uponit7771 Jun 2020 #14

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
2. The 'blowtorch" looks similar to what the lady was spraying at the Atlanta Wendy's.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:53 PM
Jun 2020

It will be interesting to learn this woman's background.

brush

(53,474 posts)
7. Yeah, like who's paying her, and the woman in Atlanta, and the guy in Minn...
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 05:07 PM
Jun 2020

who was systematically walking down a block with the AutoZone story and smashing every window. They all had on black clothing and face coverings to conceal who they are.

My guess is the funding comes from the right to make the Black Lives Matter movement look bad. And of course to blame it on black people and/or antifa.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
10. My guess is that no one paid her.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 05:18 PM
Jun 2020

My guess is that the gal from Tacoma is Black Bloc and pretty bad at following a basic rule to obscure her identity: hide your tats.

My guess the window breaker in MPLS is an Agent Provocateur. I saw a post that claimed his GF recognized her respirator and he was a St. Paul PO.

brush

(53,474 posts)
11. You actually think that woman independently on her own set fire to 5 police cars?
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 05:30 PM
Jun 2020

I don't. Someone/entity is funding the vandalism and arson.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
12. Funding?
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 05:36 PM
Jun 2020

How much funding does one need for accelerants and a hammer?

And who would be funding this? John Zerzan? I see nothing to indicate that she is an Agent Provocateur, if that is your contention.

I reject the notion of funded left-wing protest until I see some evidence.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
4. Someone with her full name has an Instagram account called "maggotslaw"
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:58 PM
Jun 2020

The pictures are, uhm, interesting. I don't have an Instagram account so it ended up cutting off my access.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
16. That twitter account hasn't posted anything since 2014
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 07:16 PM
Jun 2020

When I searched for "Margaret Aislinn Channon" the Instagram account was listed with her name attached. Google result:

Margaret Aislinn Channon (@maggotslaw) • Instagram photos ...
www.instagram.com › maggotslaw
127 Followers, 95 Following, 1


Wonder if there is a connection to that old Twitter account?

I've had a bunch of things going on today so just now got back to the computer.

Hunh - she was a missing person in Presidio, Texas, last year:
MISSING: Margaret Aislinn Channon – Presidio, TX (2/11/19)

We are happy to report that Margaret Channon has been found safe and is being reunited with her family! Thank you to the hard working volunteers who worked to bring this family back together!

Margaret Channon, age 24, was last seen on February 11, 2019 in Presidio,Texas It is uncertain what Margaret was wearing; however, she is known to wear black and red almost exclusively. Margaret has many tattoos, including WAIF on fingers, answer phone on right wrist, pie slice image on left thigh. She also has scars on her arms.
https://www.texasequusearch.org/missing-margaret-aislinn-channon-presidio-tx-21119/


The WAIF tattoo was one of the things that helped the police identify her according to the article in the OP!

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
5. Another Trumpster/vandal pretending to be a protester?
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 05:01 PM
Jun 2020

Another Trumpster/vandal pretending to be a protester?

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