Wow! Just found out someone I know was recently arrested as one of the Capitol rioters!

[MoonchildCA]

I'm in shock right now. We haven't seen him in about six years, but he spent the better part of his time at my house for around two years. He reached out to my daughter a while back trying to reconnect with her, and sending her some pretty extreme religious stuff.
She let him know she was not interested, and he stopped trying.

He used to be a vegan, liberal, hippie kinda guy!
I just can't get over it.

[StarryNite]

1. They walk and live among us.

It's frightening how many of those nut jobs there are.

[Rustyeye77]

2. Maybe you should call him?

Ask him how’s he doing

[MoonchildCA]

5. He's in jail...

Not that I would want to talk to the dude.

[Rustyeye77]

7. 2 questions

1. Where in jail? DC?

2. Any reason you can’t release his name ?

[MoonchildCA]

11. PM'd you.

[Sanity Claws]

6. That is kind of you

Maybe extend a hand and bring him back to reality.

[MoonchildCA]

12. We did not part on great terms.

It was amiable at the time, but only because my daughter handled everything with grace.

One of his family members turned him in. He has a very supportive family. I'm sure they will try and help him through it.

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. This is wise

Let his family deal with this. You don't owe him anything.

[blm]

3. Sorry to hear.

[3catwoman3]

4. That must feel very strange.

Based the things some of my high school classmates post on our class page, there are a few of them that may have been there, or would at least have even supporting what happened.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

8. My freind's

Neighbor was arrested for being at the insurrection.

Funny how the degrees of seperation thing works.

My freind is a very liberal progressive too...

Never know how nutty a person is until they get arrested for insurection . Kinda like the neighborhood serial killer no one knew was there that everyone thought was a quiet normal good neighbor
Until the bodies in the basement began to stink....

[SMC22307]

9. Wow, a vegan, liberal, hippie kinda guy?

I just can't get over it either! Can we read about him somewhere... any media coverage of his arrest?

[Blue_true]

14. You will be surprised.

I knew a very left wing, vegan guy once. He actually chose either Bush Sr., or Perot over Clinton. He was a religious type and supposedly hated Clinton’s infidelities.

[SMC22307]

15. Rachel 'Pink Hat' Powell sounded kinda hippie-dippie too.

Well, but for the AR-15 I just read about... the one she gave to a friend to "hold" for her.

[Blue_true]

16. She just sounded mixed-up to me. The scary thing is she homeschooled her kids. nt

[SMC22307]

17. All eight of 'em. Just read that the 4 through 17-year-olds were left at home...

while she stormed DC. The ex-husband is seeking custody.

[Blue_true]

18. She really sounds like a very dangerous follower to me.

Like the Charlie Manson class follower, only rightwing political.

[ret5hd]

20. Manson was all race-war-ish...

Not really what I’d call left wing.

[Freethinker65]

10. I know the feeling. Nick Fuentes had been in my house many times prior to his HS graduation.

[MoonchildCA]

13. Was he always right-wing?

[Freethinker65]

19. Conservative? Yes. Controversial? A bit. An opportunist? You bet.

Honestly don't know if he believes the crap he spews now, but I have heard from others still in contact with him he sure likes the followers, money, and media attention.

[Deuxcents]

21. Please do not reach out to him

Maybe I watch too much tv but a person willing to participate in this insurrection does not deserve your concern. If you left on not good terms, he may retaliate against you or your family. Who knows what has transpired over the years so be safe.

[MoonchildCA]

22. The "not good terms" were more injured feelings on our side.

I would not reach out to him anyway, but I doubt he would be violent. I think he’s just someone prone to extremes in his belief system, and it seems he just wanted to be part of a movement, and maybe get everybody high??

[Talitha]

23. I wouldn't worry about him being violent,

I'd worry about attracting attention from the feds by virtue of the fact that you contacted him... it might lead them to believe you're of a like mind, know what I mean?
Let sleeping dogs lie, as the saying goes.

[MoonchildCA]

25. Let's just say it would make no sense for me to contact him.

I knew him through virtue of my daughter. He was a different person then, even though he did an assholey thing to her back then.
I do know he has a very sweet, caring, and intelligent mother, so if anything can be done to help him, she would know much better than I.