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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,899 posts)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 08:00 PM Mar 2021

A QAnon supporter drove 800 miles to DC for March 4 and was 'willing to die' to realize his 'crazy

stupid' plans

An armed QAnon devotee drove 800 miles from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, and had plans to do something "crazy stupid," according to a criminal complaint first reported on by the Daily Beast.

Ian Alan Olson was in DC ahead of March 4 - a highly anticipated date for QAnon followers. Some believers of the discredited conspiracy thought that the day would result in former President Donald Trump's reinstatement and the beginning of "The Storm."

The day before this failed fantasy date, Olson told a member of the National Guard that he was "maybe going to do something crazy stupid tomorrow."

Shortly after, Olson was approached by Capitol police. He told the police officer that he wanted to "test the National Guard tomorrow to see if they were loyal to the people or to the President," according to the complaint.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-supporter-drove-800-miles-130733612.html

Obviously he failed. L O S E R
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A QAnon supporter drove 800 miles to DC for March 4 and was 'willing to die' to realize his 'crazy (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
and Tamar Rice had a plastic toy gun demtenjeep Mar 2021 #1
"loyal to the people or to the President" Takket Mar 2021 #2
They went to his place and found a real one. nt Justice matters. Mar 2021 #8
Crazy? Check. Stupid? Check. Death? Fail. Marcuse Mar 2021 #3
How many more dangerous crazies like that other domestic terRorist is Qasson creating? Justice matters. Mar 2021 #4
I haven't been following the news lately SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #5
They moved the date back from 3/4 jml510 Mar 2021 #7
Yup. Dumb Fuck Loser! ffr Mar 2021 #6
Folks, it gets even better jmowreader Mar 2021 #9

Takket

(23,550 posts)
2. "loyal to the people or to the President"
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 08:31 PM
Mar 2021

they are loyal to both... which is why this lunatic is lucky he only shot a paint ball gun or he'd be a corpse right now.

Justice matters.

(9,553 posts)
4. How many more dangerous crazies like that other domestic terRorist is Qasson creating?
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:44 PM
Mar 2021
How many more of these cRacpots will it take before those responsible for cReating them will get their due process?

jmowreader

(52,992 posts)
9. Folks, it gets even better
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 03:59 AM
Mar 2021

And by "better" I mean "more batshit insane."

https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-qanon-backer-accused-of-firing-paintballs-at-soldiers/35895484

After this fucking idiot got back from DC, he went to the Wisconsin Army Reserve Center, shouted "This is for America!" and fired paintball rounds at two reservists.

He missed.

The soldiers then went all Ndamukong Suh on his ass. They tackled him so fucking hard it left a dent in the ground, then sat on the idiot until the cops arrived.

When the cops got him back to the station, he said he would cause a "mass casualty" event and people would "remember his name." He also says that he went to DC to test whether the National Guard troops there were loyal to the president or to Qanon. The complaint also says that he told the officers, "I am ready for this. How many people need to die for a message to get across?"

The man also owns "armor piercing bullets" (I suspect they're just M855s for the AR15, which aren't really AP rounds) and "several guns."

He's staring at federal felony charges of attacking US servicemembers on account of their service and for assaulting officers. He's also looking at state-level misdemeanors for attempted battery and disorderly conduct. He's still in jail.

This is a man who can never leave prison. He is too dangerous to be among the public.

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