I was there in person. My takeaway about each Council member’s condemnation of the overt racism was they felt they had to say something about it in order to get to their real outrage: that member Butch Twining was photographed at the event and accused of being a Nazi, a fascist, and a racist. Twining opened with full-throated anger that the racists had taken over a peaceful vigil. His words there were exactly what should have been said days ago. But the effect was lost when his focus turned to how he was the victim.
The dude, Luke Dennis, is our local Proud Boy who is campaign sign hanger (“duh, I can deliver signs, too”)for every politician on the dais up there.
They own him, and that’s not a bargain.
His tag “Luke Skywalker, and out” is his Proud Boy cosplay. Bonkers.
Please don’t disparage brain worms like that.
Skywalker looks like the ‘riods finally did him in; lawsuits to follow?
Meanwhile, Butch was on the dais texting insults on local forum about the very woman he threatened to sue for slander.
Can’t make this crap up.
I was there in person. My takeaway about each Council member’s condemnation of the overt racism was they felt they had to say something about it in order to get to their real outrage: that member Butch Twining was photographed at the event and accused of being a Nazi, a fascist, and a racist. Twining opened with full-throated anger that the racists had taken over a peaceful vigil. His words there were exactly what should have been said days ago. But the effect was lost when his focus turned to how he was the victim.
True story. Butch was filmed standing there, just standing there, during the Patriot Front Nazi chants.
Revisionist history, and too little, too late.