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Tanuki

(15,917 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 08:03 AM Tuesday

Armed man arrested at Nashville No Kings has long history of fascination with Nazis, mass murders

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/armed-man-arrested-at-nashvilles-no-kings-protest-had-long-fascination-with-nazis-mass-murder

"An armed man arrested Saturday during Nashville’s “No Kings” protest has a long history of fascination with Nazis and mass murderers, and he was already on the FBI's radar, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has learned.

Elijah Millar, 19, of Murfreesboro, was arrested Saturday after he “brandished” a handgun while clashing with a few of the thousands of protesters who attended the peaceful rally in downtown Nashville, according to the arrest warrant taken out by Metro Nashville police.

Millar was later released on bond.
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A review of Millar’s social media by NewsChannel 5 Investigates shows a fascination with a horrific mass murder in 2011 in Norway that left 77 people dead, including children at a youth camp. Millar expressed admiration for the neo-Nazi who carried out the killings."....(more at link)
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Armed man arrested at Nashville No Kings has long history of fascination with Nazis, mass murders (Original Post) Tanuki Tuesday OP
Sounds like Trump's kind of guy. B.See Tuesday #1
So in that LONG history, any brain damage, cousins marrying, comas, drug overdoses, DUIs and/or accidents? Brainfodder Tuesday #2
Odds are good... SheltieLover Tuesday #3
From the linked article: Tanuki Tuesday #4

Brainfodder

(7,438 posts)
2. So in that LONG history, any brain damage, cousins marrying, comas, drug overdoses, DUIs and/or accidents?
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 08:11 AM
Tuesday

Keyword: and/or?

Tanuki

(15,917 posts)
4. From the linked article:
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 09:05 AM
Tuesday

..."In 2023, a post from Murfreesboro police shows he had been reported missing by his family. At the time, he was described as "autistic but high functioning."

A photo shared by a friend on X shows the moment Millar was taken into custody in Ohio. According to an online record, he was charged with possessing a weapon while under disability.

Yet, there he was among the “No Kings” protest carrying what police describe as a semi-automatic handgun in a holster on his right side.

On his cap, he wore a "Dark Enlightenment" patch linked to a neo-reactionary theory that calls for ending democracy."...(from link)

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