Posted on 10/26/2021 1:06:09 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A grand jury has indicted the leader of an armed, self-proclaimed militia that protested in Louisville during the 2020 riots on new state charges, accused of pointing an assault rifle at officers and a federal agent on the roof of a downtown Louisville building last September.
Johnson claimed he didn’t realize it was officers until he turned on the light on top of his rifle.
The Not F******* Around Coalition, or NFAC, is led by John Fitzgerald Johnson, better known as Grandmaster Jay. A grand jury indicted him on Wednesday on five counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree, a felony.
Johnson is also facing federal charges, including one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and one count of brandishing a firearm in connection with a violent crime. Johnson faces a minimum of three years in prison and a maximum of 27 years for the federal charges.
“He said that he was concerned about kids shooting paintballs off the roof,” Sgt. Chris Lane of the FBI Public Corruption and Civil Rights Task Force said during a previous court hearing. “Our response was, ‘Is it a good idea to point rifles at kids?’ He said, ‘No, probably not.’”
This is not Johnson’s first run-in with the law. WAVE 3 News Troubleshooters obtained Johnson’s military records for a previous investigation using the Freedom of Information Act. It revealed that Johnson had been demoted and discharged from the United States Army not once, but twice. In both cases, Johnson received an “other than honorable discharge.”
Johnson worked as a Single Channel Radio Operator and a Personnel Administration Specialist. There are numerous military police records from that period that show multiple arrests.
Johnson was arrested and charged with punching a woman in the face with a closed fist in March 1995. Security guards escorted him out of a nightclub, according to the report, who waited for him at the entrance. Johnson then reportedly took a shotgun from his car’s trunk, pointed it at them, and “told them he was going to kill them.” The guards then ran inside the club and shut the door in fear of their lives.
The bond for Johnson after that arrest was set at $85,523.
During his military career, he was arrested for allegedly altering a public document, making a false official statement, larceny of government property, impersonating an officer, trespassing on a military installation, communicating threats, and carrying a concealed weapon on post.
According to another military report, Johnson reached into his trunk for a Bushmaster rifle during an argument with his wife. Johnson allegedly threatened to kill his wife and her platoon sergeant, who was also present, as she tried to stop him.
Johnson was also chastised in the music industry for attempting to pass DJ Jazzy Jeff’s music off as his own during a DJing machine commercial.
“Do you know me?” Johnson says in the video. “If you don’t, well you’re about to.”
The music Johnson was playing on the machine was taken from a DJ Jazzy Jeff live performance.
“I don’t care if you are the worst DJ in the world ... I’ll give you credit,” DJ Jazzy Jeff wrote in an Instagram post. “JUST DONT FAKE IT.”
Johnson is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 25 to face the wanton endangerment charges.
Holy crap on a cracker!
update on a Jamaican tale that was posted on FR recently. lengthy, with plenty of links:
26 Oct: Insider.com: A pastor whom authorities said sacrificed humans was killed in a police car crash on his way to be charged
by Matthew Loh
Kevin Smith, the leader of Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, died while being transported from Montego Bay to Kingston to face charges connected with several ritual killings, reported local news outlet Jamaica Observer. (LINK)
Police were moving Smith and another suspect in two cars, one of which overturned — killing Smith and a police officer while seriously injuring two more officers, said spokesperson Senior Superintendent of Police Stephanie Lindsay to the Observer...
https://www.insider.com/leader-killing-ritual-cult-jamaica-dies-police-crash-way-court-2021-10
I thought this was an article about Run DMC.
This thread is weird.
Ping; NFAC leadership.
Same.
Run-D.M.C.
rundmc.com
Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-D.M.C. is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture. Run-D.M.C. is one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s who, along with LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy, signified the advent of the new school of hip-hop music. Run-D.M.C. were the first group in the genre to have a gold album and be nominated for a Grammy Award. They were the first to earn a platinum record, the first to earn a multiplatinum certification, the first to have videos on MTV, and the first to appear on American Bandstand and the cover of Rolling Stone. Run-D.M.C. was the only hip hop act to perform at Live Aid in 1985.
Wikipedia
Origin:
Hollis, Queens, New York, U.S.
Genres:
Hip hop, rap rock
Years active:
1981–2002
Labels:
Profile, Arista/BMG
Associated acts:
Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin, Aerosmith, Jason Nevins, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, Nas, Method Man
Past members:
Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell (deceased)
Yes, lol!
Don’t you mean “Run DNC”?
https://www.rt.com/usa/495109-nfac-black-militia-blm/NFAC, the masked, armed black militia that recently marched through a park in Georgia, deems violence and killing an acceptable response to oppression. Their end goal is to break away from the US as their own black-only nation.
I thought only rappers were stupid enough to call themselves “grandmaster”.
What a twit.
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