Posted on 09/09/2022 6:50:01 PM PDT by lightman
A black male suspect has been identified as the repeat vandalism suspect accused of defacing the Rainbow Crosswalk in Atlanta, Georgia, last month with swastikas after leftists online blamed white supremacy for the spray paint across the LGBTQ street art, a cultural landmark known as the city's emblem of gay pride.
30-year-old Jonah Jade Sampson is charged with criminal trespass, felony interference with government property, and three counts of second-degree criminal damage to property for allegedly vandalizing the rainbow stripes painted at the intersection of 10th St and Piedmont Ave in mid-town Atlanta on two separate occasions.
Surveillance video captured the suspect twice spray-painting a swastika over the Rainbow Crosswalk on Aug. 17 and another swastika along with an anti-gay slur later on Aug. 19. That same week, authorities discovered another swastika painted on a monument outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta building. APD spokeswoman TaSheena Brown told local media outlets that Sampson is a suspect as well in the Federal Reserve vandalism.
Warrants were issued and Sampson was arrested on Aug. 19 following an hours-long stand-off with local law enforcement, including a SWAT team that was dispatched to the scene, at the suspect's apartment building. Sampson was taken into police custody after he exited the residence, according to an APD press release.
Jail records show Sampson was booked at Fulton County Jail on $77,500 bond. One count of criminal trespass was dismissed against Sampson because the warrant did not identify the value of the damaged property as required by Georgia Code § 16-7-21, a dismissal order filed on Aug. 24 in Fulton County Superior Court says.
Sampson's next court date is yet to be determined but he was ordered during his first courtroom appearance on Aug. 20 to "stay away" from the LGBTQ-friendly Saint Mark United Methodist Church, which was also a nearby target of recent vandalism, as a condition of release. The church was informed by police that the same suspected vandal threw bricks at its windows, WSB-TV reported. (Plexiglass covering the 100-year-old stained glass window protected it from any damage.) The attack took place right after the parish reinstalled its Pride flag.
The city's LGBTQ Liaison Unit was notified about the crosswalk incident and the Atlanta Department of Transportation cleaned the graffiti. "Atlanta Police immediately notified the Mayor's Office of the matter, then ATLDOT scrambled a crew—in the rain—to remove the disgusting act of vandalism from our street. We thank the women and men of ATLDOT and APD for erasing the hate that has no place in our city in a such [sic] a swift and efficient manner," said Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' press secretary Michael Smith in a press statement.
"When you have a swastika, when you have homophobic graffiti, of course it's a hate crime," APD's interim chief Darin Schierbaum said, per The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "The motivation is to intimidate. The motivation is to spread hate, and this city doesn't have any room for hate, and this police department doesn't tolerate hate."
WATCH: BREAKING - Another swastika, anti-gay slur appear on Midtown’s rainbow crosswalk - https://t.co/ccTYCQEZO7 #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/hzljTuq8iy — John Spink (@johnjspink) August 19, 2022
After leftist activists on social media claimed that white supremacists were responsible for the vandalism, it's been revealed that Sampson has posted online content consistent with "anti-[S]emitic black identity extremism." Investigative journalist Andy Ngo was the first to find Sampson's posts expressing black nationalist views.
On his since-deleted Instagram account "@pioneers553," Sampson posted ramblings about carrying out fatal shootings. Sampson's last post is a graphic of the Nazi Germany flag with the black swastika in its center.
"WHY ARE THEY KILLING AND MISTREATING BACK PEOPLE WE[']RE KINGS AND QUEENS," Sampson wrote in an entry on a note-taking app. He added, "REBEL WAR STARTERS ITS IN THE DNA."
"WE FINNA TURN GUNS ON YOU GUYS," Sampson captioned the Instagram post on Aug. 11.
At the beginning of July, he said, "We [are the] master Race," asserting that "Adam & Eve was Black." Sampson said he doesn't "give a f*ck what a [Jehovah's Witnesses] publication say," maintaining that "They wasn't white I Repeat." Sampson said that the Christian denomination portraying the biblical figures as white is "DISRESPECTFUL" and inaccurate. "THEY TRYNA TEACH US BUT DONT HAVE THE GENESIS ACCOUNT RIGHT. THEY KNOW THE BLACK RACE IS THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE HUMAN RACE CAUSE ADAM & EVE WAS BLACK," he argued. "De Facto World Ruler every jurisdiction and municipality every inch, is a Street N*gg*," he wrote on July 2. "The Devil made sure of That cause he knows blacks Gon f*ck it up like no Other."
"WHITE PPL FEAR YOUNG NIGG*S FOR A REASON THEY IN THE TRAP. ALL MY YOUNG NIGGAS LETS GET DIS MONEY!!!!" Sampson proclaimed on Aug. 15. "THE WORLD IS OURS," he told his Instagram followers. "DEM WHITE FOLKS BROUGHT US TO AMERICA FOR A REASON, SO WE CAN BLOOD SLATTT THEM. AND MY FOLKS NATIVE AMERICAN. THIS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING!!!!" the caption reads.
Another one of Sampson's posts via Notes entry declares: "F*CK A [sic] ANGLO-AMERICA. ONE THING FOR SURE THEY FINNA GET OUTTA AFRICA THEM MY DIAMONDS. BULLETTSSSSSSSSSSS."
Sampson's July 26 Instagram post was captioned: "WARFARE.
Sampson often posed with guns on Instagram. In an Instagram story from over 50 weeks ago, Sampson photographed himself aiming a rifle at a gun range with the accompanying text "Practice makes Perfect."
"Skinny Jeans with a Weapon," Sampson captioned another gun picture on June 26, this time holding a black handgun. "I'm the Fuuture [sic] and the Present AIMING ATCHO TOP TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER."
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Another member of the Jussie club.
When will authorities start protecting the American flag - and historic pieces of outdoor art - like they protect the paint on asphalt?
It is bad enough that the man is a white supremacist, but for him to appear in blackface is a bridge too far!
Aren’t white people the most pro-LGBT racial group? It isn’t Africa and Asia that have legalized gay marriage, it’s western Europe and Five Eyes nations.
That right there was funny
Well done
This was known 2 weeks ago. Not trying to be a jerk, but jst saying.
https://twitter.com/kpcswd/status/1563154125872762881
How many times have we seen this. Not enough racism so the Blacks have to create their own.
A real white supremacist would have been able to freehand a better-looking swastika than that.
Truly incredible just how tupid a good many negroes are. I thought it was just an old cultural saw down here. But no, it is all too true. This person has stupid stamped on his face.Before this ends there will be many dead.
They’re gone. The white supremacist no longer exists.
It’s just bad lighting, sez the Dumbocrat; he looks white to me.
You win the thread!
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One of Jussie’s buddies?
This was known 2 weeks ago.Did someone prevent you from posting it here genius?
Not everyone is a twittering twat.
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