A woke bicyclist was caught on video earlier this month kicking, then torching a “Trump Won” yard sign and running away in Raleigh, North Carolina.
What are the details?
The owner of the sign is John Kane, a local businessman and Republican political activist, the Daily Mail said.
Kane on Friday posted home surveillance video of the incident on social media, asking viewers to “help me make him a felon” and offering a $1,000 reward.
The first part of the clip shows the bicyclist pulling up to the yard sign just after 7 a.m. Aug. 12 and kicking it five times with his right foot; realizing his efforts are futile, he quickly pedals away.
Image source: X video screenshot via @johnmkane1776
The clip continues with what appears to be the same bicyclist walking up to the sign at 4:19 a.m. Aug. 15 and setting it on fire before running off.
Image source: X video screenshot via @johnmkane1776
Image source: X video screenshot via @johnmkane1776
Screenshots from that same morning show the “Trump Won” sign burning up and then completely gone.
Yet another video segment shows what appears to be the same bicyclist setting on fire a new “Trump Won” sign on the property and again running off. The time stamp reads Feb. 18, but Kane noted that the correct date actually is Aug. 18. What appears to ash covers the bottom part of the sign’s frame.
Image source: X video screenshot via @johnmkane1776
Here’s the clip:
Attorney James R. Lawrence III on Saturday added: “Regardless of what the Wake County District Attorney’s office does with this video, accountability is coming. [Kane], the owner of the burned sign in this video, has retained me to file a lawsuit against this pyro-activist once he is identified.”
Conservative commentators Tim Pool and Benny Johnson each offered $5,000 to the reward for finding the culprit.
Anything else?
The Daily Mail said Kane recently ran for the chairmanship of North Carolina’s Republican Party but lost to incumbent chairman Michael Whatley. The outlet, citing the Carolina Journal, said several pro-Kane delegates filed a lawsuit challenging the results. The Daily Mail reported that the suit claimed a mobile app used for voting violated party rules, adding that the status of the suit was not immediately clear.
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