Summary
Police in Berwyn, Illinois, responded to an altercation involving white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Marla Rose, a woman who reportedly confronted him at his home after his address was doxxed.
Rose claims Fuentes sprayed her with a liquid, took her phone, and pushed her. She posted and later deleted a video of the incident and has since faced online harassment, including “swatting.”
Both Rose and Fuentes are currently refusing to cooperate with police, leaving the investigation stalled.
Fuentes and far-right commentators defended his actions, citing self-defense.
I am confused as to why Rose would not cooperate with police. It’s certainly her right, but I don’t understand the choice. Maybe it’s “Oh fuck I did not want this attention, just go away”?
Non-zero chance there’s lots of Fuentes fans amongst that group. She’s probably already getting a bunch of death threats virtually, why would you want that in person as well. Especially when you know that as things are dragged out through the legal system it’s not going to end up mattering anyway because that flavor of person doesn’t appear to have legal culpability for anything.
Doesn’t bode well for the future.
Yeah, in general I am not hearing nearly enough about the high numbers of MAGA people in the police and the military. I’m not sure most folks have considered the gravity of that tendency.
I have seen arguments like “well let’s see Trump try X or Y; I’m sure the military would step in”. But like, what? If the military steps in it certainly won’t be to stop Trump. Quite the opposite.
Military actually leaned Biden in 2020:
Not sure how things stand in 2024 but I can’t imagine Trump shitting on a bunch of generals who called him a fascist would help much.
Military veterans seem to support Trump more though, not sure why specifically. And lots of vets in the police. So that might be a different story.
I’d argue he is aware of this, though, which is probably why he is looking towards purging various groups of ideological mismatches.
I don’t understand anyone here who says this lady is in the wrong. If he felt threatened or whatever then don’t answer the door? Call the police? Instead he opens the door to attack. People saying “oh that was dumb she was asking for it”, wow no.
It is possible for two people in a situation to both make poor decisions.
Have you ever seen a more punchable face?
How easily we forget.
No such thing a self-defense for a walking rape threat.
Little bitey chihuahua trying to look tough.
This take is dumb…
I’m all for finding these people where they live but she went there alone and seems to have had a dumb plan. She didn’t think she may confronted or possibly assaulted? And hey, the guy may have been within his rights
I hope more people show up next time, with a better plan
