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still_one

(92,116 posts)
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:21 PM Sep 2020

Trump-loving biker charged with hate crime for anti-Semitic meltdown over neighbor's Biden sign

A Wisconsin man was charged with a hate crime after an anti-Semitic meltdown over his neighbor’s yard sign.

Gregory Kirst, of Mequon, was charged with disorderly conduct with a hate crime enhancer in connection with the Aug. 30 incident involving his neighbor’s sign expressing support for Democrat Joe Biden, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The 49-year-old Kirst, whose mugshot shows an Outlaws biker gang tattoo on his chest, removed the sign from the neighbor’s yard and yelled at the woman through her screen door, and then swore at her and repeatedly showed his middle finger after she ordered him off the property.

The woman’s husband then confronted Kirst outside, and he called the man a “dirty Jew” and blamed Jewish people for violent clashes in Portland, Oregon.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-loving-biker-charged-with-hate-crime-for-anti-semitic-meltdown-over-neighbors-biden-sign/

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Trump-loving biker charged with hate crime for anti-Semitic meltdown over neighbor's Biden sign (Original Post) still_one Sep 2020 OP
Hmmmm.. That's gotta hurt his street cred. Arrested for yelling about a sign. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #1
Well said still_one Sep 2020 #2
It's also trespassing and assault, which helps his street cred, right? Just sayin'. ancianita Sep 2020 #3
But it's still over a sign. Think it's a net loss on the cred. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #5
Heh heh. I get it. Just sayin' bikers' stories tend to amplify their cred no matter the facts. ancianita Sep 2020 #8
Yep! trixie2 Sep 2020 #39
But he's being a flaming a-hole in public RVN VET71 Sep 2020 #41
"unwashed mofos!" jaxexpat Sep 2020 #44
A wise man, your Papa! RVN VET71 Sep 2020 #53
I don't know. Maybe they got him for ... Whiskeytide Sep 2020 #9
I'm gonna need to see some photos with The Polack MSgt Sep 2020 #11
I see what you did there genxlib Sep 2020 #13
There's a place for you on the Group W bench n/t hibbing Sep 2020 #21
I so glad some here got that one. I thought it would slip! n/t Whiskeytide Sep 2020 #33
8x10 color glossy photographs with circles & arrows & a paragraph on the back... CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #36
Just hope the judge isn't blind. nm reACTIONary Sep 2020 #52
Hahaha! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #17
Too late. He's committed. Tattoos are forever. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #46
True SheltieLover Sep 2020 #48
Sounds like one of those triggered snowflakes I keep hearing about. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #31
Littering and.... maxrandb Sep 2020 #51
I am so looking forward to this man crawling back under his rock! BLEAH. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #4
Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #6
HA Old man yells at sign . Creepy violent version lunasun Sep 2020 #14
Oh no, not Fat Gandolf!! Grokenstein Sep 2020 #32
Some kind of nazi rose thing in the middle there? Maru Kitteh Sep 2020 #42
Wonder if he's got a long criminal history? Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #7
He has a history of violence: dalton99a Sep 2020 #10
I figured. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #16
my daughter was a manager for cosi sandwiches. they had that too. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #38
Yeah, it was one of the reasons that I left that job too. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #49
cosi got paid to place them. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #50
He's got a record and he owns a tattoo parlor. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2020 #12
Yep, the other charges for for battery, I think. Nice fellow. Prick. CurtEastPoint Sep 2020 #19
Horseshit Tattoo? Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #26
I fear we will see worse when Trump loses... Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #15
This much anger over a yard sign. CrispyQ Sep 2020 #18
Anger does seem to be a common denominator with them. KS Toronado Sep 2020 #24
He wasn't yelling. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #20
He might have a promising future as a Fox commentator. n/t Silent3 Sep 2020 #22
Hmmm, I see that he has a mugshot. MrScorpio Sep 2020 #23
49? He looks not a day under 79 Dukkha Sep 2020 #25
Lifestyle paleotn Sep 2020 #28
...And people say love thy neighbor?...No thanks! NOT this one! Illumination Sep 2020 #27
When I use to live in scarlet, red land..... paleotn Sep 2020 #30
LOL! That's hilarious! Will make a note of that! Thanks paleotn!... Illumination Sep 2020 #34
Medal of Freedumb candidate... asiliveandbreathe Sep 2020 #29
Just lock him the fuck up. No patience for this anymore. Actually, never did.... Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #35
Wait a minute? The let a neighbor talk him into coming out to be arrested?!?! berni_mccoy Sep 2020 #37
My phone beeped as I was reading the charges, and I read "hate crime chaser". I suspect that niyad Sep 2020 #40
I find it somewhat weirdly amusing PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #43
wow..glad he was arrested. Glad the couple are safe Demovictory9 Sep 2020 #45
"Kirst eventually returned home, where he created a [omitted] sign on a white sheet" JHB Sep 2020 #47
I just pulled the asshats records. TruckFump Sep 2020 #54
What would I do if someone like that yelled such things at my wife MineralMan Sep 2020 #55

ancianita

(36,017 posts)
8. Heh heh. I get it. Just sayin' bikers' stories tend to amplify their cred no matter the facts.
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:35 PM
Sep 2020

Such snowflakes, really.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
41. But he's being a flaming a-hole in public
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 04:52 PM
Sep 2020

So that negates the loss. And yelling and middle-finger saluting a woman gives him even more credit with his douche bag buds, little tantrum throwing sissy ass unwashed mofos!

jaxexpat

(6,815 posts)
44. "unwashed mofos!"
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:20 PM
Sep 2020

Reminds me of what my dad used to say about bullies, "they're not bad, they just smell bad."

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)
11. I'm gonna need to see some photos with
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:42 PM
Sep 2020

descriptions and diagrams on the back explaining what each one was...

CaptainTruth

(6,583 posts)
36. 8x10 color glossy photographs with circles & arrows & a paragraph on the back...
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 04:07 PM
Sep 2020

...explaining what it was to be used as evidence against us.

I totally got it!

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
17. Hahaha!
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:53 PM
Sep 2020

I wonder if he is beginning to realize what a loser chumputin is & how he was duped. At all costs, must direct anger at wrong target. Idiot

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
7. Wonder if he's got a long criminal history?
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:34 PM
Sep 2020

I'd pretty much expect that from an "Outlaws" member.

My most racist white coworkers often had spent some time in prison. I don't know if they "learned" it there or not, but several prisons have race-based gangs.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
16. I figured.
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:52 PM
Sep 2020

Just found this survey of white prisoners which didn't surprise me either, based on my previous coworkers. (Ohio has a program that offers tax breaks for hiring convicted felons, and one of my previous employers took advantage of it.)

Trump's Surprising Popularity in Prison
Many incarcerated white people said they'd re-elect the president—if given the chance.


https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/03/12/trump-s-surprising-popularity-in-prison

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
38. my daughter was a manager for cosi sandwiches. they had that too.
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 04:39 PM
Sep 2020

think they might have dumped it after the brother of the the guy who killed jennifer husdon's family members ripped off her store.
she didnt last long there, anyway. f'd up company. told her to remodel her store, in less than a week, then got pissy about the bill.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
49. Yeah, it was one of the reasons that I left that job too.
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:53 PM
Sep 2020

It was an okay place to work, but then every new guy they hired was a convicted felon. And those guys often acted boastful about it, like they were all wiser and had "seen it all" because they had served time in prison. It seemed like it couldn't be random chance after awhile, and finally one of the supervisors told me that the company had decided to hire felons for the tax breaks.

I always felt bad that felons would often struggle to find jobs or apartments for a previous mistake, effectively punishing them forever, but I have to admit that place was more dangerous and unpleasant after those guys were hired.

Got so sick of hearing about their "prison rules" -- e.g., "That f**ker is lucky he didn't do that in prison! Everyone in prison knows they have to courtesy flush immediately after using the toilet! You don't just sit on it and let the stink spread!" (Which is indeed courteous and something that I always did in public restrooms anyway, but it was like those guys were always seeking a reason to get offended and then hurt somebody.)

They'd usually compliment me for being nice and respectful to everyone, but even that came across as a veiled threat to me sometimes, like, "And you better stay that way or else!"

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
15. I fear we will see worse when Trump loses...
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:50 PM
Sep 2020

Some of these nutjobs are going to snap and blow up a building or shoot up a mall.

CrispyQ

(36,446 posts)
18. This much anger over a yard sign.
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:54 PM
Sep 2020
Anger is a common denominator with the trumpers. He is angry. They are angry.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
28. Lifestyle
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 03:42 PM
Sep 2020

The type doesn't burn the candle on both ends, so to speak. They dose it with gasoline and set the entire thing on fire. Luckily, they rid us of their presence at a relatively early age. My heart does not bleed.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
30. When I use to live in scarlet, red land.....
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 03:45 PM
Sep 2020

my response to "Love thy neighbor was "Jesus never lived in my neighborhood. If he did, he'd get that whip out again."

 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
37. Wait a minute? The let a neighbor talk him into coming out to be arrested?!?!
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 04:13 PM
Sep 2020

Why didn’t they batter his door down with guns a blazing?!?!

niyad

(113,235 posts)
40. My phone beeped as I was reading the charges, and I read "hate crime chaser". I suspect that
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 04:52 PM
Sep 2020

biker boi had several chasers before his little meltdown.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)
43. I find it somewhat weirdly amusing
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:00 PM
Sep 2020

that he uses his dislike of a Biden yard sign to go anti-Semitic. And that he then made his own "Jews for Trump" sign. Clearly he's not dealing with a full deck.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
47. "Kirst eventually returned home, where he created a [omitted] sign on a white sheet"
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:24 PM
Sep 2020

See, there's a dedicated man: Sacrificed his best suit for his convictions.

Or, rather, conviction.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
54. I just pulled the asshats records.
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 09:32 AM
Sep 2020

He has several convictions for battery and one for a felony burglary.

MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
55. What would I do if someone like that yelled such things at my wife
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 09:49 AM
Sep 2020

from my front walk? Simple. I'd come outside, after getting my 12 ga. shotgun from its hiding place. I'd come out with it at port arms with a 00 round in the chamber and say, in my coldest possible voice, to the asshole: "Get off my property, and don't come back here ever!"

That's what I'd do. I'd stand my ground and have backup for my stance. He would leave.

But, that's just me.

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