Meet Connor Mitchell Banks, aka "Jiu-Jitsu Groyper," from Burlington, Michigan.
This Nick Fuentes fanboy has been spreading white supremacist garbage on the internet for quite a while. Let's take a closer look. #GroyperSeason
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"Jiu-Jitsu Groyper," with about 2k followers on Twitter and nearly 2k on Gab, is one of the larger America First groyper accounts.
We were able to locate a handful of his handles and name changes, but there are likely more.
We initially noticed Connor's TikTok as one of the accounts that Jon Miller follows. He was wearing an "America First" hat in the profile picture.
His Instagram account revealed that he attended AFPAC in 2022. This piqued our interest... which groyper was he?
Connor M. Banks provided several clues on his own accounts. His jiu-jitsu posts were the first giveaway. A blue belt in a jiu-jitsu photo matched an old groyper profile pic.
Connor posted photos of a revolver and holster to his Instagram and TikTok accounts, which perfectly matched the ones that Jiu-Jitsu Groyper would post regularly.
We noticed Connor Banks frequently wore denim jackets.
"Jiu-Jitsu Groyper" had posted a photo of himself wearing a denim jacket on an Instagram account... and the patches on the jacket perfectly match one that Connor Banks had. And, in that photo, he was with Nick Fuentes.
Nick Fuentes, as many may recall, is the Hitler-endorsing white supremacist who leads part of the "America First" movement, largely consisting of his "groyper army" of young extremists & incels.
Connor M. Banks traveled to see Nick, and he's done so multiple times.
He joined AF's Stop the Steal demonstration in Lansing, Michigan, in 2020.
He was at an anti-vaccine rally in Springfield, Illinois, in 2021.
He traveled to AFPAC in Orlando, Florida, in 2022.
Connor really loves Nick Fuentes, so much that he said that he said this.
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Let's see what other things Connor Mitchell Banks of Burlington, Michigan posts online.
We see racism, antisemitism, white supremacist views, homophobia, violence toward women...
... and Nazi content.
It sure looks like Connor M. Banks of Michigan is actually just a neo-Nazi.
Connor M. Banks pretends to "maintain optics" and has been pretty careful to not get his Twitter suspended again.
That hasn't stopped his mask from slipping whenever he thinks he can get away with it. He later spelled out exactly what being a groyper means to him.
Connor Banks says that being around Black people at work made him racist, which makes this photo he posted smiling next to some Black people at a previous job extra disturbing.
Hey, @MDOT_Southwest, let's not re-hire Connor anytime soon.
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@MDOT_Southwest Connor Banks was also seen mingling with the Kellogg Community College Republicans group about a year ago.
The group does not appear to be active this year, but heads up @Kellogg_CC students and #BattleCreek for this white supremacist around the area.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC One of the most vile things Connor M. Banks of Michigan does is impersonate someone else and use photos of their young niece to be racist. We've censored the images.
We don't care who you are, it's never okay to attack a child online.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC Hey, Connor, is your fiancée okay with your behavior?
We truly hope she isn't endorsing the same views, but we have seen her sporting your NJF "America First" hat in multiple photos online.
NJF, as in Nick J. Fuentes, the person who thinks Hitler was "epic".
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC What's amusing, though, is that Connor constantly fans the flames of infighting. He bows to the whims of Nick Fuentes every time a new enemy queues up in the playlist.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC Here is Connor M. Banks re-posting an image depicting another online personality committing self-harm.
And he's also wishing death on someone else in the America First circles.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC ⚠️ ACTION ITEM ⚠️
Go report the @/JiuJitsuGroyper posts where grown adult Connor M. Banks of Michigan is harassing a literal child (posting photos of a minor) for being Black. Last time we checked the posts are still up.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC We almost didn’t post Connor because the infighting he keeps amplifying can be useful, but the rest of the harm he causes online outweighs any good he can ever do.
This guy is Extremely Online™, but heads up #Michigan, he's awful.
@MDOT_Southwest @Kellogg_CC Shout out to @lonegunmenAFA, who do some great work Michigan, as well as @ExtremeMichigan.
And a big thank you to our anonymous frens for the tips and research assistance.
If you know anything about Connor's current whereabouts, send us a line.
#WeProtectUs
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