THREAD: I managed to get on the phone just now with "boogaloo boy" Mike Dunn, who was apparently arrested last night according to a tweet on his account shortly before it went down.
For context: I've covered Mike's activism a lot and he is a subject of a documentary on the way.
For context: I've covered Mike's activism a lot and he is a subject of a documentary on the way.
Dunn told me by phone that he had been doing firearms training with a man in Maine who he realized in the process was a "Nazi" under the influence of drugs.
Dunn says their disagreements boiled over when he realized this person could be dangerous and wanted by authorities.
Dunn says their disagreements boiled over when he realized this person could be dangerous and wanted by authorities.
He describes fearing that this person would "violate the non-aggression principle against innocents" (a libertarian principle against initiating violence), taking his guns away, and driving to a police station with them to turn himself and the weapons in.
Dunn says police at the station then arrested him at gunpoint but released him in the morning.
He is unclear on charges he could be facing, but he believes a federal warrant is out for the arrest of the other individual.
For now, Mike says, he plans to return to Virginia.
He is unclear on charges he could be facing, but he believes a federal warrant is out for the arrest of the other individual.
For now, Mike says, he plans to return to Virginia.
A video circulating on Twitter was apparently posted by one of Mike's allies and shows messages he left last night.
He describes that "some bad stuff went down" and another person may be arrested but he's going to be "walking free because I haven't done anything wrong."
He describes that "some bad stuff went down" and another person may be arrested but he's going to be "walking free because I haven't done anything wrong."
This thread by an apparent third party to the incident Mike Dunn was in tells a very different story than the one he told me.
Ordinarily, I report on what I film, so it’s indisputably proven.
This situation is obviously extremely complicated, and I don’t want to speculate.
Ordinarily, I report on what I film, so it’s indisputably proven.
This situation is obviously extremely complicated, and I don’t want to speculate.
https://twitter.com/tommypaineviii/status/1357361170852704258
One particularly standout clip is they seem to have recorded a video where Dunn’s apparent ex-friend set fire to a patch Dunn used to wear.
This was presumably taken some time after Dunn turned himself in.
This was presumably taken some time after Dunn turned himself in.
https://twitter.com/tommypaineviii/status/1357362309346119682
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