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15 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
BREAKING: The FBI has now charged an 18-year-old Texas National Guard member in the Beth Israel synagogue fire in Austin. An unsealed criminal complaint includes racist and anti-Semitic entries from his personal journal. Franklin Sechriest already was facing state charges. (1/3)
Agents also said they found stickers in his Jeep that said: “They hate your culture…They hate your religion…They hate your children. It’s OK to hate them back.” The document said that soon before the Oct. 31 fire, he wrote in his journal “Scout out a target.” (2/3)
Officials make no mention in the complaint that they believe he is part of a larger group but are still investigating. The fire came after a series of anti-Semitic events in Austin in recent weeks. Sechriest was transferred into federal custody this morning.
FULL STORY: statesman.com/story/news/pol…
As a point of clarification, Sechriest is a member of the Texas State Guard, which is deployed statewide, not the Texas National Guard.

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