Trash day continues with the next stop on our #NameTheBozoTour. We have a special 3-for-1 sale with a closer look at the Canadians who made the trip down to Tennessee for GDL's neo-Nazi clown show.
First up, "Ryan Krieger" aka Ryan Scott McCann of Ontario, Canada.
Ryan McCann made headlines this week after he was charged with felony aggravated assault for beating a Nashville bartender with a carbon fiber flagpole flying a black & red swastika flag.
Although his bond was reduced this week to $50k, it appears he has an Immigration & Customs Enforcement hold according to Davidson County's jail website.
Previously unknown prior to his arrest, Ryan McCann is known on Telegram as "Ryan Krieger." In his profile pic, McCann is wearing a skull mask & BK crown which has become a meme in Nazi circles after a man in a BK crown was kicked off a Jet Blue flight for a racist tantrum.
Joining McCann for the trip is fellow Canadian Antoni Stipan Knezovic of Ontario. Knezovic and his wife Michelle (née Karpatfi) are active in GDL's Telegram chat as Ante Kaye and Miss Kaye respectively.
It is unclear if Michelle made the trip with her husband, but Antoni Knezovic's unmasked mug has joined Jon Minadeo's gang of goons at several actions across Nashville this week throwing Nazi salutes and yelling racist & homophobic slurs.
Antoni Knezovic's was identified due to his unmasked face at multiple GDL demonstrations across Nashville this week and confirmed through comments he made in GDL's Telegram chat. In April, he admitted his first name is Tony and later chimed in to say he is from Canada.
GDL is planning to be in the Nashville area through July 22, although at least one of their Canadian members has had his trip involuntarily extended. Neo-Nazi Ryan McCann is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week in Davidson County Court.
Update: Got ‘em 🤡
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Although Jon Minadeo’s neo-Nazi clown show has finally moved on and left Tennessee, our #NameTheBozoTour continues with a closer look at another Texas-based GDL member known as Bastian whom we are now identifying as 26-year-old Bryan Parker Bishop of Frisco, TX.
Bryan Bishop joined GDL for the first leg of their traveling hate tour in Nashville last month and was spotted just this week at a @FCDallas @MLS match at @ToyotaStadiumTX where he was wearing a GDL shirt that said “Pro-White” on the front in @NASCAR style lettering…
…And the slogan “WAR: Whites Against Replacement” on the back. Bryan Bishop posted video of himself at the match with the caption “surrounded by [epithet]” and later posted a follow up showing him getting his phone slapped out of his hand.
Following the arrest last weekend of Canadian neo-Nazi Ryan McCann for felony aggravated assault in the daytime attack of a Nashville bartender with a flagpole, members of GDL’s Telegram chat have been seething.
One particular user - an account by the name of "Schwetty Balls" - has been particularly unhinged, making increasingly escalating threats against both the bartender from last Sunday's incident and the establishment he works for.
59-year old David Aaron Bloyed of Desoto, TX was first identified as "Schwetty Balls" by @TexasObserver last year after he was cited by police for distributing GDL propaganda around Fort Worth.
In a bizarre @Medium profile he created just last month, Patrick Cash is pictured in official @NASCAR cosplay and describes how his “relentless dedication & unwavering focus caught the attention of racing scouts, leading to his debut in the NASCAR scene.”
Speaking in the third person, he writes: “With each race, Patrick Cash solidifies his place among the elite, fearlessly navigating the twists and turns of the track, fueled by a relentless pursuit of victory and the support of his loyal fans.”
Zane Morris' unmasked presence was first noted at several GDL appearances across Nashville this week. On Sunday, he joined the group to harass bystanders on Broadway and was present during a fight which resulted in the arrest of GDL clown Ryan McCann for assaulting a bartender.
Flying a swastika flag, Zane Morris would later join the hate group for a banner drop from an I-65 overpass. The next day, he joined GDL for an afternoon demonstration outside of West End Synagogue followed by a failed attempt to disrupt Nashville's city council meeting.
Earlier this month, a bombshell report from @Hatewatch revealed the existence of clandestine training sessions held by neo-Nazi groups including Tennessee Active Club (TNAC) & the Vinland Rebels (VR) in the private gym above Lewis Country Store in Nashville. 🧵
In this thread, we will take a closer look at the Tennessee chapter of the Vinland Rebels and one of its members, Robert Bray, who was first identified by @RawStory as a former Proud Boy who joined Sean Kauffmann in terrorizing a drag show in Cookeville earlier this year.
Last February, neo-Nazis from the Tennessee Active Club descended on the small town of Dickson, TN to intimidate an adults-only (21+) drag show.
With them was one of TN AC’s newest members who we are now identifying as William Allen Migala of Clarksville, TN. 🧵
Online, he hides behind the pseudonym ‘Viking Will’ and has described himself as a “Nazi Odinist.” His now-deleted Telegram channel featured a number of gym mirror selfies and bodybuilding pics. These photos enabled us to identify Migala and the gym they were taken at.
In a video posted in February to his Telegram channel, Migala gave a shoutout to his “brothers” in the Tennessee Active Club and made violent threats: “We’re talking real war - violence, bullets, killing, death…”