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The Orange County mass shooter who killed one and injured several others this weekend, citing hatred of ethnic Taiwanese people as his rationale, is roommates with SoCal white supremacist Jourdin Davis, a well-known associate of neo-nazi Rise Above Movement. https://twitter.com/Johnnthelefty/status/1526663061175558144
Here is Jourdin Davis (who sometimes goes by "Jordan" or "Jordin") with convicted neo-nazi, Unite The Right attendee, and Rise Above Movement member Cole Evan White (upper left) and Susan Walsh, a Trump delegate and Trump 2016 campaign volunteer from Northern California.
Here is Jourdin Davis with Northern California far-right fixture Lindsay Grathwohl, who is a long-time associate of the Golden State Skinheads and of the hardcore white supremacist group American Guard. https://nocara.blackblogs.org/2018/12/07/golden-state-skinheads-stabbing-perpetrator-and-connections-to-nor-cal-maga-activists-exposed/
Jourdin Davis was a fixture of the alt-right scene in California for many years. Davis described himself as a "New Reich Rebel" and "3rd Positionist", attended several far-right, MAGA, and anti-immigration rallies, including the 2017 "Battle of Berkeley", before moving to Vegas.
In 2017, Jourdin Davis organized a "Stop Sanctuary Cities" rally in San Francisco. He invited neo-nazis and Proud Boys to the event.
Davis made several posts calling for an end to immigration and relocating people of other ethnicities from the USA back to their "cultural land".
Davis made several posts calling for an end to immigration and relocating people of other ethnicities from the USA back to their "cultural land".
Jourdin Davis, who is biracial, frequently shares outright Nazi content. Davis's Twitter handle (now suspended) was @DavisDivision88, with the "88" being a well-known white supremacist dogwhistle for "He*l H*tler" ("H" is the 8th letter of the alphabet).
Here is Jordin Davis at the 2017 "Battle of Berkeley" with neo-nazi Johnny Benitez.
Benitez, whose real name Juan Cadavid, has been seen recently putting up nazi banners in Southern California as part of a neo-nazi "active crew" called Legion XIV.
Benitez, whose real name Juan Cadavid, has been seen recently putting up nazi banners in Southern California as part of a neo-nazi "active crew" called Legion XIV.
More here by @PacAntifa on Johnny Benitez aka Juan Cadavid https://twitter.com/PacAntifa/status/1504262534085361669?s=20&t=52Bg9DkRPm80qCdfVbtv7Q
Identity and nationalism are complicated. Mass-shooter David Wenwei Chou, a Taiwanese passport holder, appears to be associated with Chinese nationalist groups.
Chou is roommates with Jordan Davis, a biracial white supremacist who favors Nazi symbology. https://twitter.com/melissakchan/status/1526311346819702785?s=20&t=6B5tIi9Tb8lSYl3vCn1agA
Chou is roommates with Jordan Davis, a biracial white supremacist who favors Nazi symbology. https://twitter.com/melissakchan/status/1526311346819702785?s=20&t=6B5tIi9Tb8lSYl3vCn1agA
Here is Jourdin Davis as recently as 2020 espousing his anti-Black racism on Twitter, and using swastikas to admit that he is a white supremacist.
Deleted tweets archive for Jourdin Davis aka @DavisDivision88, courtesy of the meticulous researchers at @SalishcoastA. https://gist.github.com/salcoast/d9c68794eac063355e353492586f7755
This mass shooting occurs against the backdrop of not only ratcheting tensions between the US and China, but also comes amidst a spike in hate crimes against Asian elders in the US, driven in part by Sinophobia.
Multiple groups will be trying to use this as a political football.
Multiple groups will be trying to use this as a political football.
Media doing a great job at vetting their sources as always https://twitter.com/abc/status/1526872125163900934
Correction: The quoted tweet shows Davis with Alica Peterson, an organizer closely connected to NorCal Proud Boys, MAGA activists, III%ers militia, and Patriot Prayer in the Pacific northwest — not Peterson's friend Lindsay Grathwohl. h/t @berkeleyantifa for correction https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1526738805427826688
This article describes the church shooter's background, the pro-independence Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, and the game of political football being played by all sides regarding the killer's nationality and his past links to pro-unification groups. https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab3vw/california-church-shooting-david-chou-taiwan-china
