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April 20, 2011 in City, Idaho
Felon arrested on gun charge linked to taco stand protests
A Whitman County man who bragged online about being involved with racist taco truck protests in Kootenai County was arrested on a federal gun charge Wednesday.
Jeremiah Daniel “J.D.” Hop, who describes himself as an anti-race-mixing activist on the racist website Vanguard News Network, is accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Investigators spent most of Wednesday searching Hop’s home near Pullman, as well as another property in Whitman County associated with the suspect, said Don Robinson, supervisor for the FBI’s Coeur d’Alene office.
Hop, who was arrested Wednesday morning, is not a member of the Aryan Nations but is involved in racist circles, Robinson said. Hop was convicted of third-degree rape of a child in 2005.
Hop, 29, is to appear before a federal magistrate in Spokane today.
Under the name WhitePhoenix, a man who identified himself as Hop wrote on the racist website Stormfront about his work protesting taco stands in the Coeur d’Alene area.
The commenter said he lived in Pullman and that his name was J.D. Hop.
In a post on Feb. 7, WhitePhoenix said he wasn’t worried about the law.
“We see them plenty and the general public hates that they can’t do a legal thing…to us,” according to the post.
Two days later, he titled his post “North Idaho five weeks and going…” and said he was working to bring “the mexican taco cart foothold to the attention of the locals here in couer d’alene/Hayden.”
In his last post on April 13, WhitePhoenix said he was helping members of the racist group the Original Knights of America. He described himself as a general contractor involved in construction, maintenance and repair.
Robinson said no other arrests are expected. He declined to say what led investigators to Hop.
The case is not connected to the discovery of a bomb on the Martin Luther King, Jr., Unity march route in January, said Frank Harrill, supervisor for the FBI’s Spokane office.
Robinson said that while Wednesday was significant in the racist movement because it’s Adolf Hitler’s birthday, the timing of Hop’s arrest is coincidental.
A grand jury indicted Hop on Tuesday, but the document remained sealed until his arrest.
He’s accused of possessing a Saiga 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun on March 25. The charge carries up to 10 years in prison.
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misjustice on April 20 at 5:34 p.m.
I hope his cell mate is ____________ (fill in the blank).
; )
Of course, he’s innocent until proven guilty. Lol!
misjustice on April 20 at 9:15 p.m.
This story has been updated since my first post; to include the reason that he is a felon, he raped a child.
I REALLY hope that his cell mate is ______________ (fill in the blank). And that he keeps this loser, Hop, a hoppin’…
Of course, he’s innocent until proven guilty as hell!
; )
Shadedmuse on April 20 at 10:23 p.m.
looks like the FBI got them another racist Tea-bagger, now he can share a cell with the back pack bomber, they can both play hide the salami stick..
I take it this guy did not vote for the President. instead he probally voted for the guy from Panama and the half baked quitter twitter from racist Idaho.
misjustice on April 20 at 10:28 p.m.
Nothin’ like a child rapin’ racist! He has nice teeth, though.
zelda on April 20 at 10:47 p.m.
Let us never forget J.D. Hop, Edgar Steele, the MLK wanna-be bomber, the Aryan Nation, the Order, the Phineas Priesthood and all the rest of them commit acts that are unlinked and random; none of these incidents represent the true nature of the region. (Sarcasm intended.)
C’mon, civic leaders. It’s gotten to be frequent enough that the AP and Reuters have created their own boilerplate paragraphs to insert in news stories whenever a white supremicist eruption happens around here.
MacT on April 21 at 8:43 a.m.
Boy, “misjustice” is a very hateful person, guess you don’t know much do you. FYI, “3rd degree rape of a child” and the fact that he did less than 5 years (charged in 2005) means he had consensual sex with someone under 17, my guess is she was 16 due to the lightness of the sentence. Also being charged with “felon in possession of a firearm” makes me think of Randy Weaver and how he was “charged” with a similar crime. The FBI love to set people they don’t like up with fake crimes. Perhaps you’ll be next. Judge not lest ye be judged. And what have you done to help your people lately?
MrNatural on April 21 at 9:37 a.m.
C’mon MacT…defending a hateful person with a prior rape charge???
Your sympathies and sense of justice seem a bit maligned…
Anyone who conspires malice such as this person needs to get straightened out…
MacT on April 21 at 10:32 a.m.
MrNatural, do you not also conspire malice with your views? I do not judge others because they don’t like someone. I judge them by their actions. I understand the “rape” charge as my own brother is just finishing up 15 years for “sexual misconduct with a minor”. He’s not a bad person, a bit crazy sure, but not really BAD. He had consensual sex with a minor and his estranged wife had him hunted down and locked up. But I suppose you consider yourself a perfect angle and that anyone who hate must be hated and that makes it ok. Think about it. Is it so wrong to not want to be forced to live among those you don’t feel comfortable around?
MacT on April 21 at 10:55 a.m.
Also, here is something for you true haters to think about. I don’t have to agree with something someone says, but I will defend to the death their RIGHT to say it. We have a right granted by our divine Creator to speak our mind whether or not anyone else likes it. Also hate is an emotion, it’s opposite is love. You people who are “anti-racist” would want to criminalize “hate” and have helped create “hate speech” laws. You may as well criminalize all the other emotions too. Everyone hates, clearly you hate. You’re just as bigoted as any “racist” because you hate a group or class of people based on their views, like hating all Catholics or Republicans. Also, do you truly KNOW what it means to be racist, or do you only go by what the media tells you? Do you know the difference between racism and bigotry? Do you know what an ISM is?
misjustice on April 22 at 7:07 p.m.
^ you say you defend a person’s right to speak their mind and then you deride other people for posting what is on their mind? Really?