An Antifa member with a long history of posting far-left extremist content online has been arrested and charged with the shooting of an anti-vaxxer in Olympia, Wash.
Benjamin Anthony Varela, 36, of Olympia, was arrested on Thursday and charged with first-degree assault while armed with a deadly weapon.
Proud Boys member Tusitala Toese was injured in the shooting.
Varela, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, deleted most of his social media accounts before his arrest but posts still available on Twitter show he corresponded back-and-forth with the Spokane and Olympia DSA chapters as well as Libcom.org, an anarchist-communist website.
According to the affidavit, Varela ran into an alley behind the Union Gospel Mission after the shooting and discarded his black bloc uniform.
Varela is a member of the forums at website Something Awful using the screen name "Doorknob Slobber." He has a long history of making extremist posts and has been suspended repeatedly by the moderators.
In a 2017 thread discussing Antifa's organizational structure, Varela wrote, "I think it has something to do with remaining decentralized in an effort to create cells instead of an organization structure that is easily targeted by law enforcement and other fascists."
https://nypost.com/2021/09/27/antifa-member-benjamin-varela-charged-with-shooting-protester/
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