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Jose Garcia

(2,918 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 03:02 AM Oct 30

18-year-old arrested after 'antagonizing' voters with machete at Neptune Beach polling location

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NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. — Neptune Beach Police have arrested 18-year-old Caleb James William on charges of aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened two women with a machete at the Beaches Branch Library, an early voting site. The incident involved a group protesting with a Trump flag.

18-year-old arrested after ‘antagonizing’ voters with machete at Neptune Beach polling location
October 30, 2024 at 1:18 a.m. UTC
By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. — Neptune Beach Police have arrested 18-year-old Caleb James William on charges of aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened two women with a machete at the Beaches Branch Library, an early voting site. The incident involved a group protesting with a Trump flag.

More: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/neptune-beach-police-hold-briefing-arrest-linked-armed-disturbance-polling-location/QJQ5CUYQG5AADP2INBWW2CMILA/

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18-year-old arrested after 'antagonizing' voters with machete at Neptune Beach polling location (Original Post) Jose Garcia Oct 30 OP
what are they protesting Skittles Oct 30 #1
protesting WOMEN voting lapfog_1 Oct 30 #2
Jose is there a link to this? Skittles Oct 30 #3
Whoops! Link added Jose Garcia Oct 30 #4
I still can't figure out what he was protesting Skittles Oct 30 #7
Images show an obnoxious brat: Judi Lynn Oct 30 #5
Rich kid brat: expensive braces, gold chain, sense of entitlement & invulnerability Bernardo de La Paz Oct 30 #6
WTF Skittles Oct 30 #8

lapfog_1

(30,232 posts)
2. protesting WOMEN voting
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 03:22 AM
Oct 30

most likely.

Most voters know they cannot wear campaign materials into a voting place or within X feet of a voting place, so most likely the women he threatened did not have any hats or jackets or signs or even T-shirt with either Trump or Harris campaign slogans, etc on them ( I don't know that, but if they have voted before they should know).

That leaves the fact that they were women. Perhaps they said something to him if he was spouting something at the line of voters. Doesn't matter, he waved a deadly weapon at them... he is going to jail and perhaps prison.

Skittles

(160,292 posts)
7. I still can't figure out what he was protesting
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 01:53 PM
Oct 30

18 years old? what a thug / punk......needs a mental health evaluation for sure!

Judi Lynn

(162,542 posts)
5. Images show an obnoxious brat:
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 04:37 AM
Oct 30




Police statement made and included in tv news:



His victims were 71 and 65 years old. Police officer said he and the 7 others went there expressly to harass voters.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,248 posts)
6. Rich kid brat: expensive braces, gold chain, sense of entitlement & invulnerability
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 05:28 AM
Oct 30

But fundamentally cowardly. Even with a weapon he picks on elderly people, not some big construction worker.
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