Late-Night Berkeley Crash Death Man Was a Truth Movement Activist (Jasper Summer)

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Source: East Bay Express

The Berkeleyite whose apparent initial suicide attempt was thwarted by a homeless person at Bancroft Way and Fulton Street around 1:50 a.m. today — and who minutes later died after driving his Subaru at around 80 mph into parked cars on Yolo Street near The Alameda — has now been identified as 46-year-old Jasper Summer.

While it remains unknown what caused him to attempt suicide or crash his car, Summer was an interesting and politically passionate person.

Summer was an adherent of the "9/11 Truth movement" — which holds that the US government either perpetrated the World Trade Center attacks or, at the very least, allowed them to happen. He attended the February 12 Civic Center Park rally sparked by Code Pink's protests at the nearby Marines recruiting center. Wearing a purple shirt adorned with the phrase "911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB," he handed out fliers.

Read more: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/blogs/late_night_berkeley_crash_death_man_was_a_truth_movement_activist/Content?oid=690264

[Lithos]

1. Sad

Condolences to his family and friends.

Lithos