Who Invited the Far-Right Oaf Keepers to Downtown Louisville?
LOUISVILLEOn Wednesday night, at least 20 members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, were observed guarding storefronts in downtown Louisville amid sometimes violent unrest over the lack of charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor. The businesses included Baders Food Martwhich is also a Shell gas stationStewarts Pawn Shop, and Hampton Inn Downtown Louisville, all at or near the intersection of Jefferson and South 1st Street. All of the businesses, besides the hotel, appeared to be closed at the time.
The heavily armed menmany bearing rifles, night-vision goggles, and wearing camouflagewere seen on the roof of Stewarts Pawn Shop, the perimeter of the Shell station, and in the Hampton Inn parking lot. When asked why they were present, one militia member, who gave his name only as Angry Spongebob, said the owner of the Shell had received threats against the business.
She was told that people wanted to burn it down to the ground, he told The Daily Beast. We know her and so we came out to help protect it, because if it goes up, then it takes a significant portion of this block with it.
He didnt clarify who she referred to, but records filed with the Kentucky Secretary of States office list Paula T. Bader as the president, secretary, and treasurer of Baders Food Mart, and she has been identified as the owner in local media reports. In a telephone conversation Thursday, a purported leader of the Oath Keepers on the ground in Louisville, who gave his name as Mike Whipp, said they had been invited by Bader to keep tabs on her business, as well as the pawn shop.
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