The far-right streamer Nick Fuentes allegedly pepper-sprayed a west suburban lady and pushed her down his entrance steps as she went to ring his doorbell Sunday afternoon, the lady instructed the Tribune this week.
Berwyn Police Division Deputy Chief Michael Ochsner confirmed that the division had responded to Fuentes’ house however mentioned he was unable to supply additional particulars.
Marla Rose, 57, a self-described progressive, mentioned she approached Fuentes’ house Sunday after buddies who knew she lived in Berwyn inspired her to go see if rumors of prank deliveries to his house have been true. Fuentes’ house tackle had been leaked on-line in response to his posts on social media the place he boasted, “Your physique, my alternative. Ceaselessly” final week in an obvious reference to abortion rights after Donald Trump received the presidential election.
“There had been chatter about folks sending (Fuentes) bins of canine poop or used menstrual merchandise or no matter,” Rose mentioned. “They have been like, ‘You’ve bought to go by and see if he’s getting deliveries.’”
Their messages piqued her curiosity, she mentioned. The vegan way of life author has lived in Berwyn for 11 years however had no concept that 26-year-old Fuentes lived in Illinois, a lot much less 10 minutes from her.
She mentioned she discovered the home and was making a brief video of herself on the sidewalk out entrance when one other feminine onlooker pulled up in her automobile and prompt Rose ring the doorbell, which she hadn’t deliberate to do however to which agreed.
She mentioned Fuentes opened the door earlier than she might ring the doorbell.
“In that very same motion, he pepper-sprayed me within the face, pushed me down the steps (and) screamed an expletive at me,” Rose mentioned.
She alleged that Fuentes then ran down the steps, grabbed Rose’s cellphone and went again into his home.
Rose mentioned the lady who had inspired her to ring Fuentes’ doorbell known as police, and an officer got here and took a report from her and Fuentes, retrieving her cellphone within the course of. She added that her cellphone is now damaged, allegedly as a result of Fuentes stomped on it.
The officer known as an ambulance to take a look at Rose’s eyes and verify her vitals, however she mentioned emergency employees didn’t appear involved. The officer instructed her to not knock on the door once more, she mentioned.
Rose mentioned Monday she was in search of a lawyer and was unsure about whether or not to press expenses towards Fuentes out of issues for her security if she angers extremists.
Fuentes didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from the Tribune.
The 2016 graduate of west suburban Lyons Township Excessive College is not any stranger to controversy. Whereas he has mentioned he’s not a white supremacist or white nationalist, the federal authorities labeled Fuentes a white supremacist in a court docket doc.
In 2017, Fuentes attended the “Unite the Proper” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the place a younger lady named Heather Heyer was run over and killed by an avowed neo-Nazi, and Fuentes was an integral a part of Trump’s “Cease the Steal” rallies.
Within the 24 hours following his misogynistic submit on X, there was a 4,600% improve in mentions of the phrases “your physique, my alternative” and “get again within the kitchen” on the social media website, in response to an evaluation from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
The phrase “your physique, my alternative” additionally appeared to have made its manner into faculties, the researchers mentioned.
“Younger women and oldsters have used social media to share situations of offline harassment. They embody the phrase being directed at them inside faculties or chanted by younger boys in lessons,” the report mentioned.
Chicago Tribune’s Rebecca Johnson contributed.
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