Willem Van Spronsen aka Emma Durutti: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Willem Van Spronsen was an anarchist and anti-fascist from Washington who was fatally shot by police on July 13 while trying to set a fire with incendiary devices during an attack at an ICE detention center in Tacoma. Authorities say Van Spronsen was armed with a rifle and threw "lit objects" at buildings and vehicles in the parking lot of the Northwest Detention Center.
Van Spronsen, a Vashon Island musician affiliated with the Puget Sound Anarchists and local antifa groups, was shot and killed by Tacoma Police officers, the Seattle Times reports. No one else was injured.
Van Spronsen also went by the name Emma Durutti on a now-deleted Facebook profile and on an album titled "the audio manifesto" that was posted to Bandcamp a week before he was killed. While some have said the Emma Durutti name indicated Van Spronsen was trans - and Emma Durutti did post on Facebook in 2018 calling Willem Van Spronsen a dead name - friends of Van Spronsen say he did not identify as trans and used Emma Durutti as a pen name. The nom de plume is a reference to two of Van Spronsen's inspirations: Emma Goldman, an anarchist activist, and Spanish insurrectionary Buenaventura Durruti. ...
Tacoma Police responded about 4 a.m. for a report of someone trying to set fires at the Northwest Detention Center, the department said. According to the Seattle Times, Willem Van Spronsen was armed with a rifle and was also carrying flares that he was using to set things on fire as incendiary devices. Police said Van Spronsen tossed lit objects at vehicles and buildings, causing one car fire. He also unsuccessfully tried to set a propane tank on fire.
In a statement, Tacoma Police said, "It was reported the male was throwing incendiary devices at the Detention Center and then at vehicles in the parking lot. A vehicle was set on fire. The male attempted to ignite a large propane tank and set out buildings on fire. The male continued throwing lit objects at the buildings and cars." Police said he had a "satchel" and "flares."
"He was throwing these items at the building in an effort to set it on fire. It didn't work, it's a concrete building," Tacoma Police Officer Loretta Cool told KOMO-TV. ...
Willem Van Spronsen is the poster child for Antifa, specifically, and libtards, in general - intolerant, full of irrational hatred, and deranged.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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