Prosecutors: Trump supporter staged 2020 arson he blamed on 'BLM/Antifa,' defrauded insurance company, collected thousands in donations



Prosecutors said a supporter of then-President Donald Trump staged a 2020 arson at his home in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, which he blamed on "BLM/Antifa" — and afterward defrauded his insurance company and collected thousands in donations.

What are the details?

Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 29, was charged with two counts of wire fraud last Tuesday in U.S. District Court, the Star Tribune reported, citing court documents.

The paper — citing the charges — said Molla falsely reported someone lit his camper on fire because it was flying a Trump 2020 flag and that three people were near his home when he heard an explosion and that his garage door was vandalized with "Biden 2020," "BLM," and an Antifa symbol.

The Star Tribune added that first responders put out the fire which burned down the detached garage, destroyed three vehicles, and caused minor damage to the home shortly before 4 a.m. Sept. 23, 2020. Crews also helped the family save three dogs and four puppies from the home, the paper said, citing prior police statements.

The paper said Molla and his wife Deana previously told the Star Tribune they were asleep in the house — along with their 2-year-old son and 5-month old daughter — when the fire erupted.

"In reality, as Molla well knew, Molla started his own property on fire, Molla spray-painted the graffiti on his own property, and there were no unknown males near his homes," charging documents said, according to the Star Tribune.

Molla later claimed more than $300,000 in damages and received about $61,000 from his insurance company, prosecutors told the paper, adding that Molla deposited more than $17,000 from his "Patriots for the Mollas" GoFundMe account into his personal bank account.

When his insurance company denied some of his claims, Molla submitted complaints that the company was defrauding him, the Star Tribune reported, adding that he threatened to report it to the Department of Commerce and the attorney general.

Molla was released from custody without bail on a promise to appear in court, the paper said, citing court documents. The Star Tribune said a call to Molla's lawyer was not returned by deadline.

Anything else?

Deana Molla said at the time that her husband was working in downtown Minneapolis on a construction site, and his pickup with the Trump flag was parked nearby, when someone "drove by slowly and took pictures" and feces was left at his vehicle.

"[The suspects] saw that we have a jungle gym and toys in the backyard," she added. "To put our babies in harm's way because you don't agree with our politics; just don't put our kids in danger. My son smells like smoke."

The family also wrote in Facebook post that had been deleted at the time of the arson that their house "was supposedly targeted by BLM/Antifa."

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While speaking to protesters in Minnesota on Saturday night, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) hurled language that could be perceived as incendiary. Waters launched into a fiery rant during an appearance in Brooklyn Center, where she commanded protesters to "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is not found guilty of murdering George Floyd.

"We're looking for a guilty verdict," Waters said of the Chauvin trial. "And we're looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd."

"If nothing does not happen, then we know, that we've got to not only stay in the street, but we've got to fight for justice," Waters continued. "But I am very hopeful, that I hope that we're going to get a verdict that will say, 'Guilty, guilty, guilty!' And if we don't, we cannot go away."

Waters ranted to angry demonstrators who had gathered to call for justice in the police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. The Democratic representative from California told the Minnesota crowd that "we are looking for a guilty verdict" in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd.

A reporter asked if Chauvin was guilty of manslaughter, Waters reacted by saying, "Oh no, not manslaughter, this is guilty for murder. I don't know whether it's in the first degree, but as far as I'm concerned it's first-degree murder."

Waters was also asked what protesters should do if Chauvin is not found guilty of murder.

"Well, we got to stay on the street," Waters told protesters. "And we've got to get more active. You've got to get more confrontational. You got to make sure that they know we mean business."

Maxine Waters is marching in Brooklyn Center tonight and told people to take to the streets if Chauvin is acquitted https://t.co/RemfvCCLAn
— Jack Posobiec (@Jack Posobiec)1618719293.0

Waters also said that she didn't comply with curfews implemented by law enforcement.

"I don't think anything about curfew. I don't know what curfew means," Waters stated. "Curfew means that I want you all to stop talking. I want you to stop meeting. I want you stop gathering. I don't agree with that."

When Waters was asked if she was going to stay out past curfew to demonstrate with protesters, she responded, "I'm not gonna stay out here. I came here from Washington just to be here to make sure that I let my voice be heard among all of those who have been putting so much time on the street. And so I am hopeful that the protests continue."

There was an 11 p.m. curfew in Brooklyn Center on Saturday night, which was the seventh night of protests against the police killing of Wright. There were 136 arrests made Friday night in connection with protests outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, according to law enforcement.

Maxine Waters comes to the Brooklyn Center protests and makes bold to proclaim she's not afraid of the curfew. She… https://t.co/t41LJj7i5H
— Alan Bings (@Alan Bings)1618718934.0

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) slammed Waters for her dangerous rhetoric.

"Democrats actively encouraging riots & violence," Cruz wrote on Twitter. "They want to tear us apart."

Democrats actively encouraging riots & violence. They want to tear us apart.“'We gotta stay on the street,' Wat… https://t.co/SdJslGdKea
— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz)1618751756.0

Rep Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) asked, "Why is Maxine Waters traveling to a different state trying to incite a riot? What good can come from this?"

This isn't the first time that Waters has been accused of spewing rhetoric that could incite violence.

In June 2018, Waters delivered a fiery speech where she instructed members of the "Resistance" to harass staffers of the Trump administration.

"Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up and if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere," Waters commaned.

Maxine Waters calls for attacks on Trump administration: "If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in… https://t.co/z7vSo7lkcp
— Ryan Saavedra (@Ryan Saavedra)1529871853.0

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'Get the f*** out!': Black protesters in Brooklyn Center eviscerate white protester, tell him 'you're white, you already don't belong!'



A white protester in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, must have been scratching his head extra hard Thursday night after he was caught on video getting verbally taken apart by a group of irate black protesters who ordered him to leave the area.

What are the details?

The clip posted by the Washington Examiner's Nic Rowan shows at least four black protesters — three men and one woman — cursing out the lone white protester.

"If we f***ed you up, that would be wrong, right?" one man holding a water bottle asks the white protester.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NicXTempore

"That would be wrong," the white protester responds.

Soon a voice from side bellows out, "Alright then shut the f*** up and protest, bitch!"

The man then tells the white protester, "If y'all like that s**t, go that way." Presumably from the text accompanying the video, some protesters were upset at their comrades who were throwing water bottles at police.

Suddenly a woman — who delivered the most stinging rebukes — tells the white protester, "You're a guest in a black space, remember that! You're white; you already don't belong! if you can't be a guest in a black space, get the f*** out!"

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NicXTempore

After a pause, the white protester tries to explain himself, "I'm not trying to—"

Then the woman interrupts him, "But you are! So get the f*** out!"

The man then issues a warning to the white protester, who still isn't leaving: "You're still arguing, so I'm gonna tell you one more time, and then I'm not gonna talk to you. Go that way."

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NicXTempore

The woman then orders the white protester that he and his "compadres" need to "go find y'all some other f***ing business, 'cause you're clearly here for the wrong motherf***ing reasons. Get the f*** out!"

With that, the white protester finally takes the hint and walks away, and the clip ends. (Content warning: Language):

A group of white protesters tell people to stop throwing water bottles at the police. A woman curses them out: “If… https://t.co/VRoDFQeXiK
— Nic Rowan (@Nic Rowan)1618538999.0

But there appears to be a problem

Rowan noted in his above tweet that white protesters had been telling other protesters to not throw water bottles at police — and one might assume by the riot act the white protester was read that he was a guilty party.

However, another clip appeared to show that same white protester confronting another white protester for throwing a water bottle at cops.

(Content warning: Language):

This happened after these kids tried to get other protesters to stop throwing water bottles at the police. https://t.co/9RvOANmGyS
— Nic Rowan (@Nic Rowan)1618545456.0

The second clip shows a white protester in a beige jacket looking from side to side before launching what appears to be a water bottle over a fence toward police.

With that it appears the white protester who soon would get eviscerated by the black protesters confronted the guy for chucking the bottle. "Don't throw s**t," he tells him.

So it's not clear why the black protesters were so angry with the white protester who apparently was attempting to keep things peaceful.

Some Twitter users found the cognitive dissonance of whole thing rather telling:

  • "They are realizing it's stupid-ass white liberals instigating s**t and ruining the message," one commenter said. "Finally."
  • "Just recently they caught on that BLM was mostly comprised of white left-wing trust-fund babies," another user wrote. "Notice how they are campaigning lately in the news showing it is completely a black movement now?"
  • "Antifa is going to have a hard time with this one," another commenter observed. "They are all over Twitter cursing out 'action policing' but now they have POC protestors telling white protestors how to protest. Wonder how they will demonize the POC 'action policing.' F*** Antifa. Stop hijacking peaceful protests."

What's the background?

Thursday marked the fifth straight night of protests in Brooklyn Center following the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, by a police officer during a traffic stop Sunday.

Wright resisted arrest and was fatally shot by Officer Kim Potter, who said she intended to use her Taser but mistakenly grabbed her service weapon instead.

Authorities said Wright had expired vehicle tags — and it was reported that at the time of the traffic stop he had an outstanding warrant on an attempted robbery charge over an incident during which he allegedly choked a woman and held her at gunpoint.

Potter resigned Tuesday, along with Police Chief Tim Gannon, who was ordered by news conference attendees the previous day to refrain from referring to the post-shooting riot as a "riot." Just after the fatal shooting, a protester on a bullhorn urged a growing crowd to dox police, post photos of their families on social media, and "start doin' pull ups to their house."

In response to the fatal shooting, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for the end of policing and incarceration, claiming law enforcement systems are so broken they "can't be reformed." President Joe Biden backed away from Tlaib's declaration.

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VIDEO: Protester shows reporter can of soup 'for my family' — then winks at camera. Protesters have pelted cops with cans amid Daunte Wright rioting.



A protester in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, got a little cute with CNN reporter Sara Sidner during an on-camera interview Wednesday night amid a crowd gathering in response to the police-involved fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.

What happened?

The protester told Sidner , "I'm just standing here today with soup for my family" — and as he held aloft a can, the protester winked for the camera.

The protester continued speaking following his wink: "We're just, you know, watching this unfold; it's very unfortunate."

Sidner apparently picked up on the wink, as she inquired, "You're not planning on using that are you? Throwing it at police?"

The protester replied — this time with no wink — "Like I said, it's for my family."

"Literally for your family?" she pressed.

"Yeah," he answered.

"Alright," Sidner said as the clip ended.

I don’t think that can of soup is for his family. #CNN #BreakingNews https://t.co/QpTjm2siA7
— SSG JOKER (@SSG JOKER)1618455594.0

The Twitter user who posted the clip included text that read, "I don't think that can of soup is for his family."

A number of commenters pointed out that the protester's "soup for my family" phrase was used last year by former President Donald Trump who described protesters who he said used soup cans as weapons. Here's a clip juxtaposing the protester's words with Trump's words:

Brooklyn Center coverage on CNN:Protester: “I’m just standing here with soup for my family (wink)...”Sara Sidne… https://t.co/tSJSHwjYU8
— Alex Salvi (@Alex Salvi)1618462662.0

Whatever the protester's intentions, it's likely no joke to police. Indeed, former Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon — who resigned Tuesday along with Kim Potter, the officer who pulled the trigger — said during a Monday news conference that amid a "riot" after the shooting "officers that were putting themselves in harm's way were being pelted with frozen cans ... they were being pelted with concrete blocks."

Incredibly, multiple presser attendees pounced on Gannon's use of the term "riot" and ordered him not to utter it, saying "Don't do that!" and "that was no riot!" and "it was not a riot." But Gannon stood his ground: "Yes, there was."

How did folks react to the winking protester?

While the vast majority of commenters enjoyed the protester's words and wink, a handful weren't on board with him:

  • "The fact he can probably throw that and be labeled a hero is sickening," one commenter said. "Not all cops are evil, because if they are, then all black people are criminals, and all Muslims are talaban [sic]. Only fools deal in absolutes."
  • "What an a**hole that guy is, typical of douche @cnn to promote him," another user said.
  • "Surely he'll be donating the soup to the police community aid food drive to help the poor…," another commenter said.

'Don't you dare start this s**t!': Lone man furiously stands up to mob of left-wing militants gathered in front of police in Brooklyn Center



A lone man was caught on video furiously confronting a large group of left-wing militants gathered in front of police Wednesday night in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where protests and riots have ensued nightly since the police-involved fatal shooting of Daunte Wright over the weekend.

What are the details?

Independent journalist Brendan Gutenschwager posted the clip on Twitter and said the man "briefly tried taming the line of umbrellas" and stood "between them and police" and was "discouraging agitation" of officers.

It isn't clear who the man is or exactly why he's angry at the militants, but leftist protesters toting their umbrellas to hide their identities have long inflicted violence upon others in the streets and damaged and destroyed property.

"Don't you dare start this s**t!" he yelled at the group, grabbing one of the umbrellas and pointing his finger through the opening. "Not here tonight! Not here tonight!"

At one point the man's body shook as he clenched his fists and jumped in place while screaming at the mob:

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @BGOnTheScene

One of the militants hollered back at the man that "they're the ones that are starting that s**t!" presumably in reference to police. Another militant who sounded like a female yelled at the man, "Yo! Get the f*** outta here!"

Another militant questioned why the group should be "peaceful" and then screamed at police, "There's no such thing as f***ing peaceful! You f***ing killed from the beginning, bro! F*** you!"

The man began trying to engage the latter militant when the clip ended.

Content warning: Language:

“Don’t you dare start this s***” A man briefly tried taming the line of umbrellas, standing between them and police… https://t.co/kqXoI0tu0e
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@Brendan Gutenschwager)1618454757.0

How did folks react?

Some commenters reacting to the clip didn't like the man's stance ("a false preacher preaching lies"), while others expressed support for his actions and contempt for the militants:

  • "That guy is brave as s**t," one commenter noted.
  • "White Antifa [millennials] can't stand a black man talking back," one user declared.
  • "Brooklyn Center population 30K plus. Where's the other 29,999 to stand with this man," another commenter wrote. "I believe you have these idiots outnumbered folks!"
  • "Bless that man trying to defuse all of those angry protesters from the police," another user said. "Wished they would listen to him."
  • "Can't help but notice the white voices screaming at him," another commenter observed. "I think for some it's a sport, sadly, which is not what it should be about."
  • "Telling a black man 'Yo, get the f*** out of here' for those that are there in support of Black Lives Matter," another user noticed. "What a world we live in."
  • "After the dust has settled, these Antifa clowns will be back in Seattle or Portland, [and] this man will be in Minneapolis cleaning up the mess these pricks left," another user opined. "All for the sake of racial justice."