Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to Kermit.
The frog?
No, Kermit the “protestor”, a fine young man who spent some time threatening the Mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, before making his way to Zoom Town (Missoula) to get himself arrested.
Kermit Tyler Poulson of Portland, Oregon, was arrested in Missoula on Tuesday.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the 39-year-old man is being charged with threatening Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. They say he used social media to send communications with the intent to extort Wheeler.
Officials say Poulson visited the Missoula Police Department to file a complaint about something unrelated. They say that’s when police found Poulson’s federal warrant and arrested him.
It is not yet clear why Paulson was in Missoula.
Ha! When I read this back in 2019 it seemed pretty clear to me why he was in Missoula–he LOVED the way this well-meaning town rolled out the red carpet for “houseless” “protestors” like himself.
Those who tried serving him at the local shelter, though, were NOT impressed, since he was ejected for throwing a chair at a paid staff member (not me).
For a little context on Rose City Antifa, here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Rose City Antifa was formed in 2007 to coordinate opposition to a music festival that was planned to be held near Portland by neo-Nazis associated with White Aryan Resistance.[3][9] According to one of its leaders, the group concentrates on “outing” people whom they believe to be neo-Nazis.[10] According to Alexander Reid Ross, the author of the book Against the Fascist Creep, Rose City Antifa grew out of the group Anti-Racist Action (ARA) which first appeared in 1987. Through Rose City Antifa, “the European and American models were sort of synthesized and the current model of Antifa in the US was developed”.
I was thinking about Kermit the protestor recently because Western Montana News caught his recent appearance for threatening to blow up the Flatheadh County Courthouse.
U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme has announced that a homeless man with ties to Kalispell admitted on Tuesday that he threatened to blow up the Flathead County courthouse.
Kermit “Ty” Poulson, 46, pleaded guilty to interstate communication of a threat to damage property by means of fire or explosive, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years, a potential fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.
Isn’t this great? Thanks Portland!
Now, for a little rage-cherry on top of this wonderful mid-week post, I was just wrapping up my latest pee-session of joyfully depositing urine in a plastic cup for analysis (something that seems to happen after I make public comments and/or write about certain topics) when I heard the distinct sound of male anger near the Missoula County Detention Facility.
I knew there was a reason I left my poem-song mid-stanza to get my pee test out of the way! The interruption to my day was actually a gift because it allowed me to record this adorable clip of a shirtless man pacing around and threatening jail staff to fight.
Just think, if I wasn’t on misdemeanor supervision and required to come in on demand, I never would have caught this impressive specimen of male rage in its natural environment.
Thanks for reading!