Antifa Member Who Shot Proud Boy Tusitala “Tiny” Toese Unmasked, Identified and Charged with First-Degree Assault While Armed with a Deadly Weapon

 

Earlier this month the Olympia Police Department released surveillance video of Antifa dressed in black bloc shooting Samoan Proud Boy Tusitala “Tiny” Toese.

A few weeks ago the Proud Boys and other right-wing protesters had been facing off with members of Antifa who showed up to antagonize a medical freedom rally. Toese was reportedly attempting to chase them off when he was shot.

Tiny was unarmed and surveillance video shows the Antifa terrorist shooting at the Proud Boys 5 times before running away.

The Antifa terrorist was unmasked, identified and charged.

The New York Post reported Benjamin Anthony Varela, 36, of Olympia, was arrested on Thursday and charged with first-degree assault while armed with a deadly weapon.

Varela has a long history of calling for violence against conservatives online and is being held on $100,000 bail in Thurston County jail.

Via Andy Ngo:

An Antifa member with a long history of posting far-left extremist content online has been arrested and charged with the shooting of an anti-vaxxer in Olympia, Wash.

Benjamin Anthony Varela, 36, of Olympia, was arrested on Thursday and charged with first-degree assault while armed with a deadly weapon.

Varela, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, deleted most of his social media accounts before his arrest, but posts still available on Twitter show he corresponded back and forth with the Spokane and Olympia DSA chapters as well as Libcom.org, an anarchist-Communist website. Prior to deleting his Twitter account, his bio read, “professional anarchist, thug, and paid protester.” His YouTube account, which is still online but doesn’t have any videos available to the public, features a red and black Antifa flag as its profile image. According to the affidavit, Varela ran into an alley behind the Union Gospel Mission after the shooting and discarded his black uniform.