Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks
Source: Associated Press
Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks
By TRAVIS LOLLER and AARON MORRISON
Updated 3:05 PM EDT, April 30, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed an office at a storied Tennessee social justice center.
Regan Prater was arrested last Thursday and charged with one count of arson.
An affidavit filed in federal court in East Tennessee says Prater’s posts in several group chats affiliated with white supremacist organizations connect him to the blaze at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market. In one private message, a witness who sent screenshots to the FBI asked a person authorities believe is Prater whether he set the fire.
“I’m not admitting anything,” the person using the screen name “Rooster” wrote. But he later went on to describe exactly how the fire was set with “a sparkler bomb and some Napalm.”
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/highlander-social-justice-fire-arson-c3f8273b1a7320001109d6b1cc4745c2
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