When a U-Haul truck pulled up 30 minutes after the Breanna Taylor verdict with signs, shields and other rioting supplies, it was a mystery who was behind it all.
Well, wonder no more! The neckbeards at 4chan are on the case!
If you've never heard of 4chan, consider yourself incredibly blessed, but here's my good friend Ben to explain it to you:
It's basically that murky no man's land between the regular internet and the dark web. While they're mostly known for advanced trolling and general grossness, they occasionally use their anonymous, crowd-sourcing detective powers for good...ish.
Almost immediately after the U-Haul video went viral, someone on Twitter provided these crystal-clear screen shots of the license plates:
At least, I assume it was crystal clear before 20,000 people shared screen shots of that screen shot.
From there, the trolls got to work:
Someone who may or may not be a U-Haul employee joined in:
(Here's where I have to start inserting the word "alleged" into every sentence)
And they finally found the alleged truck renter:
An alleged employee of The Bail Project:
Now before you start allegedly judging this alleged lady for allegedly inciting alleged riots... I think this is actually a pretty genius business strategy. What better way to give your alleged bail organization a boost than to make sure there are plenty of unruly rioters to get locked up?
She's over here playing 4D chess!
...allegedly.
And finally, one of those basement-dwelling trolls actually called her up and got her to confirm on a hot mic* that she was the renter* of the truck.
Now, just to be clear: I'm not saying what these jobless creatures with endless time on their hands did was right or anything... But ethics aside, you kind of have to admire the pace at which they were able to work.
Did I mention it took them less than an hour*? Yeah.
What a time to be alive.
If she thinks it's scary to be called out by internet trolls*, imagine how those police she wants to abolish must feel, being actively targeted by shooters.
That's okay, though. If she really starts to feel threatened, she can always just call her local law enfor--
Oh. Riiiiiight.
*Allegedly.
