you probably remember this photograph. it's one of the more iconic of the awful images of the nazi torch march at UVA on august 11, 2017.
on august 12, the man in the center was elated to see himself on the cover of papers across the county.
today, i can tell you he is dead. pic.twitter.com/ti5c1c0LT0— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 14, 2023
Per Tucson.com, “Charlottesville marcher dies while facing fentanyl charges in Tucson”:
A man identified in 2017 viral photos as one of the white supremacists and alt-right protesters at the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally died on Jan. 30, the same day he was set to go to trial in Arizona District Court in Tucson for allegedly smuggling fentanyl across the border south of Ajo.
Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, whose face is shown prominently in viral photos of men holding tiki torches in the alt right rally on Aug. 11, 2017, died at age 35, while a judge and jury waited for him in federal court in Tucson…
Originally from Phoenix and most recently living in Missouri, Von Nukem was stopped entering Arizona from Mexico at the Lukeville port of entry, driving a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder, on March 17, 2021, court records say.
Customs officers asked him to go to secondary inspection, where a canine alerted to an odor, and officers found 14 packages, weighing 15.08 kilograms, with a white powdery substance that tested positive for “properties consistent with fentanyl” under the third-row seat and cargo floor compartments, the records say.
Von Nukem told officers he agreed to smuggle contraband into the U.S. and was paid about 4,000 pesos, the current equivalent of about $215, though he denied knowing he was smuggling fentanyl, according to a record in the case…
Renowned Nazi / amphetamine enthusiast Adolph Hitler also killed himself rather than face justice. Give Von Nukem this credit: He didn’t murder his wife and children before following Der Leader’s example.
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