A 69-year-old Florida man with a “hatred for Muslims” is facing a federal gun charge after police say they uncovered his plot to “shoot up” a mosque by firing on congregants from the Islamic Center’s tower.
FacebookBernandino Bolatete, 69, is accused of plotting an attack on a Jacksonville, Florida, mosque, police say.
A 69-year-old Florida man with a “hatred for Muslims” is facing a federal gun charge after police say they uncovered his plot to “shoot up” a mosque by firing on congregants from the Islamic Center’s tower.
Bernandino Gawala Bolatete, of Jacksonville, was arrested December 1 and charged with possession of an unregistered silencer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said Monday in a press release.
“The investigation confirmed the suspect was planning on carrying out a mass shooting and he already had the weaponry necessary to carry out the attack,” Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams told reporters. The intended target was the Islamic Center of North East Florida, police said. Williams said they set up a “proactive protection plan” that meant the mosque was never at risk.
Bolatete, who is originally from the Philippines, has shared anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and articles on his Facebook page , where he goes by the name Nandie Bolatete. He calls himself a “shooting sports enthusiast” and told investigators he used to be a “rangemaster” in his native country before he was shot by a drunken police officer.
He told police he wanted to carry out the attack on a Muslim holy day and then die through “suicide by cop,” according to court documents.
“So we’ll try … we will try a Christian doing uh terroristic act this time to the Muslims,” he told an undercover officer, according to court documents. “They doing it all the time.”
In another conversation he said, “I just want to give these freaking people a taste of their own medicine, you know? They are the ones who are always doing these shootings, the killings.”
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“So we’ll try … we will try a Christian doing uh terroristic act this time to the Muslims,” he told an undercover officer, according to court documents. “They doing it all the time.”
In another conversation he said, “I just want to give these freaking people a taste of their own medicine, you know? They are the ones who are always doing these shootings, the killings.”
Comedy! Wasn't the last 2 mass shootings done by NON-MUSLIM Caucasian males?!
$10 says they WON'T call him a terrorist!
"Bernardino Bolatete uses the name Nandie Bolatete on Facebook. In the intro section, he wrote, “Shooting Sport Enthusiast, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 113, Lives in Jacksonville, Florida.”
The page is filled with photos of him at gun ranges, along with weapons, including three rifles and three handguns spread out on a bed. In other photos, Bolatete is pictured holding the rifles.
In December 2015 he commented on a photo of him holding a rifle, “Time to be serious buddy. Let’s help keep America safe, free and peaceful! Don’t just be a part of the helpless victims and statistics of these crazy ‘jihadists,’ at the same time protecting our 2nd Ammendment (sic) rights. Long live America!!!”
He shared anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and articles on his Facebook page , including one in 2015 from the right wing website Conservative Tribune , titled “Evil: Radical Muslims Rape, Make Woman Quote Quran, But How They ‘Finish Her Off’ Is the Worst,” with the caption adding, “This is sheer evil.”
On another photo, a friend asked him in Tagalog, “ready to meet with the terrorists? lol.” He replied, “the only one to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”"
Sucker bet!