A liberal cyclist in North Carolina was charged with arson after burning a “Trump Won” sign in a man’s front yard.
John Kane Jr., the owner of the property in Raleigh, posted a home surveillance video on X showing a man leaning over the sign, which reads “Trump Won,” with a lighter.
$1,000 reward for the ID of this arsonist – help me make him a felon. #trump #trumpwon #ncpol pic.twitter.com/g8JLoZSQ70
— John Kane (@johnmkane1776) August 18, 2023
Another clip shows the same man stopping in front of the sign and kicking it. Several nights later, Kane’s camera captured the cyclist burning the sign and moving the American flag next to it out of the way.
“The audacity of that is frightening,” Kane, a Republican and son of the prominent Triangle-area developer, told WRAL News. “There are lots of signs I see I don’t care for. But I’ve not set one on fire.”
Kane turned in the video to the Raleigh Police Department and posted a $1,000 reward for identifying the arsonist.
He was later contacted by a man who claimed to have identified the vandal using the cycling social platform Strava. The man was identified as James Dennis White.
White was charged with two counts of damage to real property in relation to the incident. Damaging or destroying a political sign is a Class 3 misdemeanor and can result in a fine, community service, or jail time.
“I think what he did was abhorrent,” Kane said. “Fortunately nobody was harmed … but there’s no doubt that it has deeply concerned my wife and stressed her significantly.”
The businessman said that he has since replaced the sign and added that it has been spray painted multiple times and burned twice recently.
“The vandalism started many months ago,” he said. “It was spray painted, I believe, three times, [and] knocked over once or twice. I realize it’s a controversial sign, but I think it’s important for each side in our country to have a voice.”
Kane, who ran for the North Carolina Republican Party, lives with his wife and three children and graduated from the state university, according to his website.
This comes as anarchist Democrats continue to terrorize law-abiding Republicans with little to no intervention from the Biden administration.
