California Sherriff uses racism as justification to seize firearms

So this man in Cal was doxxed by the usual suspects. He was apparently some kind of Internet personality involved in something called the Bowl Patrol.

And even though neither he nor anyone in his group had committed any crimes, and the FBI saw no ground for seizing his guns, the local Sherriff is bragging that he served a first-of-its-kind gun seizure warrant on the basis of racism.

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“We’re able to obtain a gun violence restraining order against him and a search warrant, and a firearm was seized,” Nelson said.

Detectives used Casarez’s online activity to get them in the door

“This search warrant it’s the first of its kind at least in the country. As far as how we obtained it and were able to serve it,” Nelson said. “He was posting enough racist rhetoric and propaganda on Facebook that it was concerning that his behaviors could become violent in retaliation.”

Local agencies are keeping a close eye on the house connected to Andrew Casarez. As for the FBI, they don’t police ideology. They will only take action if a person threatens violence or actually commits a crime. But the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office wasn’t willing to wait.

“Instead of waiting for him to go out and commit acts of violence, per se, they were able to ideally stop it before it started. But he did have a firearm in his possession,” Nelson said.

The “Bowl Patrol” has less than 100 members but researchers with the Southern Poverty Law Center say their online impact could be endless and especially dangerous for his hometown of Orangevale.

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