David Alexander Zegarac allegedly rammed 4 individuals along with his automobile at a "Freedom Convoy" COVID-19 vaccine mandate protest in Winnipeg, Canada.
The suspect arrested over the car-ramming assault in opposition to “Freedom Convoy” anti-vaccine mandate protesters in Winnipeg is an Antifa member with a protracted historical past of far-left militant activism in Canada.
David Alexander Zegarac, 42, of Headingley, Manitoba, allegedly sped off in his Jeep Patriot to attempt to escape after the incident final Friday, which injured 4 individuals and was caught on digicam. Zegarac ran a number of lights and resisted arrest when he was lastly caught round 40 minutes later, based on the Winnipeg police.
Zegarac was well-known because the frontman and vocalist of a number of Antifa punk bands for the reason that early 2000s, most notably Brat Assault. He was vocal about his veganism and radical anarchist politics. Nonetheless, in 2015, document label Insurgent Time data dropped the group due to a number of accusations of sexual assault and rape in opposition to Zegarac. One in every of his nameless accusers stated she was solely 13 when he allegedly groomed her and raped her. Police stated he doesn't have a legal historical past in Manitoba, although he has additionally lived in British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Zegarac’s music is extraordinarily political and sometimes options violent extremist themes in line with the subgenre of anti-fascist punk. One of many tracks from Brat Assault was written concerning the former Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper. Titled “Hey Harper You Anti-Selection Homophobe F,— Die Die Die,” it contains the lyrics: “That is class warfare, you wealthy white f—ks. Ruling class is s— out of luck. Your god is f–king useless, I shot him within the head.”
On Deviant Artwork, Zegarac posted Antifa artwork beneath the username “DaveyBrat.” One illustration uploaded in 2011 reveals an Antifa member in black hurling a firebomb. Zegarac’s YouTube channel options his music and performances. A track from seven years in the past is known as “Bash the Fash” and the video options the Antifa black and crimson flag brand.
On Zegarac’s Fb, he has mocked anti-mandate protesters and in a single submit from November 2020, wrote, “I dont know why people are hating on masks….I really like mine.”
With the revelation of Zegarac’s title and his deep roots in Canada’s Antifa punk scene, Antifa supporters who know him are going into harm management. Winnipeg Punks, whose present avatar on Fb is a crossed-out truck, launched a press release distancing themselves from him.
“Dave is despised by each group or group he’s ever claimed to signify. ARA [Anti-Racist Action], Antifa, Punk. He’s a poseur!” wrote the group in a press release. “He has a popularity of assault and violence. What number of younger (underage) ladies within the native music scene and different provinces have come ahead with allegations of sexual assault in opposition to Dave through the years?”
Zegarac has been charged with 11 offenses. They embrace 4 counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of harmful operation of a conveyance inflicting bodily hurt, two counts of failure to cease after an accident understanding reckless explanation for bodily hurt, two counts of failing to cease on the scene of an accident and one depend of harmful operation of a conveyance. A Winnipeg police spokesman stated in a information convention Saturday that they couldn’t converse to the driving force’s motivations.
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