Category: Michigan

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In the Patriot Front leaked chats the address, 35722 Union Lake Rd Harrison Township MI 48045  , was posted as being the place of residence of both Jared Cummings(“Benjamin”) and Nicholas Scott Morrell (“Nathan”) (link). We received proof that Jared still lives there, but cannot confirm if Nicholas is still living there. Although, there is a person listed as living at the same address as Jared, and their age and pictures found online match Nicholas’s(“Nathan’s”) info and face in the leaks.

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Thanks to tips sent to us by local anti-fascists/anti-racists we have identified Benjamin (PF-765244) from the Unicorn Riot leaks as Jared Joseph Cummings of Harrison Township.

Benjamin MI, AKA Jared Cummings, does a lot of media work for PF taking many photos and videos of the MI network and at national events like the Dec. 4th 2021 D.C. demo, putting PF material in Flint, and vandalizing a mural of a Native American portrait.

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Anti-racists have unmasked Jackson “Jack” Charles Rex as the Network Director for Michigan (or ‘Network 15’) of the white supremacist Patriot Front organization. Patriot Front requires all of their members to use assigned aliases that are not similar to their actual names and Jackson Rex used the alias “Alan MI” in the group. Thanks to leaked internal chats published by Unicorn Riot, we can see Jackson’s messages within the organization. “Alan MI” is by far the most active Michigan Patriot Front member in their chats, with 1,428 messages, and has been a member since October of 2020. According to meeting minutes, he is also one of the most active members involved in Patriot Front stickering/vandalism. He has organized many Michigan PF events, including their November 27th 2021 Thanksgiving event, which was attended by numerous PF members and a priest from the white supremacist church the Asatru Folk Assembly (which “Alan MI” would participate in further afterwards).

Jackson Rex is from Swartz Creek, Michigan, and attends the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where he is pursuing a Bachelors of Business Administration. Anyone near Ann Arbor and especially Flint should keep an eye out for him. In the chat logs, Jackson talked about making PF members drive to the Flint/Lansing area, mentioned doing PF stickering/vandalism in Flint, and even sent videos of himself putting up PF stickers in Flint to fellow Michigan PF member “Benjamin.” We note that PF stickering in Flint is often aligned with break periods in the UM schedule.

“Alan MI” also takes credit for organizing and executing a major operation in which Patriot Front members painted over a Black Lives Matter mural in Ypsilanti, MI, referred to by PF members as “Operation Whitewash.”

Ann Arbor/Flint regions: If you know more and have any tips please email lonegunmenafa@cryptolab.net. Jackson C. Rex / “Alan MI” may be finishing his business degree soon, and we would love to know where he lives and works so that his neighbors, classmates, and coworkers could be warned about the dangerous racist in their midst.

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UPDATE 3/30/24: John-Paul Struys legally changed his name to John Anderson in 2022.

Based on a tip from Central Oregon Antifascist (COA), anti-racists in Michigan have unmasked two Patriot Front members.  These two PF members are brothers and they both reside in the Traverse City area.

COA sent this link that tied PF member “Johnny MI” (an alias) to Jon-Paul Struys, someone that was arrested at 2017’s Unite the Right (UtR) in Charlottesville. From there, and from the tip, Michigan anti-racists filled in the rest.  Because of the leaks hosted by Unicorn Ninja, anti-racists in Michigan were able to social map the Michigan Cluster of Patriot Front. This mapping allowed the anti-racists to confirm the provided identity and then the additional link to the brother.

Jon-Paul Struys in the leaked chats identified himself as being experienced in security work. This was confirmed by his LinkedIn account. Information on Joseph is a bit more scarce.

Traverse City region:  If you know more and have any tips please email pftips@krutt.org.