John Kane filed a complaint against cycling arsonist Jim White.
QUICK FACTS:
- A bicyclist was caught on a security camera setting fire to a “Trump Won” yard sign in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- The bicyclist made multiple trips to John Kane’s property to destroy the sign.
- After he kicked the sign several times, the cyclist returned to set it on fire.
- Kane replaced the sign only to record it going up in flames again.
- The America First citizen then offered a $1,000 reward on Twitter, now called X, for whoever could discover the arsonist’s identity.
- Conservative influencers circulated the content and brought the reward to $11,000.
JIM WHITE DISCOVERED:
- An anonymous resident of Lodi, California, searched the internet and found the arsonist to be Jim White.
- The individual found White’s Strava profile, a cycling website, and GPS.
- The “timestamped maps of Jim’s rides” link to “the time stamps on the videos,” Kane tweeted.
- Kane’s attorney filed a lawsuit against White, accusing him of trespassing, invasion of privacy, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- In a citation issued to White, an officer said White was “polite and cooperative” and “remorseful in what he did.”
BACKGROUND:
- John Kane is running for North Carolina GOP Chairman.
- From 2012 to 2016 Kane was the Director of Investor Relations and as an Operating Partner at a North Carolina-based private equity investment firm.
- From 2016-2022 John was Chairman and CEO of Capstone Event Group (CEG), an “owner and operator of mass participatory endurance events,” according to his campaign website.
