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   From: bksherman@sunpower.com   
      
   MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An Illinois man who allegedly participated   
   in rioting in   
   Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd has been arrested   
   and charged with   
   federal counts.   
      
   Matthew Lee Rupert, 28, of Galesville, Illinois, was arrested   
   Monday in Chicago   
   and charged by criminal complaint with three counts, including   
   civil disorder,   
   carrying on a riot and possession of unregistered destructive   
   devices.   
      
   According to an FBI affidavit, Rupert posted a self-recorded   
   video on his   
   Facebook page last week that shows him in Minneapolis, handing   
   out explosive   
   devices to others and encouraging them to throw the explosives   
   at law   
   enforcement. The video also shows him damaging property,   
   attempting to light a   
   business on fire, and looting.   
      
   The affidavit says that on Saturday, Rupert posted on his   
   Facebook page that he   
   was headed to Chicago, and that he would loot there.   
      
   Early Sunday morning, he posted more videos of himself in and   
   around Chicago,   
   and saying "let's start a riot.''   
      
   He was arrested by Chicago police for violating an emergency   
   curfew in the   
   city. Officers found several destructive devices, a hammer, a   
   heavy-duty   
   flashlight and cash in his vehicle, according to authorities.   
      
   Rupert was appearing in federal court in Chicago on Monday. It   
   was not   
   immediately clear if he had an attorney to comment on his behalf.   
      
   Floyd, a black man, died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police   
   officer   
   pressed his knee into Floyd's neck while Floyd was handcuffed   
   and saying that he   
   couldn't breathe. His death sparked protests in Minneapolis and   
   around the   
   country, some of which became violent.   
      
   https://wjon.com/illinois-man-faces-federal-charges-for-rioting-   
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