Offline, in this suburb of Rochester, New York, Vetromile was finishing requirements for promotion to Eagle Scout in a troop that met at a local church. What is clear, though, is the long thread of frustration in Vetromile’s online posts — and the way those posts link him to an enduring conspiracy theory. ___A few years ago, Vetromile’s posts on Twitter and Instagram touched on subjects like video games and English class. That filing also contends the boy told Vetromile that forming a militia was “stupid.”But other court records contradict those assertions. The arrests dismayed Bob Lonsberry, a conservative talk radio host in Rochester, who said he checked Twitter to confirm Vetromile didn’t follow his feed.

Source: thestar April 28, 2019 14:03 UTC