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An anti-COVID-19 vaccine group chief, who not too long ago set out on a cross-country highway journey with the top purpose of conducting citizen arrests of Democratic governors, has discovered himself behind bars.
On Tuesday afternoon, anti-vax “Vaccine Police” chief Christopher Paul Key was arrested and booked into Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, stemming from a prison trespassing within the third diploma cost.
A Jefferson County Jail consultant confirmed to the Day by day Beast Tuesday night that Key's being held with out bond.
The anti-vaxxer, who “serves” packets of paperwork that supposedly present that the protected and efficient COVID-19 vaccine is supposedly a “bioweapon,” had a court docket listening to earlier Tuesday over an arrest at a Entire Meals in April, the place Key was cited with trespassing.
“I've court docket at this time at 1:30 central,” Key texted The Day by day Beast forward of his listening to, “it is going to be attention-grabbing.” In a subsequent collection of 5 movies posted to Telegram on Tuesday afternoon, Key recorded himself “strolling into court docket,” solely to be stopped by somebody off-camera who informs him he should put on a face protecting. “I obtained arrested cuz I would not put on a masks,” he mentioned at one level, “and that is what this factor is all about!”
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Talking to a court-appointed legal professional exterior the courtroom, Key might be heard stating, “Once more. You may't. I am competent.” “I am not insane,” Key continued, fumbling with a collection of authorized phrases earlier than claiming he's a “full, complete free man.”
“I'm fully sane. I do not want an legal professional,” he added, “I'm a free man.”
Forward of the listening to, Key refused to put on a face protecting, citing a “medical, non secular exemption,” whereas arguing with an unidentifiable particular person that he's allowed to “file” within the courtroom for his “safety.” A courtroom official might be heard telling Key he may need the choice to video name into the listening to. “She's now damaged the legislation twice,” Key then declared concerning the decide presiding over the case.
On the finish of December, Key set out on his highway journey with the purpose of arresting Democratic state governors over their vaccine mandates. In a collection of Telegram posts in mid-December, Key additionally confirmed off an arsenal of weapons, together with a flamethrower and excessive capability firearms.
Key additional advised The Day by day Beast that he had been touring throughout the nation “serving” state officers with packets of knowledge he believes helps his conspiracy idea that COVID-19 vaccines are “bioweapons.”
“The federal government is we the individuals,” he mentioned to clarify why he had the authority to arrest governors. “That's the authorities!”
On Tuesday night, neither Key nor his “Vaccine Police” group returned The Day by day Beast's request for remark.
Key mentioned that he had “no concept what has occurred,” in a call-in interview from a jail cellphone to the far-right persona Stew Peters' program.
“I do not know how lengthy I might be in jail," he mentioned, including: “We're nonetheless doing God's work.”