Charlottesville ‘Unite The Right’ Tiki Torch Marcher Dies By Suicide Just Before His Drug Trafficking Trial

Welp, it’s a sad day for angry and aggrieved white supremacists everywhere as one of their own has taken his own life and left the rest of us to ponder—what exactly we’re having for dinner tonight.

You might remember the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. Certainly, you remember the iconic photos that show a mob of tiki torch-wielding white men who looked like they probably would have been in full Klan regalia if it wasn’t August and too hot for all of that. One of the most recognizable faces seen in those photos was that of 35-year-old Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, whose name was Ted Landrum before he had it legally changed. (I guess Teddy KKK. Lynch MAGA Bomber was a little too on the nose.)

Well, it appears that Von Nukem chose to evade criminal drug charges by killing himself just before he was due in court.

“On [Teddy Joseph von Nukem’s] way into Arizona, Customs and Border Patrol agents discovered 15 kilograms of fentanyl pills hidden behind the seats and floor compartment of his 2019 Nissan Pathfinder.”https://t.co/JYL1Mruu8o via @thedailybeast

— Walter Appling (@WalterAppling) February 15, 2023

From the Daily Beast:

The 35-year-old skipped out on his first day of trial for a drug trafficking charge in Arizona on the morning of Jan. 30, according to court records. At the very moment a federal judge was issuing a warrant for his arrest, Von Nukem was actually still at his home in Missouri, where he had walked out in the snow behind the hay shed and shot himself.

The details were listed in an autopsy report obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

“Suicide notes were found at the scene, left for law enforcement and his children, however handwriting was somewhat inconsistent,” the coroner’s report states.

The news of Von Nukem’s self-inflicted demise was first broken by independent Charlottesville journalist Molly Conger, who also came with receipts that indicate Von Nukem was involved in the brutal beating of Black man DeAndre Harris, which occurred during the deadly rally.

 

teddy von nukem (that is his real name – he changed it in 2012) was identified as the torch wielding man almost immediately by a former classmate who saw the viral photo. she told reporters she remembered him having “an unsettling interest in nazi germany” https://t.co/FWHtpwjLyi

— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 14, 2023

 

Conger’s research indicated that not only did Von Nukem take part in Harris’ beating, but he even bragged about it via text to his fellow Klandy Land bredren.

jacob goodwin, daniel borden, alex ramos, & tyler davis were all convicted of malicious wounding for their roles in the assault. 2 other participants, known only as “sunglasses” & “red beard” were never found. no one was ever looking for a 7th assailant.https://t.co/HdxF6lsyGR

— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 14, 2023

these text messages, produced by cantwell as part of the sines v kessler lawsuit, also show von nukem bragging about committing an assault, with details that seem to match a particularly infamous & brutal beating that sent four men to prison. pic.twitter.com/f8VK8sH8S2

— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 14, 2023

Suffice it to say, many of the fine folks on Twitter agreed that Von Nukem did the world a favor by leaving it.

Tiki torch carrying idiot teddy joseph von nukem on the left just did everyone a HUGH favor by helping himself link up with tRump supporter and insurrectionist deadmestic terrorist ashil babbitt in Hell by way of a self-inflicted gunshot before his trail for smuggling Fentanyl. pic.twitter.com/yJ0AWW9QqQ

— coughing on that (@AlkeyOfNY) February 15, 2023

Meet Teddy Joseph Von Nukem. A proud alt-right nazi supporter. He unalived himself right when his trial for drug trafficking fentanyl was to start. Hey @GOP, I thought it was coming form the immigrants at the border? #HausOfPetty #GOPClownShowContinues #GOPTraitorsToDemocracy pic.twitter.com/XuZu4jcqMj

— ProblematicAsFuq (@KemaB0197) February 14, 2023

Teddy Joseph Von Nukem…

Sometimes the trash actually does take itself out. pic.twitter.com/KPhCp6IZge

— I Weep For The Future (@for_weep) February 15, 2023

 

Some also pointed out that the “Unite the Right” rally was, in part, centered around illegal immigrants crossing the border and bringing drugs and other harmful things with them—which hist different now that we know one of their own was a whole fentanyl smuggler.

Just remember when the GOP/MAGAs claim “illegals” are bring fentanyl across the Mexican border, they turn a blind eye to their own, like Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, a Charlottesville torch bearer.https://t.co/hVy7rf0R81

— Nadine0524 (@Nadine05244) February 15, 2023

 

But, hey, anything to “unite the right”—right?

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