Regan Prater, a 27-year-old man with connections to white supremacist organizations, has been charged with setting fire to the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee, in 2019. The facility has historical ties to civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. The FBI's unsealed complaint revealed that Prater communicated about the arson using Telegram, where he detailed using a sparkler bomb and Napalm to ignite the blaze. The incident highlights the ongoing presence and danger of extremist ideologies in the U.S.
Regan Prater, a 27-year-old man with ties to white supremacist groups, has been charged with arson for the 2019 fire that destroyed the Highlander Research and Education Center.
Investigators revealed that Prater took credit for the arson in a private chat on Telegram, indicating his links to extremist groups by discussing the methods used to set the fire.
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