Editing Willem van Spronsen (section)

==Firebombing attack ==
On July 13, 2019, Spronsen arrived at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, wearing a satchel with flares and Molotov cocktails, and bringing a rifle(possibly an AR-15). He allegedly fired shots at a propane tank, and according to security footage, threw firebombs at cars and buildings and placed flares in strategic locations in an attempt to burn the building down. He was confronted by the police and shot and killed before he was able to kill anybody. 

Prior to the attack, he wrote a manifesto calling for action against the "forces of evil", comparing himself to the YPJ (Women's Protection Units in Syrian Kurdistan), and claiming that Americans were living in "visible fascism ascendant". Van Spronsen listed Emma Goldman, Buenaventura Durruti, and John Brown as his heroes, and describes ICE detention facilities as "corporate for profit concentration camps" (the facility he targeted was operated by GEO Corporation, a for-profit corrections company). He concluded by regretting that he'd miss the rest of the revolution, praising his "trans comrades" saying they'd guide the path to a dreamed of future, and saying "I am [[Antifa]]".