Kevin Mathewson
Kevin Mathewson is a former American politician and private investigator living in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In June 2020 he founded the Kenosha Guard Facebook group during the George Floyd protests.[1] In an interview with James Coomarasamy he described the Kenosha Guard as a call to arms movement utilizing the second amendment.
Political career
Mathewson had been elected twice as an alderman for District 8 of Kenosha City Council.[2] His first period in office was from April 2012[3] to March 2014.[4] The second period was from March 2016[5] to June 2017.[6] He resigned on 27 June 2017 after announcing his family moved out of the district. [7]. It was later acknowledged by Mathewson that he moved to Somers, a village in Kenosha County.[8] He stood against George Stoner in the April 2019 election for President of Somers village, and lost, polling 725 votes against 817.[9]
“Kenosha Guard”
Although founded in June 2020, it was only following the Kenosha protests in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake that the Kenosha Guard Facebook page attracted significant attention. On Tuesday 25 August Mathewson put a post on the Kenosha Guard Facebook page calling for patriots to take up arms to defend Kenosha.[10] Within four hours 5,000 people had responded. The posting had been picked up by the alt-right website InfoWars.[10]
Mathewson was present on the Kenosha streets on 25 August 2020. He was carrying a pistol and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.[11]
Mathewson contacted Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis saying “Chief Miskinis, As you know I am the commander of the Kenosha Guard, a local militia. We are mobilizing tonight and have about 3,000 RSVP’s. We have volunteers that will be in Uptown, downtown and at the entrances to other neighborhoods.”[12]
Facebook removed the Kenosha Guard page following the Kenosha protest killings. Mark Zuckerberg explaining that the failure to remove it before was "an operational mistake".[13] Mathewson has been banned from the platform for life.[14]
References
- ↑ Coomarasamy, James (2020). "The World Tonight" (27 August 2020 !0 pm). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ Mathewson, Kevin. "KM Investigations and Security, LLC". www.kminvestigate.com. Kevin Mathewson. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ Common Council Official Proceedings (PDF). Kenosha Wisconsin: City of Kenosha. 2012. Search this book on
- ↑ Common Council Official Proceedings (PDF). Kenosha Wisconsin: City of Kenosha. 2014. Search this book on
- ↑ Common Council Official Proceedings (PDF). Kenosha Wisconsin: City of Kenosha. 2016. Search this book on
- ↑ Common Council Official Proceedings (PDF). Kenosha Wisconsin: City of Kenosha. 2017. Search this book on
- ↑ GAITAN, DANIEL. "Kenosha alderman facing attack over residency". Kenosha News. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ↑ Gaitan, Daniel (2017). "Kenosha alderman Mathewson resigns". Kenosha News (27 June 2017). Lee Enterprises.
- ↑ "Candidate Elections totals April2 2019" (PDF). Village and Town of Somers. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Rosenberg-Douglas, Katherine (2020). "Fledgling militia group put out call to arms in Kenosha and 5,000 people responded. Now it's banned from Facebook after fatal shootings during protests". chicagotribune.com (27 August 2020). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ Partlow, Joshua; Stanley-Becker, Isaac; Guarino, Mark (2020). "After online warnings, armed civilians bring threat of violence to protests in Kenosha and elsewhere". Washington Post (August 27, 2020).
- ↑ Gunn, Erik (2020). "Former alder issued 'call to arms' that filled Kenosha with combat weapons". Madison365 (27 August 2020). States Newsroom. Wisconsin Examiner. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
|Authors list=missing|2=(help) - ↑ Brandom, Russell (28 August 2020). "Mark Zuckerberg says Kenosha Guard rulings were 'an operational mistake'". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ MacFarquhar, Neil (17 October 2020). "When Armed Vigilantes Are Summoned With a Few Keystrokes". New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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