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Willem Van Spronsen: intentional death of an anarchist
Far from being impulsive or incoherent, the anarchist’s extreme political beliefs are sadly consistent with extreme times, writes ALEXANDER NORTON
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ONE THING is for certain — William Van Spronsen, the 69-year-old with a life-long hatred of fascism, expected to die.
His plan appears to have been to burn as many buses as possible in the car park across the road from Northwest Detention Centre in Tacoma, which are used to take detained migrants to the airport for deportation.
Although extremely risky in a country where you can be shot by police during a routine traffic stop, torching vehicles with incendiary devices is not obviously a kamikaze mission.
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