Meet the Kanab Patriots: last names A,B, C

(updated 12/28/2022). One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to DC January 6th to attack democracy. Forty (40) Kanab Patriots are featured in this post with the last names A-C.

This post features the 40 Kanab Patriots with the last names A-C. All Kanab Patriots are featured in the KURW “Patriot Series” by last names and can be seen here: D-F, G-J, K, L-M, N-P Q-T and U-Z.

For evidence on the founders, Jeff Schwilk & Tana Kou, see section 4 of 4 of this KURW post

• Some of the K-Patriots do not meet the criteria for Hatewatch by KURW and some engage in extremism & bigotry at such depth and breadth that their content is designated Red Level. See KURW Meet Your Neighbors: Red Level.
• Many continue to follow Kanab Patriots after the founders were exposed for their extremist activity in California before moving to Kanab (see section 4 below).

This KURW post includes four sections

1. A list of area residents who engage with Kanab Patriots (last names A-C)
2. A Google Presentation of slides of evidence for each of the 40 people listed
3. Links to other posts related to Kanab Patriots
4. A Google Presentation of the founders of Kanab Patriots

1/5: List of Kanab Patriot Supporters (A-C)

Deceased: Steve Corson, “Screamin’ Steve” 09/05/2023, and Robert Brissette, “Trumper Coughs” 10/12/2021

2/5: Google Presentation of These 40 Supporters

3/5: Other KURW Post Related to Kanab Patriots

• Kanab at DC Capitol Riot
• Kane County Commissioner Calls Kanab Patriots a Hate Group, But They Are Not the Fringe
• “Kanab Patriots” Recruits and Radicalizes Facebook Extremists
• Calls to Fight: Against Neighbors & Against US Government
• Bigotry LGBTQ+ (Part Two of Three)

4/5: Google Presentation of the Founders of Kanab Patriots

Co-founders Jeff Schwilk & Tana Kou moved to Kanab from Southern California in 2018. Jeff had some legal battles with hate groups he had founded there and already had other FB extremists pages before starting Kanabians for Slow, Sensible Growth and Kanab Conservative Activism now Kanab Patriots. His California activity was covered extensively by Southern Poverty Law Center (non-profit organization tracking hate groups) from 2007-2018 before moving to Kanab.

Click links in this slide presentation to learn more and/or see KURW feature posts

• “Kanab Patriots” Recruits and Radicalizes Facebook Extremists or
• Kanab Veterans Bigotry/Extremism: Clifford Smart, Kenneth Guinn, Jeff Schwilk, James Head, Jim Torgerson, Dan Watson, Amos Lofing

5 of 5: How the evidence is gathered and presented

The evidence is gathered from public posts on social media, public engagement at rallies/events, and legal information that is accessible to the public. In other words, no private information is used and evidence IS SIMPLY COPIED from the source posting the public evidence.

The evidence is presented in a Google Slideshow format categorized by topic instead of a collection of the screenshots of the evidence for three reasons (1) the categorized format reveals the magnitude of the hate for given topics so that people can better address that individual for targeted intervention (2) the screenshot format of the post can lead to an amplification of hate by others simply sharing that post and (3) the Google Presentation format allows for links to other sources while a screenshot does not.

Here are examples of how the summarized version on Google Slideshows (left side of image) are based directly from the screenshots of evidence (right side of image). In both examples the January 6th attack on the US Capitol is supported by Kanab Mayor CJ Johnson (top image) and Kanab Chief of Police Tom Cram (bottom image).