James Stachowiak, a right-wing activist and subject of News2Share's coverage over the past few weeks, called News2Share's Ford Fischer on Friday morning to tell his side of the story. “You ever try to attack me, I’ll put you in your grave,” right-wing activist James Stachowiak said to counter-protesters as he exited a pro-confederate monument protest last month at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. According to WJBF, Stachowiak was a police officer until 2008 when his license was revoked for misconduct. https://www.wjbf.com/news/volunteer-armed-guard-has-criminal-past-police-experience_20180307063619785/1015809265 “Attack me, you’ll get a bullet in your head," he told antifa. "I’m not threatening. I’m telling you what the consequences of an attack would be.” Police stood between Stachowiak's group and the counter-demonstrators as the words were exchanged. News2Share's Ford Fischer and Sarah Shoemaker covered the event, and while virtually no violence occurred, Stachowiak was ardent in his intentions to use lethal force if provoked. http://news2share.com/start/2018/12/16/antifa-face-off-with-confederates-at-unc-chapel-hill/ “I am a proud American confederate Patriot,” Stachowiak told News2Share after the event. “And I know what’s coming. It’s a civil war coming by these people and they keep pushing buttons… when they make their final and stupid move, it’ll be the last stupid move they ever make.” https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1074463519989481472 You can see the full event and the interview's entirety on News2Share's livestream of the event. https://www.facebook.com/N2Sreports/videos/2321553991423748/ Since the event, Stachowiak has posted a number of videos featuring himself armed and threatening to commit violence against antifa, always with the clarification of "when they attack." The videos, which caught the attention of the SPLC, led to Stachowiak's removal from Youtube. The group he protested alongside in North Carolina has also disavowed him. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/12/20/longtime-antigovernment-militia-organizer-calls-lone-wolf-action-against-antifa Stachowiak called News2Share Friday morning unexpectedly. Editor-in-chief Ford Fischer picked up and began recording a couple minutes into the conversation, which can be listened to in full. While both Washington DC and Georgia (where Fischer and Stachowiak were speaking from respectively) both have one-party consent to record telephone conversations, Fischer verified with Stachowiak that he was fine being recorded. Stachowiak primarily tried to reiterate that his armed videos were meant to intimidate enemies of his who "plan to cause tremendous bodily harm." In the past, he's called for lethal force against a ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgupJyQX6Hc