A 19-year-old man who allegedly set a fireplace at a strip mall that homes the workplace of Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was motivated by latest talks of a federal ban on TikTok, authorities stated Sunday.
Fond du Lac police chief Aaron Goldstein expressed reduction that the workplace was empty on the time of the fireplace and famous that no accidents have been reported.
“Acts of violence, in any type are usually not tolerated, and we stay dedicated to defending the security and well-being of our group,” Goldstein stated in an announcement. “I’m grateful for the swift response of our Officers in serving to knock down the fireplace and in addition finding the suspect of this arson.”
In a press launch shared on social media, the Fond du Lac Police Division stated officers arrived on the scene shortly after 1 a.m. and initially used fireplace extinguishers to comprise the blaze whereas ready for firefighters to achieve the placement and put it out.
Officers stated they discovered a male resident close to the constructing who “admitted to beginning the fireplace in response to latest talks of a TikTok ban.”
Police added {that a} cost of arson has been referred to the Fond du Lac County District Lawyer’s Workplace.
Grothman thanked the firefighters for his or her “swift response.”
“No person was damage within the fireplace and the injury has been contained,” Grothman wrote on X, previously Twitter.
Grothman was among the many Republicans who voted in favor of the laws requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese language possession or face the prospect of being faraway from app shops within the U.S. beginning Sunday, CBS Information reported.
After the U.S. Supreme Court docket voted to uphold the regulation, following a problem by TikTok, the app went darkish for a number of hours starting late Saturday.
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TikTok restored service to U.S. customers on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump stated he would signal an government order, extending the timeline for the corporate to discover a U.S. purchaser.
“I would love the US to have a 50% possession place in a three way partnership,” he wrote on Reality Social. “By doing this, we save TikTok, preserve it in good arms and permit it to [stay] up.”