Sergeant Michael Hooker of the Grass Valley Police Department (GVPD), responding to an anonymous complaint, located an unattended van in the lot of an apartment complex. The words ?I AM A FUCKING SUICIDE BOMBER COMMUNIST TERRORIST!? were painted above the rear window. On the rear window was painted ?PULL ME OVER! PLEASE, I DARE YA[.]? Below the rear window was the text ?ALLAH PRAISE THE PATRIOT ACT … FUCKING JIHAD ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT! P.S. W.O.M.D. ON BOARD!? A small American flag was attached to the van below the lettering. The rest of the van was decorated with slogans and paintings that had no political or threatening character.
Hooker determined that the van belonged to Matthew Fogel, a 22-year-old resident of Nevada City. He concluded that the messages on the van were just ?political satire? and returned to the police station after taking photographs.
