Transgender activist Nikki Joly of Jackson, IL, whose five pets were killed in a 2017 house fire, has been accused of intentionally setting the blaze, according to The Detroit News.
Two German Shepherds and three cats died in the two-story blaze that was initially investigated as a hate crime by the FBI and local law enforcement.
Investigators found traces of gasoline in five rooms on the first floor of the wooden-frame house, according to the police report, while Joly was found to have bought $10 of gas at a local gas station the morning of the fire “so he could cut his grass,” according to the report. Joly stopped halfway through because it was too hot out, while police say the sequence of events “would have made it difficult for anyone but Joly to set the fire.”
He went to work at the church and got a call from Moore at 1:02 p.m., said the report. Moore had forgotten to pack her lunch so asked Joly to bring it to her at work. The couple share one car.
Joly returned home, which was two miles away, went inside for a minute or two, and left, he told police.
The fire was reported by neighbors at 1:16 p.m.
The sequence of events would have made it difficult for anyone but Joly to set the fire, Grove said in the police report. –The Detroit News
“The timeline shows a window of less than five minutes for another person to enter the residence, splash gasoline around, ignite the fire and then leave without being scene,” wrote police detective Aaron Grove.
Two weeks after the fire, Joly was questioned by two FBI agents and a city police detective.
During the interview, he drooped his head, staring at the floor, not looking at his interlocutors, according to the report. He didn’t admit setting the fire and didn’t deny it, either. –The Detroit News
The arrest of Joly, a biological woman who identifies as a man, came as a surprise to the gay community in Jackson, as Joly helped open the city’s first gay community center and was a co-organizer of the city’s first gay festival – earning the Citizen of the Year award by a local paper.
Authorities later determined the fire was intentionally set, but the person they arrested came as a shock to both supporters and opponents of the gay rights movement. It was the citizen of the year — Nikki Joly.
“It’s embarrassing,” said Travis Trombley, a gay resident who fought for the ordinance. “How do you do it to the community you have put so much effort into helping?”
Why Joly, 54, would allegedly burn down his home remains a mystery. He didn’t own the house, which was insured by its owner, police said.
His attorney said the lack of a motive cast doubt on the case. –The Detroit News
The police report suggests a motive, however; two people who worked with Joly at St. Johns United Church of Christ, where the Jackson Price Center is located, said the trans activist was “frustrated the controversy over gay rights had died down,” and that the Jackson Pride Parade and Festival – held five days before the fire, “hadn’t received more attention or protests.”
Barbara Shelton questioned the police’s version of her statement, telling the Detroit News “Not sure I said that,” in an email, adding “I have no idea about anything, never heard Nikki comment in any fashion about anything like that.”
According to Joly’s attorney, Daniel Barnett, “It doesn’t make sense,” adding “He was citizen of the year. There was plenty of media coverage already before the fire.”
While Joly was stoic in public, he could be abrupt, even combative in private, said acquaintances. He was headstrong, unwilling to have his views challenged by others.
He also could be deceptive, Shelton and James said in the police investigative report.
One year after the pride center opened, Joly broke it away from the church. Unknown to church officials, Joly had secured nonprofit status for the center, Shelton told police.
Shelton said she felt betrayed because she was the one who secured the original funding for the center by applying for several grants.
“Shelton and James both described Nikki as very deceptive and stated that when it comes to Nikki there are ‘layers of manipulation,’” police detective Aaron Grove wrote in the report. –The Detroit News
Local drag queen Jeff Graves said that he was alarmed by the details of the investigation, and said that if Joly is found guilty, he will try to claw back donations raised for the transgender activist’s legal defense.
“I feel as though I was used for a money scam,” said Graves. “It hurt and it still does.”
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Physiognomy is real.
Calling a she a he is a form of intellectual debasement, a kind of Stockholm Syndrome without anyone having to hold a gun against your head.
Proper pronoun would be ‘it’.
Sure that isn’t Robert Blake?
Obviously it’s retarded.
A hear and see a neologism springing to life: Transtard.
It is a definite twofer; transxxxx and retarded.
Big Mike 2020
He/she/it/xer can be he/she/it/xer’s running mate
Even more interesting, I have never heard of Jackson Illinois and cannot find a Jackson Illinois doing a search. I found a Jackson County way down south . Why is this in the Detroit News? Detroit is at least 500 miles from Jackson County.
Ya this is psychotic. Anyone claiming to be another gender and expecting to be taken seriously is not to be trusted. It’s a mental issue. A disorder. And it needs to be treated as such. I’m a libertarian and believe in leaving people alone, but you aren’t doing them any favors by pretending it’s anything other than an mental disorder.
Which brings up the point of its frustration. Not enough protestors or attention… which is the whole point of these attention-seeking militants.
If nobody gives a dam then they are just reduced to crazies wearing men’s clothes. It is biologically female but has a female girlfriend… it’s called lesbianism.
Dyke is what we call it here
All “transgendered” people are deceptive, especially to themselves.
They’re transvestites, don’t fall for the word games.
When you were a kid, did you ever have one of those books with 3 horizontal sections – where you could choose the top middle and bottom of the animal? These ‘trans’ remind me of that idea.
Sorta look like they were put together in Dr Frankenstein’s basement.
Physiognomy descriptor:
Fugly
example: it was a fugly beast, that set fire to it’s own abode, caused by a bad case of histrionics
Tie her to a post in the town square and burn her in public so that all can see. Time to start pushing back against these folks and their crimes.
Check out the high beams on Mr. Jolly. Anybody else ogling the guy? I feel dirty now.
Can we please start treating these mentally ill people rather than enabling their delusions?
“Trans-gender activist?!” –y0u must really mean sexual degeneracy activist.
To bad this cock-sucking degenerate didn’t splash the gas all over ‘HIMSELF’ and struck the match.
Instead the fuk-stain killed two German Shepherds who were both worth ten times the value of this sicko’s life.
It’s time to start calling these sexual degenerates what they really are… sicko’s
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149879/Japanese-man-22-cooks-genitals-serves-paying-dinner-party-guests.html
Hopefully they remember the animal cruelty charges, those alone should get this asshat 20 years.
“I feel as though I was used for a money scam,” said Graves. “It hurt and it still does.” Sounds like he took it in the ass. Figuratively.
Presumptive partial transcript of its statement to police: “…. and then the two evil straight white males, wearing MAGA hats, told me this is MAGA country….“
I just can’t get over burning two German Shepherds alive. I have two myself and they are the best dogs ever. She should be burnt alive. Correction. It should be burnt alive. Slowly.
Just smear it with bacon grease and honey and turn it loose in the nearby Shawnee National Forest.
And three cats!
“Citizen of the year.”
Y’all do realize that nearly everyone is nuckin futz, right?
Big ol titties.
If it weren’t for fake hate crimes, America wouldn’t have any hate crimes at all.