The cult group known as Zizians is linked to the murders of six people across the United States, which is also known as Ziz, by Jack Lasota, a transgender woman. She and other members of the group were arrested on various charges. Here’s the latest news on Ziz and Zizians:
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Who is Jiz?
Lasota (also known as Ziz) is a 34-year-old trans woman. She graduated from Fairbanks University at the University of Alaska in 2013 with a degree in computer science. BBC. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she applied for a technology job, worked internships with NASA, and started a blog under the name Ziz. She got a job at a gaming startup, but was fired, lOS Angeles TimesReport.
She embraced rationalism. It received a philosophy that emphasized “the power of the human mind to see clear truth, to eliminate prejudices and bad thoughts, and to improve individuals and society.” As the BBC points out.
“Lasota’s beliefs focus on overturning moral norms, practicing extreme veganism and embracing the concept of gendered hemispheres.” New York Times Reports, cite websites called zizians.info, You are about to expose the group.
Lasota and his three associates were arrested in 2019 during a protest by a rationalist group in Sonoma County, California. The charges included trespassing and wearing a mask while committing a crime. LA Times. When she did not compete in a court hearing in 2022, a warrant was issued for her arrest, but her lawyer said she was dead and fell from a boat in San Francisco Bay. I said that. The obituary appeared in the Alaska newspaper. However, she was actually alive and resurfaced a year later.
Who are the other members of Gigian and what does the group believe?
Early on, Lasota joined forces with Gwen Danielson, another trans woman in the tech business. “Previously there was something really deep that I’ve never had before because I couldn’t bounce back to people who were just as interested in saving the world for weeks,” Lasota said. talked about Danielson on her blog. LA Times. They bought an old tugboat Caleb, In 2017, they decided to use it for a home in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco and its base. Google programmer Emma Borhanian was immediately involved, and Lasota’s blog post attracted more supporters. Danielson and the Boranian were arrested along with one other person in protests in Lasota and Sonoma County.
Gwen Danielson’s father, Brett Danielson, said, “I was afraid that my daughter would go down a dangerous path.” LA Times Report. “Nottheless, he helped her pay for the bill and hoped the trouble would go by.”
The Gigians’ goals state that “although they are not entirely clear, online writing about their beliefs touches on veganism, artificial intelligence and gender identity.” New York Times.
Zizians.info warns about Lasota holding the group. “The purpose of this document is to warn you not to participate!” one person wrote the site. “Ziz is a master manipulator. She is very skilled at selling people with nonsense ideas about decision theory and ethics that go against basic common sense, as well as “rules of rationality.” ”
Maintenance cost Caleb Promisingly proven, the Coast Guard told Gwen Danielson in 2017 that the boat produced environmental hazards because it “has about 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel along with other dangerous petroleum products.”
Cartlind, who lived on another boat in Half Moon Bay, invited the Gigians to travel with him to Vallejo, California. They set up makeshift homes on his land, and Lind imagined the area as a heaven for artists and other free spirits who could not afford to rent in the Bay Area. Lind was thinking that Gigian would only stay for four months. However, they remained through the Covid-19 pandemic and stopped paying rent. His relationship with Lind became sour and then violent.
What crimes is Gigian accused of?
In 2022, 80-year-old Lind drove out the Gigians, and the Boranians and two others, Sri Dao and Alexander Leesam, attacked him with a samurai sword, stabbed him 50 times and brought his right eye out. did. He shot the group and killed the Boranians. Lind was scheduled to testify against his assailant. However, on January 17th of this year, when his throat was slit, he was killed. Maximilian Snyder has been charged with murder and is trying to prevent Lind’s testimony. New York Times Report. Snyder has not yet entered the petition but is being held without bail in California.
Dao and Leesam are charged with murder in the death of a Boranian and attempted murder in the 2022 attack on Lind. They are scheduled to go to court on April 2nd. The Boranian murder charges came against them despite Lind firing a shot.
Three days after Lind’s death, border patrol agent David Malland, 44, fatally shot during a traffic stop in the Gigian member, Teresa Youngbrute, Virginia, who applied for a marriage license to Snyder. It’s been done. Attacking federal law enforcement officials with deadly weapons.” New York TimesAlthough she has not been charged with murder. Felix Bauckholt, who was in Youngblut’s vehicle, was killed in Crossfire.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Firearms and Explosives said the weapons were purchased by Michel Zaico. Michelle Zaico said he was accused of “issuing a false statement to the gun licensee by providing a fake address when purchasing the gun.” Additionally, she was “someone interested” in the deaths of her parents, Richard and Rita Zaico, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on December 31, 2022. She was temporarily detained but was not charged.
Lasota, Michelle Zaico and Daniel Blanc were arrested on February 16th in Alleghany County, Maryland. The arrest comes from an incident in Frostburg, Maryland. They were wearing gun belts containing ammunition and when police arrived they found a rifle and a handgun in the truck. “Lasota and Zaico were charged with trespassing, obstructing and possessing a handgun.” ” New York Times Report. “Blank was not faced with a weapon charge, but was arrested on other charges, but Zaiko was also charged with resisting arrest,” they pleaded not guilty and were detained without bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on March 24th.
Lasota and Blank were asked in January 2023 about the death of Zaiko’s parents. “Lasota has been charged with obstructing law enforcement and disorderly conduct.” Associated Press No blanks have been charged, but they have been reported.
What are the suspects and others saying now?
“Lind’s friends are still trying to wrap their heads around.” LA Times Report. They remember Lind because of his pleasant eccentricity, living in an ancient boat, joking with the authorities and becoming friends with wild geese. And they remember him for his warmth. He loved his family. He made friends wherever he went, and he essentially trusted everyone he met. In the end, they said that they could have been his downfall. ”
Gwen Danielson disappeared for a while, but she recently contacted her father for the first time in years, according to the paper. “I’m in hiding. I’m under the alias, don’t reveal where I am or even I’m alive,” she told him.
Snyder denied his relationship with Lasota. “I am not a friend of Ziz, nor her friends, as far as I know, support me or my words. He said in an alphabet from the prison, I am for everyone, I speak just for myself, like myself,” he said. IndependenceReport.
Lasota says, like her and other Gigian’s lawyers, she has done nothing wrong. “I urge the press and the public to refrain from speculation and early conclusions,” one of her lawyers, Daniel McGarrigle, said in a statement to the BBC. Her other lawyer, public defense attorney Rebecca Francourt Breeden, told the Associated Press that Lasota is “a very bright person.” Francoeur-Breeden also represents Blank, calling her a “glorious young man” with mental health issues.
Source: Advocate.com – www.advocate.com
