Michael Tate Reed is resident of Van Buren, Arkansas. Twice in three years he has driven a car into Ten Commandments monument at state capitol buildings. He livestreamed on Facrbook his 2017 crash into a Ten Commandments monument erected the day before at the state capitol in Arkansas. He shouted "Freedom!" before impact.

Reed attended Victory Bible College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ^[6]

Reed has had several bouts of mental illness.

He once put all of his possessions in his front yard, telling anyone who wants to take them.

His mom, Crystal Tucker, describes her son's mind as "broken".

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Reed tells friends that he is the reincarnation of famed Satanist Aleister Crowley. ^[6]

In June 2017, Reed drove a car into the new Ten Commandments statue at the Arkansas State Capitol building one day after it was put up. The statue was destroyed. ^[0]Reed streamed his attack on Facebook Live, screaming "freedom!" He also created a GoFundMe to pay for his car.

On Facebook, Reed referred to himself as a terrorist and made threats to Barack Obama and President Donald Trump as well. He recorded a video manifesto before his attack where he discusses his religious views. He calls his philosophy the "white plans" which indicates he might be a white supremacist. ^[3]

Reed had previously driven a car into Oklahoma's Ten Commandments statue 3 years earlier.

That privately funded, granite monument weighed 6,000 pounds (2,721 kilograms) and was also destroyed.

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Reed faces charges of defacing objects of public respect, trespassing on Capitol grounds and first-degree criminal mischief.