Man in viral racist rant video has been stealing valor as a Navy SEAL for years, FBI discovers

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 Man in viral racist rant video has been stealing valor as a Navy SEAL for years, FBI discovers

MIAMI — During a racist tirade caught on video, Joseph Fucheck waved a pistol around while yelling at a Black homeowner in North Miami-Dade. “Damn right, I carry a gun because I’m a 35-year former Navy SEAL!” he yelled. “Go look at my Purple Heart!”

Detectives found that supposed Purple Heart when they raided Fucheck’s Miami apartment, along with Navy certificates, dress uniforms and even portrait photos of Fucheck decked out like an admiral in front of an American flag.

None of it was real.

 https://popularmilitary.com/man-in-viral-racist-rant-video-has-been-stealing-valor-as-a-navy-seal-for-years-fbi-discovers/

[PeteS in CA]

According to his family, Fucheck hails from Rochester, New York, and had lived in Miami for a couple of decades. He mainly worked renovating and selling houses, although he liked to brag about being a “developer.”

A father of two, he was twice accused of stalking his ex-wife and her new husband. According to one domestic-violence petition, Fucheck showed “psychotic behavior and repeated aggression” over nearly a decade.

The new husband reported that Fucheck, at one point, showed up at his gym dressed in military garb, claiming to have been a Navy Seal and “bragging about how many people he killed in the war he fought,” according to a 2013 petition. He was also accused, while addicted to drugs, of repeatedly showing up at his ex-wife’s home, threatening to kill her new husband.

His estranged daughter — who asked not to be identified — said her father has long showed belligerent and prejudiced behavior. ...

Sounds like a really belligerent angry and hostile fruitcake.