# John Turano

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{{Short description|Right wing activist}}
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| other_names   = Based Spartan
| movement      = [Alt-right](/source/Alt-right)
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| known_for     = [Street fighting](/source/Street_fighting) with [Antifa protesters](/source/Antifa_(United_States))
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'''John Turano''', also known as '''Based Spartan''', has been described as an "icon of the [alt-right](/source/alt-right) 'Patriot' movement, who was known for brawling with [Antifa protesters](/source/Antifa_(United_States)) in the early days of the Trump administration in 2017.<ref name=Vice>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-based-spartan/|title=The Rise and Fall of Based Spartan|website=Vice.com|date=28 March 2018|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116203709/https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kgax8/the-rise-and-fall-of-based-spartan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shepherd">{{cite news |last1=Shepherd |first1=Katie |title=A Leading Figure at Portland's Alt-Right Protests Defects, Says Dressing as a Spartan Warrior to Fight Antifa Was "a Horrible Mistake" |url=https://www.wweek.com/2017/07/30/a-leading-figure-at-portlands-alt-right-protests-defects-says-dressing-as-a-spartan-warrior-to-fight-antifa-was-a-horrible-mistake/ |access-date=November 19, 2020 |work=[Willamette Week](/source/Willamette_Week) |date=July 30, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013841/https://www.wweek.com/2017/07/30/a-leading-figure-at-portlands-alt-right-protests-defects-says-dressing-as-a-spartan-warrior-to-fight-antifa-was-a-horrible-mistake/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/183101/alt-right-mascot-regrets-everything-says-he-made-a-horrible-mistake|title=Alt-right mascot regrets everything, says he made a "horrible mistake"|first=Jack|last=Smith IV|website=Mic|date=31 July 2017|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030037/https://www.mic.com/articles/183101/alt-right-mascot-regrets-everything-says-he-made-a-horrible-mistake|url-status=live}}</ref>

Turano was among a group of far-right activists who attacked the [Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church](/source/Metropolitan_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church) in [Washington, DC](/source/Washington%2C_DC) on December 12, 2020.<ref name = CNN>{{cite news | last =Campbell | first =Josh | title =Proud Boys members ordered to pay over $1 million in 'hateful and overtly racist' church destruction civil suit | newspaper =[CNN](/source/CNN) | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =July 1, 2023 | url =https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/politics/proud-boys-fined-ame-church-destruction/index.html | access-date =July 1, 2023 | archive-date =July 1, 2023 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230701212447/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/politics/proud-boys-fined-ame-church-destruction/index.html | url-status =live }}</ref> In June 2023, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge [Neal E. Kravitz](/source/Neal_E._Kravitz) imposed civil penalties of over $1 million on Turano and three members of the [Proud Boys](/source/Proud_Boys), [Enrique Tarrio](/source/Enrique_Tarrio), [Joe Biggs](/source/Joe_Biggs) and [Jeremy Bertino](/source/Jeremy_Bertino) in connection with the 2020 attack on the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. Kravitz said that the four men had engaged in "hateful and overtly racist conduct"<ref name = CNN/>

Turano lives in Los Angeles, as of 2018.<ref name=Vice/> On July 17, 2021, Turano was involved in a violent protest in Los Angeles in connection with the [Wi Spa controversy](/source/Wi_Spa_controversy).<ref>{{cite news | last =Owen | first =Tess | title =Proud Boy Associates, Antifascists, and Cops Violently Clashed Over an LA Spa's Trans Policy: Dozens were arrested as police fired less-lethal rounds at activists after the far right turned the Wi Spa in Koreatown into a lightning rod for anti-trans extremism. | newspaper =[Vice News](/source/Vice_News) | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =July 19, 2021 | url =https://www.vice.com/en/article/proud-boy-associates-antifascists-and-cops-violently-clashed-over-an-la-spas-trans-policy/ | access-date =July 1, 2023 | archive-date =July 1, 2023 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230701225825/https://www.vice.com/en/article/4av7jw/proud-boy-associates-antifascists-and-cops-violently-clashed-over-an-la-spas-trans-policy | url-status =live }}</ref>

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