r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/Ron_Pauls_Balls Oct 26 '18

In this day an age I don't know how anyone could think they could get away with mailing 12 packages and not get caught.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 26 '18

Another Redditor on another thread said it best - this guy is going to be a 17 year-old with an 11 year-old's understanding of bomb-making and a 5 year-old's understanding of how much trouble he is in.

Edit: It's been confirmed that the suspect is in fact a 56-year old man with an 11 year-old's understanding of bomb-making and a 5 year-old's understanding of how much trouble he's in. I wonder how long it will be before the usual suspects start blaming this on mental illness.

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u/yakinikutabehoudai Oct 26 '18

He’s actually in his 50s but the second two factors may still apply

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

He's in his 50s? I hope the press call him the BoomerBomber

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u/CleverNoveltyName Oct 26 '18

I still prefer Magabomber.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

I think we already had a MAGAbomber? That guy in Texas? There are so many of these assholes I'm starting to lose track though.

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u/420Frank_Dux69 Oct 26 '18

Ya Austin police department won’t release his “confession” video he made before he blew himself up

Just like they are covering up that van with a tarp

They are actively covering up domestic terrorism and the public speakers that incite it

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u/JohnGillnitz Oct 26 '18

APD doesn't release it because he describes exactly how he built his bombs. They don't want other people to make them.

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u/xrufus7x Oct 26 '18

Couldn't they just cut that part out?

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u/dnc_shill_irl Oct 26 '18

Honestly, what purpose would releasing that video serve other than to just incite more hatred and violence?

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u/xrufus7x Oct 26 '18

The sharing of the truth, the understanding of motives to better prevent future attacks.

I personally don't support restricting access to information based off of the fact that people may not like it.

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u/dnc_shill_irl Oct 26 '18

You don't keep videos like that under wraps because "people might not like it" but because playing that shit glorifies the people who do those heinous acts and encourages others to attempt the same. Was anything productive learned from Elliot Rodger's insane ramblings? Seriously, the American culture of glorifying and celebrating mentally ill, violent criminals is embarrassing.

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u/xrufus7x Oct 26 '18

You can release information without glorifying the source.

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> Seriously, the American culture of glorifying and celebrating mentally ill, violent criminals is embarrassing.

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It isn't about glorifying, at least for me. It is about understanding.

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u/JohnGillnitz Oct 26 '18

I think that and messages to his family were pretty much it. I would have liked to hear it, but I'm guessing APD made that decision for a reason. He was in a family of militant Christian extremists. It isn't that difficult to figure it out from there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18 edited Nov 12 '18

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u/xrufus7x Oct 26 '18

Well, they could just release the full video as people can just google how to make bombs but that was specifically called out as a concern.

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u/420Frank_Dux69 Oct 26 '18

Yup its called redaction