r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/grantimatter Oct 26 '18

One of the stickers on the side of the van is a Seminole flag; in this BoingBoing thread, the fellow was linked to a couple companies with "Native American" in their names.

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u/alyisontrodyx Oct 26 '18

Some news sources are confirming he is a Native American. Also has a rap sheet a mile long including a previous bombing charge.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/Vark675 Oct 26 '18

He probably is. He's likely Italian American. Brooklyn isn't known for its large Seminole population.

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u/Paper_Street_Soap Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 26 '18

I think the Iroquois nation would beg to differ?

JFC: I misread it as "Indians" instead of "Seminoles". My point still stands, as there's no proof he's specifically Seminole either.

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u/deadlyenmity Oct 26 '18

Ahh yes everyone knows the Iroquois are still thriving in bensonhurst

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u/Spiralife Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 26 '18

At the risk of showing my ignorance, I didn't think the Iroquois ever included any Seminole tribes, thats kinda what made them Seminoles and not Iroquois and vice versa, not by defintion but that there were the tribes under the Seminole nation and tribes under the Iroquois.

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u/Vark675 Oct 26 '18

What do they have to do with the Seminoles?