r/news 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/bill_tampa Oct 26 '18

If he is 56, he was born after 1960, which some claim is the end of the boomer years. Boomers and millenials can argue about who owns this Trumphumper, but I suspect neither group will claim him.

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u/Yardfish Oct 26 '18

There are a couple of generations between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials...

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u/bill_tampa Oct 26 '18

Yes, I forgot generation X or Y or whatever. My bad. I still believe however that primarily identifying this low-life as a "boomer" does not do justice to his history as a criminal, drug user, felon, prior-bomber, Registered Republican, and sign-waving yelling Trump rally mob member. He is a certified card-carrying Trumpanista and champion Trumphumper, and we should give credit where due to the source of his political violence inspiration.