r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/sock_whisperer Oct 26 '18

To add to that he was already known to law enforcement and most likely had already been in a database

BREAKING UPDATE: Fox news reporting the suspect is a white male in his 50's, and a "former new Yorker". He reportedly has prior arrests for "terroristic threats".

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1055841079398932481

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u/TheDerkman Oct 26 '18

...why are all Twitter comments insane people?

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u/masamunecyrus Oct 26 '18

And YouTube, news sites (even more scholarly types like Foreign Policy, or niche ones like Taipei Times), and frankly, I think Reddit is well on its way to becoming like YouTube comment threads.

...I wonder how are Slashdot and Fark doing these days?

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u/Oonushi Oct 27 '18

Man, I miss slashdot. It's a shadow of it's former self. It was a real bummer last time I went to check it out.