Acts of Terrorism megathread

[Josquius]

You just know this would be all over the news had he been brown.

[garbon]

You just know this would be all over the news had he been brown.

Well it is on the front page of the guardian but they are too busy noting how the data that people freely gave to facebook was used for shady purposes.

edit: also top story on msnbc and cnn so is at least consider top domestic news. even us edition of buzzfeed has it as top bulletin

[derspiess]

"very fine people on both sides"!

Was he an alt-right Nazzie?

[Josquius]

You just know this would be all over the news had he been brown.

Well it is on the front page of the guardian but they are too busy noting how the data that people freely gave to facebook was used for shady purposes.

edit: also top story on msnbc and cnn so is at least consider top domestic news. even us edition of buzzfeed has it as top bulletin

Hmm true that the Facebook thing could be hogging the limelight.
Still expected to see more about this though.

[garbon]

"very fine people on both sides"!

Was he an alt-right Nazzie?

I think they are still looking into his background. Buzzfeed looked at his college blog where he posted about homosexuality being unnatural, called himself a conservative and noted that if women don't want a baby, they shouldn't have sex as that is meant for procreation.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/austin-bombing-suspect-mark-anthony-conditt?utm_term=.ekGo9PMPka#.cjR3JbXbWl

[Razgovory]

"very fine people on both sides"!

Was he an alt-right Nazzie?

He's white.  That's always a plus in the Trump handbook.

[Eddie Teach]

You're white, too.

[Admiral Yi]

What are your regular sources of news Squeeze?

If this sounds like a loaded questions, it's probably because it is.

[Solmyr]

"very fine people on both sides"!

Was he an alt-right Nazzie?

I think they are still looking into his background. Buzzfeed looked at his college blog where he posted about homosexuality being unnatural, called himself a conservative and noted that if women don't want a baby, they shouldn't have sex as that is meant for procreation.

Clearly just a mentally ill lone wolf whose attacks had nothing to do with his beliefs.

[derspiess]

That blonde wig he wore in the security camera footage. It looked-- so real.

[Valmy]

24 year old white man. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-explosions/index.html

These fucks are making me look bad.

Anyway good work by the APD to stop that punk. We have to keep a better eye on obviously unstable people like him.

[Valmy]

Clearly just a mentally ill lone wolf whose attacks had nothing to do with his beliefs.

I do wonder if the rage culture of the alternative right wing media is fueling this but I don't know enough about the political bent of each of these assholes to know if that is a common thread.

[Solmyr]

Anyway good work by the APD to stop that punk. We have to keep a better eye on obviously unstable people like him.

But they are very fine people who support the President!

[garbon]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/skbaer/austin-package-bomber-admitted-to-crimes-in-video?bfsource=bbf_enus&utm_term=.cfL940K0g7#.hjnz2M5MLB

The Austin Package Bomber Admitted To Crimes In A 25-Minute Video Confession

Hours before dying in a car explosion, the man responsible for a string of lethal package bombs in Austin recorded a cell phone video confessing to the crimes that terrorized the area for weeks, police said Wednesday.

Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters that in the 25-minute video the man, identified as 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville, Texas, did not mention anything about terrorism or hate as he described in detail the six explosive devices that killed two people and injured several others.

"Instead it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point," Manley said.

Police believe Conditt recorded the video sometime between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday.

"There were indications that he stated in the video that he felt like we were getting very close to him," Manley said, adding that they would not be releasing the video at this time.

Conditt died early Wednesday after a pursuit with police ended with him detonating an explosive device in his car as SWAT team officers approached on foot.

One officer fired on the suspect and another officer was injured by the blast.

Manley said the medical examiner's office was still determining whether Conditt died from gunfire or the explosion, but noted that the injuries he sustained from the explosion "were significant."

Federal authorities had charged Conditt late Tuesday with one count of unlawful possession and transfer of a destructive device and issued a warrant for his arrest.

Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore said Wednesday afternoon that state and federal prosecutors had intended to seek the death penalty.

"The deaths that occurred here were random and meaningless and absolutely something that we can't ever get our heads around," Moore told reporters.

Authorities believe they have accounted for all of the explosive devices constructed by the bomber. In his video recording, Conditt identified each of the devices — including the one he detonated in his vehicle — and explained their similarities and differences, Manley said.

The first package bomb exploded outside a home in East Austin on March 2, killing 39-year-old Anthony House. Two more package bombs were left on doorsteps and exploded on March 12, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason and injuring a 75-year-old woman who remains in critical condition.

On Sunday, a fourth package bomb that police believe was triggered by a trip wire injured two men as they passed on their bicycles.

A fifth package bomb exploded at a FedEx facility outside San Antonio on Tuesday, injuring an employee. An additional device was found at the facility, but did not detonate.

Manley said it did not appear that the victims were targeted. "There was no indication of why [the bomber chose] these specific addresses," Manley said, referring to Conditt's recorded video.

The bombings had put all of Austin on edge as law enforcement continued to hunt for a suspect. Police said they responded to more than 1,200 suspicious package calls in less than 10 days.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler applauded the community's vigilance Wednesday and said that the bombings were a lesson that residents should get to know their neighbors.

"The legacy of this event for us should be that we walk across the street and introduce ourselves to our neighbors," Adler told reporters. "We should know our neighbors better than we do."

What challenges in your life lead you to blowing up innocent people not out of hate?

[Ed Anger]

You bust your anime body pillow. So ronrey