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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlleged bomb builder who had been posting threats on Facebook shakes up desert community
It seems like we dont give the same level of attention to the anti-government extremists as we do the Islamic extremists.
Saturday, Feb 6, 2016
Alleged bomb builder shakes up Kern County desert community
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Local and federal explosives experts spent four days removing several homemade bombs, incendiary devices and booby traps from Sloan's home and exploding them one after another in the desert outside of town. The explosions were so powerful, some thought the shockwaves might shatter their windows.
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According to the Kern County Superior Court case file and The Californians investigation, the search warrant was obtained after the Sheriffs Office was notified that Sloan had been posting threats on Facebook against the Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and federal government buildings.
In one instance, Sloan posted a photo of what he called a magnet bomb, and wrote about the possibility of throwing it at a passing gasoline tanker truck. Presumably, the magnet would allow it to attach to the metal skin of the tanker, causing a massive explosion of bomb and gasoline.
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Sloan also appeared to express solidarity or sympathy with militia or so-called sovereign citizen groups, and mentioned Bundy Ranch, the place owned by the family associated with the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve in Oregon, a standoff that has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment of 16 people.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/2016/02/06/alleged-bomb-builder-shakes-up-kern-county-desert-community.html
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Local and federal explosives experts spent four days removing several homemade bombs, incendiary devices and booby traps from Sloan's home and exploding them one after another in the desert outside of town. The explosions were so powerful, some thought the shockwaves might shatter their windows.
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According to the Kern County Superior Court case file and The Californians investigation, the search warrant was obtained after the Sheriffs Office was notified that Sloan had been posting threats on Facebook against the Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and federal government buildings.
In one instance, Sloan posted a photo of what he called a magnet bomb, and wrote about the possibility of throwing it at a passing gasoline tanker truck. Presumably, the magnet would allow it to attach to the metal skin of the tanker, causing a massive explosion of bomb and gasoline.
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Sloan also appeared to express solidarity or sympathy with militia or so-called sovereign citizen groups, and mentioned Bundy Ranch, the place owned by the family associated with the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve in Oregon, a standoff that has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment of 16 people.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/2016/02/06/alleged-bomb-builder-shakes-up-kern-county-desert-community.html
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Alleged bomb builder who had been posting threats on Facebook shakes up desert community (Original Post)
tencats
Feb 2016
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Appears to be a whole lot of white people who have stepped up their displeasure
Jackie Wilson Said
Feb 2016
#1
That is why I would love to live long enough to see a Native American become president.
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
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Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)1. Appears to be a whole lot of white people who have stepped up their displeasure
with a federal government run by a non white person.
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)2. That is why I would love to live long enough to see a Native American become president.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)4. Same here......nt
old guy
(3,283 posts)3. This type of activity will keep building
as long as there is no consequence to the perpetrators. A couple years behind bars will deter no one. These creatures are already imprisoned inside their own minds. Maybe 25 or 30 years would cause them to hesitate.