A mother was arrested and charged for allegedly buying ammunition, tactical gear for her son's planned "mass targeted violence" at his middle school, officials said.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    1631·
    2 months ago

    She also found an “improvised explosive device” – a mortar-style firework wrapped in duct tape – among the boy’s belongings, the affidavit noted. The explosive device had the words “For Brenton Tarrant,” referencing the shooter in the 2019 mosque attack, along with multiple “SS” symbols and “14 words” – referencing white supremacy – written on it, according to the affidavit.

    Ffs, the radical right has entirely too much influence.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      381·
      2 months ago

      Both of these comments having the same votes and only a single downvote is kinda wholesome props for Lemmy.

      These positions are not in competition or at odds with eachother, they are both respected in different ways.

    • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3912·
      2 months ago

      Loser Nazi fucks only go down the rabbit hole because they’re worthless and powerless in real life. They should bunker bust just like their dear leader did in 45’

      • console.log(bathing_in_bismuth)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        25·
        2 months ago

        Or they are, young and easy to manipulate. But yeah just throw em all away, When minors need psychological help ignore them and when theyre down the drain just tell em to off themselves.

        You’re a disgrace

          • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            This is an American story. Psychological help is not an option there.

            More to the point, it’s not an accessible option for most people in the USA.

  • cybersin@lemm.ee
    12·
    2 months ago

    Charged with terrorism for being racist and owning “tactical” gear in Texas?

    Seems more like a friendly fire incident tbh.

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    2 months ago

    Poor kid. It’s the mom who should be punished, not him. Obviously, there are ethics considerations but these are the kinds of stories that make me momentarily feel like forced sterilization isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
      145·
      2 months ago

      Having a kid really should require a license. But there is no entity on earth that could be trusted to manage the process of issuing those licenses fairly. So, damned if we do, damned if we don’t.

      • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
        English
        7·
        2 months ago

        Hell, even if you could find someone to handle it fairly, it would just be a matter of time until someone subverted that organization for their own purposes. If there’s power to be wielded, someone will abuse it.

        • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          Exactly. That is why humans can’t have nice things. The same skills that made us the dominant species ensures we will ruin everything eventually.

    • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works
      53·
      2 months ago

      The article said that the kid had stuff with Nazi and white supremacy symbols and words on it. I’m pretty sure he’s not innocent in any of this.

      • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
        10·
        2 months ago

        Well, kids learn from thier parents. Unfortunately he was taught to hate. I don’t think he is to blame. But of course he can’t just go free either.

        • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          2 months ago

          Agreed. We really should have better mental rehabilitative services, especially for youth but who am I kidding with how this country is going.

          • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            Sadly I think the reason why don’t is that “modern” medicine really has no idea how to do it. I mean if we did, we probably still wouldn’t spend on it… but one thing at a time.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        He’s in middle school. 13 year olds’ political beliefs don’t typically extend beyond whatever news channel their parents watch, and whatever pipeline YouTube has pushed them down. Could he cause a lot of damage with those political beliefs? Absolutely. But those beliefs didn’t spawn out of the ether. He didn’t just casually stumble upon them. They were put in front of him.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      8212·
      2 months ago

      It’s literally just a tattooed girl with dyed hair. You’d be more likely to see someone like her at an antifascist protest or a punk show than planning a neonazi massacre. Ask me to pick between that and a white guy in a polo shirt for which one is more likely to be a threat to society and it’d be the white guy ten times out of ten.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          610·
          2 months ago

          You learn that on a true crime podcast or something? It’s a relatively common tattoo (at least relative to face tattoos in general) and can have all kinds of meanings. You haven’t cracked a secret code language.

          The only thing you can read from this photo is she got tattoos on her face, so she probably wasn’t planning to work an office job when she got them.

            • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              410·
              2 months ago

              LOL. And are you “in the culture” after reading the Wiki page that specifically talks about how they can mean a lot of things and maybe none of them at all? Girls (and guys) get tears for all kinds of reasons, and jumping to “she killed people” or “she’s in a gang”, rather than “she’s experienced loss” or “she’s been abused” is the same level of tattoo pop-symbology that’s labeling every brown man with ink as “MS-13”.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        102·
        2 months ago

        I dunno. I like tattoos a lot and think they can look great on people but these are hella questionable.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      401·
      2 months ago

      Reads headline “Huh?”

      Sees picture “Oh.”

      Edit: oh my god it just keeps getting better.

      She also found an “improvised explosive device” – a mortar-style firework wrapped in duct tape – among the boy’s belongings, the affidavit noted. The explosive device had the words “For Brenton Tarrant,” referencing the shooter in the 2019 mosque attack, along with multiple “SS” symbols and “14 words” – referencing white supremacy – written on it, according to the affidavit.

      Somebody forgot to explain to this kid what the 14 words crowd think about Hispanics.

      • Stamau123@lemmy.world
        19·
        2 months ago

        I want to know why it’s so easy for some hispanics to become nazis. Like bruh, that ain’t a tan, you ain’t white. I got a half mexican uncle with a swastika tattoo and he does not pull it off, so what the hell?

        • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
          111·
          2 months ago

          They are shamed into wanting to be white

          And they’re close enough a lot of them pass

          Just like asians

  • flabbergast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Okay, so anybody knows what music is playing in the video?
    Shazam is giving me wrong tracks only…

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      183·
      2 months ago

      We need fully funded, comprehensive health and fully funded education, fully funded social safety nets, as well.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      While her parents may have been terrible people, it sounds as if it was the grandmother who reported it. Could be the grandmother from the fathers side though.

      This most definitely seems like the child should have stayed full time at grandmas and not allowed the mother have bail though.