3 bombs go off in Austin, 2 dead - Bomber is dead

[elephant]

word on the street is that this may be treated as a "hate" crime. I just figured this would be treated as domestic terrorism or 1st degree murder (4 counts) or conspiracy to both .

[Averageman]

Mmmmmm.
They were looking at connections the other day, some were related, all were black.
I'm sure there are also things we don't know.

[Honu]

Mmmmmm.
They were looking at connections the other day, some were related, all were black.
I'm sure there are also things we don't know.

thought one was Hispanic ?

[austinN4]

4th bomb yesterday

[Averageman]

They are questioning if the bombs are from a different bomb maker now.
Apparently something must have changed in the type of trigger used.

[austinN4]

They are questioning if the bombs are from a different bomb maker now.
Apparently something must have changed in the type of trigger used.

Tripwire trigger - device was along the road, injured a couple of guys on bicycles.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.ffce1286c042

[Averageman]

I was guessing he used mercury switches previously.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Red Guards were somehow mixed up in this.

If you have never heard of them . . .


Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest
Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news...ce-of-protest/

[Averageman]

You know I'm going to take a SWAG and say the Red Guard are likely either suburban raised Texas College Students or outsiders new to Texas.
Austin or not, going over to east Austin to blow up some black and brown folks almost seems to go against any sort of, wacko or not goals these guys might have.
If you're right these Muppets are going to be doing some serious time and/or get a needle up in Huntsville.
If this bomber has a motive, I doubt it's about promoting the Socialist Marxist agenda.

[Moose-Knuckle]

You know I'm going to take a SWAG and say the Red Guard are likely either suburban raised Texas College Students or outsiders new to Texas.
Austin or not, going over to east Austin to blow up some black and brown folks almost seems to go against any sort of, wacko or not goals these guys might have.
If you're right these Muppets are going to be doing some serious time and/or get a needle up in Huntsville.
If this bomber has a motive, I doubt it's about promoting the Socialist Marxist agenda.

I just said I wouldn't be surprised if they were....

Everyone thought the Beltway Sniper was some white dude tooling around in a pick-up with an NRA sticker because several of the vics were black. Turned out to be two black muslim converts.

The oxygen thief in SC that went and murdered those black parishioners in a EAM church thought he could kick off a "race war" if he went and did what he did.

It very well may be they had nothing to do with these bombings, but generally bombings are political in nature.