An individual lit a fire inside the drive-up collection mailbox early Thursday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
  • @MegaUltraChicken
    35•5 hours ago

    If there’s one branch of law enforcement you don’t want to fuck with it’s the US Postal Inspection Service. This person is about to do some time. They do not fuck around with the mail.

  • @SassyRamen
    120•7 hours ago

    Why doesn’t it read “Far Right Extremist, White Nationalist, Christofacist, Terror Group ‘MAGA’ Reaking Havic Around The U.S.”

    Call a duck a duck

    • @NocturnalMorning
      -16•4 hours ago

      The person who set the fires said they wanted to be arrested, and it wasn’t politically motivated. Unless they give evidence to the contrary, there’s no reason to not believe them, especially since they had a prior arrest warrant outstanding for something unrelated.

      Edit: Wow, lot of astroturfing going on here, or people who didn’t read the article.

      • @[email protected]
        27•6 hours ago

        No reason not to believe the person who “wants to be arrested” and is lighting fires in public spaces?

        Who are you trying to convince?

        • @WoahWoah
          13•6 hours ago

          He was saying there’s reason to believe they thought this would be a high profile, non-violent action that would get them attention as well as arrested. I.e., that the arrest and attention were the primary motivations moreso than a political one. It was just a standard, blue USPS post box, not a specific county ballot box (those actually have fire suppression for this reason), so it seems reasonable that this person is just an unstable idiot, not a politically motivated unstable idiot.

          He was previously arrested for just showing up to a work site, assumed homeless, and sitting there, and then trying to take an officers gun “because he ‘wanted it’ and ‘because it’s cool.’” He was then restrained with duct tape. Lol

          Who knows, it’s dumb and he was arrested though, which is good.

      • @kevindqc
        15•6 hours ago

        If he has a warrant out and wanted to be arrested… Why wouldn’t he just walk into a police station?

        • @dhorkEnglish
          10•6 hours ago

          People who want to be arrested aren’t necessarily the sharpest tool in the shed…

        • ArtieShaw
          4•5 hours ago

          That would make sense. Unfortunately, I’ve known enough contrarian weirdos to see how that type of logic might make more sense (to them).

          “Why are you stressing about this? Can’t you just take those old clothes to Goodwill or throw them away?”

          “Well, first I need to buy 30 cases of Coke and then - to make room in the car - I need to visit the park back in Indiana to scatter our dog’s ashes.”

          Knowing that it’s probably just illogical all the way down, I could believe either scenario.

        • @NocturnalMorning
          -1•3 hours ago

          I’m sure the guy wasn’t rocking a full set of marbles if this is what he thought passes for a good idea.

      • Rhaedas
        3•6 hours ago

        If you’re seeking a felony or many, no better way than to do something to the USPS. Glad the damage was minimal to the ballots and that this person maybe can get the help they need and seemingly were screaming for internally.

  • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
    71•7 hours ago

    This is why I took my mail in ballot to the post office instead of trusting a mailbox or my conservative mailman.

    • @[email protected]
      5•2 hours ago

      I dropped mine in the county’s drop box so I don’t have to risk letting USPS destroy it or “lose” it. Make sure you follow up to verify that your ballot was received AND accepted.

    • @[email protected]English
      37•7 hours ago

      I did so and I’m checking my county’s ballot tracker like a hawk to make sure it registers.

  • @CreativeCider
    48•7 hours ago

    Headline should be something along the lines of “Fascists try to meddle with the election”

    • @[email protected]
      14•6 hours ago

      Not trying, already did. When Trump loses, he will use all of this as a reason for congress to appoint him president.

  • Ænima
    5•5 hours ago

    Given the municipality, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a Phoenix PD officer who did it.

  • @robocall
    15•6 hours ago

    It’s good to vote early in case extremists try to take your vote away from you. Also, track your ballot, if you’re able to.

  • @Rapidcreek
    3•6 hours ago

    That is several US broken laws. There’s an orange jumpsuit is that persons future.