• aramis87
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    7217 days ago

    Skyler Philippi, a man dedicated to white supremacist ideology and the destruction of our critical infrastructure

    That’s an awfully long way of saying “domestic terrorist” …

  • @[email protected]
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    5917 days ago

    As he was arrested, the DOJ alleged he was at the rear of a vehicle with the drone powered up and the explosive device was armed and located next to the drone.

    In September 2024, Philippi drove with undercover employees of the FBI to an electric substation previously researched and targeted by him and Philippi conducted reconnaissance of the substation. The DOJ alleges that while driving, he ordered a plastic explosive composition known as C-4 and other explosives from the undercover.

    He later allegedly purchased black powder to be used in pipe bombs, which Philippi intended to use during the attack. The DOJ said he contacted another confidential human source, “If you want to do the most damage as an accelerationist, attack high economic, high tax, political zones in every major metropolis.”

    Philippi also allegedly discussed operational security, including the need for disguises, the use of leather gloves, wearing shoes that are too big, the need to burn their clothes after the attack and not bringing smartphones on the night of the attack.

    Then, on Nov. 2, 2024, he participated in a Nordic ritual, which included reciting a Nordic prayer and discussing the Norse god Odin. Philippi allegedly told the undercover that “this is where the New Age begins” and that it was “time to do something big” that would be remembered “in the annals of history.”

    I imagine that it’s kinda an unpleasant moment when you abruptly discover that all your fellow white supremacists who have been working with you towards this glorious moment of blowing stuff up are actually FBI agents.

    • @24_at_the_withers
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      2617 days ago

      I’m not generally the type for this kind of meaningless comment, but it is just so perfectly apropos, I present the following statement:

      womp womp

      • Flying Squid
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        1117 days ago

        Nah. Just your basic Nazi.

        Then, on Nov. 2, 2024, he participated in a Nordic ritual, which included reciting a Nordic prayer and discussing the Norse god Odin.

  • @[email protected]
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    3117 days ago

    I guess C4 is a WMD in Nashville? With that title I thought he was using nerve gas or a dirty bomb or something.

    • scops
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      2517 days ago

      Dunno about TN, but in NC, a Weapon of Mass Destruction is a legal term referring to anything designed to harm more than one person simultaneously.

      This led, for example, to a local headline about a man holding up a bank with a WMD because he used a sawn-off shotgun.

  • Baggins [he/him]
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    2117 days ago

    attack high economic, high tax, political zones in every major metropolis

    Dude planned his terrorist attack in cities skylines

  • @[email protected]
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    717 days ago

    Ahh, carrying on the long standing tradition of idiots in Tennessee bombing shit. They grow 'em weird up in them thar hills.

  • masterofn001
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    317 days ago

    Guy could have helped the world and done something that helps everyone. Like flying it into elons jet.

  • P_P
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    116 days ago

    Shit person in a shit state.