Yep, we did. The modern version.
thehill.com
damnThree men plead guilty in plan to attack power grids to advance white supremacist ideology
Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Katy, Texas; and Jackson Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, all pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Cook and Frost met in 2019 through an online chat group, where Frost shared his plan to attack a power grid as a way to achieve white supremacist goals.
Cook recruited Sawall to the conspiracy, providing him with readings that promoted white supremacy and Neo-Nazism, the DOJ said.
The three men each assigned themselves to a power grid in different parts of the country, which they planned to attack using rifles.
The defendants discussed their hopes that the power grid disruption would cost the government significant amounts of money, leading to unrest. Based on their conversations, authorities determined they hoped to cause a race war precipitated by the power being out for months.
Frost gave Cook an AR-47 in 2020 and both men trained at a shooting range in Columbus, Ohio.
At the same meeting in Columbus, Frost gave his co-conspirators fentanyl necklaces that were supposed to be ingested if any of the three were caught. All of the defendants expressed a willingness to die for their white supremacist ideology.
The men attempted to recruit others for their plan in Columbus, flying a swastika flag that read “Join the Front.” Sawall swallowed his fentanyl necklace when the group was derailed, but he survived.
“These three defendants admitted to engaging in a disturbing plot, in furtherance of white supremacist ideology, to attack energy facilities in order to damage the economy and stoke division in our country,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. “The Justice Department is committed to investigating and disrupting such terrorist plots and holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.”
The defendants face a maximum sentence of 15 years for their crimes.
Three men plead guilty in plan to attack power grids to advance white supremacist ideology
Three men pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a plan to attack power grids in an effort to spark race conflict that would advance white supremacy.Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbu…
Amazing when you think being dead would be better than spending a couple of years in jail. Not that I am complaining.
good, hope they lock his ass the fuck up till he's too fucking old to hold a pistol or a knife anymore...fucking online terrorism is still terrorism, and these ignorant fucks have to learn that there is no anonymity from the authorities if you do this shit
They need to change that, the only real hole in the system of accountability are burner phones and you should have to show ID and have your picture taken if you buy one, a sim card or a cellphone. There was a reason you often couldn't call into a payphone and everybody was held to account, we were more free than today.
Or I mean you could just move to China. They’ve got all that set up and working swellingly. Cops bust “wingnuts” all the time and there are no troublemakers against the the state - or they’re quickly dealt with.
Yea sorry it must be the cannabis enthusiast in me that disagrees with advocating for a surveillance state. I also like the idea of places like RIU existing. Remember the state thinks we’re all wing-nuts and imprisons people for “destroying the fabric of a civil society” because we grow, smoke, and question the laws. Still schedule 1 isn’t it? We are bad.Uh oh, DIY ...
you've triggered a wing-nut!
I hope he doesn't go postal.
Welcome to RIU politics!
lulz
Im completely against that though @Fogdog it’s hypocritical and exactly my point. The initial intentions of that policy would be just as justifiable as @DIY-HP-LED post on paper, and someone probably made a similar style argument when advocating for said surveillance.lulz
cry me a river.
The shoe is on the other foot when it comes to Republican white terrorism
Republican hypocrisy on surveillance
Despite the clamour made by Republicans on government surveillance, they are reticent when Arab Americans are targeted.
The Republican Party – including the lawmakers who have complained loudest about the NSA’s pervasive electronic monitoring – has voiced no objection to widespread practices targeting Arab Americans and American Muslims not suspected of any wrongdoing.
Republican hypocrisy on surveillance
Despite the clamour made by Republicans on government surveillance, they are reticent when Arab Americans are targeted.www.aljazeera.com
Because it isn’t working. Fully a third of our adult fellow citizens have been fed utter crap at the trough of GOPropaganda disguised as journalism, and clamoring for more. The lie mills are a clear and present danger to the republic.
Struck dogs yowling about crtlulz
cry me a river.
The shoe is on the other foot when it comes to Republican white terrorism
Republican hypocrisy on surveillance
Despite the clamour made by Republicans on government surveillance, they are reticent when Arab Americans are targeted.
The Republican Party – including the lawmakers who have complained loudest about the NSA’s pervasive electronic monitoring – has voiced no objection to widespread practices targeting Arab Americans and American Muslims not suspected of any wrongdoing.
Republican hypocrisy on surveillance
Despite the clamour made by Republicans on government surveillance, they are reticent when Arab Americans are targeted.