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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:37 AM Nov 2020

AG: Whitmer kidnap ringleader wanted to televise executions, set fire to Michigan Capitol


(Detroit Free Press) No one would get out of the Michigan State Capitol alive under the initial plan devised by the accused ringleader in a Michigan terrorist plot, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.

Adam Fox’s “Plan A” wasn’t just storming the building and taking hostages, as officials have already said publicly — it was to get in there and televise the execution of tyrants over the course of a week, with no one coming out alive. Or, alternatively, lock the doors and set the building on fire. ......(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/11/11/ag-whitmer-kidnap-televise-executions-burn-michigan-capitol/6241502002/







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AG: Whitmer kidnap ringleader wanted to televise executions, set fire to Michigan Capitol (Original Post) marmar Nov 2020 OP
What a "charmer" Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #1
Or to the drumpf alt reality network soothsayer Nov 2020 #3
Well since they let white supremacist terrorists walk right in, armed to the teeth soothsayer Nov 2020 #2
This!👆 SheltieLover Nov 2020 #7
They didn't let them, dware Nov 2020 #18
Has no one heard of security? I was in a courthouse the other day, Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2020 #26
The law does need to be changed, but the MI legislature is controlled by the R's dware Nov 2020 #27
Can't even wear a smart watch into DE court. nt woodsprite Nov 2020 #30
Exactly. Blue_true Nov 2020 #46
I used to carry an "emergency" sewing kit wnylib Nov 2020 #51
Did they ask for your metal glasses, if you had any? Don't need a Godfather 3 Blue_true Nov 2020 #52
Adam Fox Jim__ Nov 2020 #4
He looks like a nice man. Bless his heart. yellowcanine Nov 2020 #11
A photo that just shouts "criminal mastermind"! hatrack Nov 2020 #19
My thought also. nt Blue_true Nov 2020 #47
Ready to 'Make 'Murika grate agin'. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #24
He looks inbred. roamer65 Nov 2020 #28
The face of Al Qaeda (American version). n/t woodsprite Nov 2020 #31
Simple solution VladmireTrumpkins Nov 2020 #35
His cornbread ain't done in the middle? AwakeAtLast Nov 2020 #38
in all seriousness, he can't help the inbreeding or whatever happened to him renate Nov 2020 #41
Blame it on the forceps Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #43
Not a shred of remorse there. ShazzieB Nov 2020 #50
Oh crap bdamomma Nov 2020 #54
this kind of stuff is the most frightening of all the horrors we've live thru during 45's rule... nebby70 Nov 2020 #5
--- or the asshole, driving to Missouri to kill Clare McCaskel. Or the asshole in Staten Island, 3Hotdogs Nov 2020 #9
They're always out there BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #12
Malformed humans who have watched the Purge movies too many times. Zoonart Nov 2020 #13
You asked what kind of mindset would think this up; area51 Nov 2020 #34
Think about it .. .. Iliyah Nov 2020 #6
Yes, they did! atreides1 Nov 2020 #8
Meh. Detroit Free Press isn't free. "This content is only available to subscribers." No thanks. yellowcanine Nov 2020 #10
It will be free in a few days. safeinOhio Nov 2020 #15
Use coupon code kirby Nov 2020 #25
K&R, like Al Queda ? uponit7771 Nov 2020 #14
But it is not a problem, according to the murdering orange traitor. niyad Nov 2020 #16
Aren't they keeping Getmo for this stuff? safeinOhio Nov 2020 #17
Yeah... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2020 #36
Permanent lockup for these clown menaces. world wide wally Nov 2020 #20
Of course there is nothing tyrannical, along with it being terrorism,.... thenelm1 Nov 2020 #21
I see no difference between these yahoos and ISIS Denvermosaic Nov 2020 #22
And they call Democrats radicals. Wow. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #23
Was it to be pay-per-view? bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #29
What a sicko! n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #32
By all means. Let these thumb suckers into the State Capitol with semi automatic weapons. 🤯 Firestorm49 Nov 2020 #33
Holy shit, it's like after Bane took over Gotham in Dark Knight Rises. Initech Nov 2020 #37
Death. Penalty. AwakeAtLast Nov 2020 #39
That would require federal charges caraher Nov 2020 #49
"...no one coming out alive..." -- sounds like the 9/11 hijackers live love laugh Nov 2020 #40
this fool llashram Nov 2020 #42
Tough guy militia.terrorist wants special consideration. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Nov 2020 #45
Somebody watched "Inglorious Basterds" a few too many times. tclambert Nov 2020 #48
Lock these bdamomma Nov 2020 #53

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
2. Well since they let white supremacist terrorists walk right in, armed to the teeth
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:39 AM
Nov 2020

Probably wouldn’t have been hard

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
26. Has no one heard of security? I was in a courthouse the other day,
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:57 AM
Nov 2020

And they wouldn't let me bring in my cell phone, let alone a firearm. That law needs to be changed.

dware

(12,250 posts)
27. The law does need to be changed, but the MI legislature is controlled by the R's
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:01 AM
Nov 2020

so the chance of that happening any time soon is minimal, so, until then, the law allows for open carry at the State Capitol.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
46. Exactly.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:58 PM
Nov 2020

If a person attends a official meeting in Florida, the person has to empty pockets and put his or her cellphone into a container to be scanned (to insure it is not a bomb). No guns allowed unless on police officers, who I assume must show their ID to prove they are authentic.

Florida is a gun nut state, but a person other than a cop or registered security guard had better not be caught open carrying. People certainly won’t enter into government buildings with guns. Yet, the republicans who lead Florida stay mute when seeing people threatening politicians in other states.

wnylib

(21,341 posts)
51. I used to carry an "emergency" sewing kit
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 07:59 AM
Nov 2020

in my purse. Besides thread, the kit included needles and a pair of small, folding scissors. They had a rounded tip, like the kind made for children. Our local city hall building has several municipal offices. When going through the scanner to visit one of the offices, I had to remove the sewing kit and also a small metal nail file to leave with security until on my way out.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
52. Did they ask for your metal glasses, if you had any? Don't need a Godfather 3
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 05:49 PM
Nov 2020

job done on a public official.

VladmireTrumpkins

(370 posts)
35. Simple solution
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:26 AM
Nov 2020

There is a nice prison about 450 miles northeast of Moscow..located on an island where its freezing cold in the winter and filled with mosquito's in the summer.. Inmates get one hour a day to enjoy the weather...Child molesters and murders are sent there.. Inmates are eligible for parole for good behavior after 25 years..so far none have been paroled..SEND HIM THERE! ALONG WITH THE REST OF HIS TREASONOUS CREW!

renate

(13,776 posts)
41. in all seriousness, he can't help the inbreeding or whatever happened to him
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 03:40 PM
Nov 2020

But he could wash his hair.

ShazzieB

(16,273 posts)
50. Not a shred of remorse there.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 06:34 AM
Nov 2020

The curl of the lips and the slightly raised eyebrow radiate smugness and contempt. He looks WAY too pleased with himself. Creepy as hell, too. Lock him up, lock all of them up, and throw away the blasted key.

bdamomma

(63,799 posts)
54. Oh crap
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 06:02 PM
Nov 2020

He's one ugly and hateful man, they all look like this too.

Sick ass idiots. LOCK HIM UP!!

nebby70

(471 posts)
5. this kind of stuff is the most frightening of all the horrors we've live thru during 45's rule...
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:48 AM
Nov 2020

... what kind of mind set would even think this up, let alone start amassing equipment and people to enact it??...
... what kind of hate do you allow yourself to daydream such horrors?...
... what kind of society do we have? ...
... how can we stop people from feeling so disenfranchised from their communities?...
... do I live in a little bubble that allows me to be bone chillingly shocked by people like this? ...

3Hotdogs

(12,330 posts)
9. --- or the asshole, driving to Missouri to kill Clare McCaskel. Or the asshole in Staten Island,
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:57 AM
Nov 2020

fixin' to kill Chuck Schumer.

BeyondGeography

(39,347 posts)
12. They're always out there
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 09:09 AM
Nov 2020

What freaked me out was they had the backing of the President and it was more than implicit.

area51

(11,896 posts)
34. You asked what kind of mindset would think this up;
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:21 AM
Nov 2020

this reminded me of what I've read about The Turner Diaries, which was published back in '78.

atreides1

(16,066 posts)
8. Yes, they did!
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:55 AM
Nov 2020

And yet none of them have been implicated in this plot. I doubt that they were going in the front door, which means their entry was already arranged with someone on the inside...either security or one of the politicians that supported the group!

I believe eventually, one of them is going to spill the beans on who their legitimate contacts were...and then it'll be a party!!!

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,075 posts)
36. Yeah...
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:27 AM
Nov 2020

... I keep reminding folks that they updated the air conditioning system at Gitmo a few years ago, so shouldn't allow for any, "cruel and unusual punishment", claims. Right?

thenelm1

(851 posts)
21. Of course there is nothing tyrannical, along with it being terrorism,....
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:41 AM
Nov 2020

about storming the capital and executing those within because you don't like them either. Nope, not at all. That's freedum!!

Firestorm49

(4,030 posts)
33. By all means. Let these thumb suckers into the State Capitol with semi automatic weapons. 🤯
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:14 AM
Nov 2020

It’s no big deal, right?

What a joke. If they were African American there would have been blood running down the capitols steps.

It’s about time to address domestic terrorism in a very serious manner, because as we all know, once the buffoon leaves the White House in total and utter humiliation, he will continue to incite the downfall of America by any means he that can.

I’ve read far too many news clips about how dangerous the next ninety days will be. Although many say we need to have faith in the system, I don’t see a power play in the works. I haven’t seen, read or heard of anything that we have been able to do to control the maniac. Is this what the Germans thought before the takeover?

God help us all. In my heart, I desperately want to see mature, rational thought come out on top, but then again, there’s the Republican Party in general, whose conspicuous silence is damning in itself.

How do you stop this man?

Initech

(100,038 posts)
37. Holy shit, it's like after Bane took over Gotham in Dark Knight Rises.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:28 AM
Nov 2020


And they call us "violent lunatics". Right.

AwakeAtLast

(14,123 posts)
39. Death. Penalty.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 03:29 PM
Nov 2020

Attempted murder on every person in that statehouse. It's treasonous!

Trump supported them, too, didn't he?

live love laugh

(13,079 posts)
40. "...no one coming out alive..." -- sounds like the 9/11 hijackers
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 03:33 PM
Nov 2020

There’s no difference.

Domestic terrorists need to be dealt with.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
42. this fool
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 03:49 PM
Nov 2020

is just as afraid of strong leaders who happen to be female as his wannabe dictator d. trump. I remember when d. trump wanted a military parade down Pennsylvania Ave. like the Russians dictators always did on May Day I believe...that told me we were in deep kimchi. And sure enough all Americans especially POC and their friends are going to have to deal with fools like this for the time being. Hopefully they crawl back under their rocks again. Oh, and they will be with us always waiting on wannabe's like d.chump.

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