Dallas sniper amassed personal arsenal

[struggle4progress]

Tribune news services

... Johnson, 25, had amassed a personal arsenal at his home in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, including bomb-making materials, bulletproof vests, rifles, ammunition and a journal of combat tactics, authorities said Friday ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-dallas-police-attack-20160708-story.html

[struggle4progress]

1. Dallas gunman amassed personal arsenal at suburban home

Last Updated Jul 9, 2016 7:37 AM EDT

... Law enforcement sources believe Johnson had been planning the attack on police for some time but that it was the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Minnesota that pushed him over the edge, CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.

"This was a mobile shooter that had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and he did that," Mayor Mike Rawlings told reporters ...

Authorities initially blamed multiple "snipers" for Thursday's attack, and at one point said three suspects were in custody. But by Friday afternoon, all attention focused on Johnson, and state and federal officials said the entire attack appeared to be the work of a single gunman ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dallas-suspect-personal-arsenal-home/

[malaise]

2. He's the African-American version of the the sick white lone wolves n/t

[struggle4progress]

3. Another angry 20-something dude with a guns-and-bombs fetish

[malaise]

4. And still living with mommy dearest

[KingCharlemagne]

5. No. He's not. He is the chickens coming

home to roost.

[cwydro]

6. Yesterday you thought it was a Trump set-up.

Fascinating.

[KingCharlemagne]

7. Yeah, I've now had a day to reflect. I disagree with Johnson's politics -- I

don't think violence usually solves much of anything -- but I respect the righteousness of his anger and can somewhat understand his despair.

[malaise]

8. He's that too but remember he's no saint

discharged for sexual harassment

[KingCharlemagne]

10. Understood. He did, however, receive an honorable discharge. - nt

[malaise]

12. Looks like he should not have received that

I too have serious problems with the slaughter of young African-American males by cops and the failure of the justice system to punish them, but this was not a solution

[suffragette]

13. Yep and he did this almost exactly one year from previous attack on Dallas police

By a white lone wolf.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027990972

Starting to wonder if he planned this as an anniversary attack.

[Duckhunter935]

11. How big was this arsenal?

[sarisataka]

14. At least one

Which is enough apparently. Also cammo t-shirt can be counted as "body armor"

[Duckhunter935]

15. I am curious when the facts actually come out

Probably not that many. Bomb making materials, mmmm

[sarisataka]

17. I keep my bomb making materials

In my basement next to the washing machine. You will find them in a bottle cleverly labeled "Clorox".

[Rex]

16. So he was a gun hoarder...well that won't go over well.

That is a problem many don't want to even discuss.

[onethatcares]

18. especially when

gun humpers think they should have every weapon afforded the government and police forces.

No restrictions according to the second amendment.

I gotta get outa this country, but don't know of any place America hasn't polluted yet.