Texas man arrested over alleged plans for mass shooting at Walmart
Source: CNN
By Joe Sutton, CNN
Updated 10:20 PM ET, Sun May 30, 2021
Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, Texas, was arrested on Friday, authorities said.
(CNN)Law enforcement officials have arrested a Texas man who they say was planning a "mass casualty event," possibly at a Walmart.
Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, was arrested Friday "on a warrant for a Terroristic Threat to Create Public Fear of Serious Bodily Injury," according to a news release from the Kerr County Sheriff's Office (KCSO).
Multiple agencies worked together for a week to intercept and foil the plan for an attack on the public, the release said, including the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, the FBI, the Kerrville Police Department and the US Secret Service.
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"Through the period of investigation, KCSO investigators made contact and conversed with Mr. Blevins, confirmed his affiliation and (his) networking with extremist ideologies," the sheriff's office said.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/us/texas-arrest-alleged-mass-shooting-plan/index.html
634-5789
(4,175 posts)🙄
duforsure
(11,882 posts)To promote an escalation of incitement for them to use violence. The violence will get a lot worse, and more people will vote against these fascists, and their policies, unless we have our votes legislated against being counted, which Abbott would do to win in a second. These crazies doing these mass shooting have been partly radicalized by fascist propaganda , and calls for violence because they've been told they are the victims over and over , and they're not patriots unless the do . The fascists want a civil war.
NJCher
(35,427 posts)Of the crazy stuff this guy had at his house.
Of course a flag for the confederacy, but there are other flags with symbolism.
And of course a paperback with Turner on it.
Basic requirements for the aspiring mass shooter.
Good work on the part of law enforcement.
Abbott, otoh, should resign for being the most out of touch governor in the nation.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)Walleye
(30,722 posts)oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)and sees some badass Rambo type.
Walleye
(30,722 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)Javaman
(62,439 posts)Walleye
(30,722 posts)cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)One guy starts shooting then everybody gets in the fray. Shoot the guy with the gun...... OH WAIT everyone has a gun.... let's see who should I shoot first.
And now why wouldn't the cops wait outside until the shooting stops. And the body count is stable. I guess they will have to let God separate the good guys from the original shooter. Sound like a PLAN.
My plan, never to visit Texas ever again!
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)get out before 2022 election.
Wuddles440
(1,098 posts)have seriously considered leaving as well (actually since Shrub's administration), but now we've decided to stay and fight these fascist fucks.
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)for little over a year. When I left, I vowed I'd never set foot in the state again. It has gotten progressively worse ever since. It really is a different country and I don't speak their language.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,924 posts)my only stay within the state was for USAF Basic Training back in the day. And it was from March into May so it was pleasant weather. Not a bad experience overall.
I wouldn't even want to drive through the state now, especially with my Bernie bumper sticker.
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)but the not so wonderful people were a nightmare. I wondered if I could ever again have an intelligent conversation with another person. The Baptists were trying to save my heathen soul and the hard drinking, gun-toting guys were a constant threat to anything that moved.
JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)On some kind of probation that disallows that. Definitely going on the list for life now.
Universal open carry is a terrible idea anyway, though.
GB_RN
(2,267 posts)Shoot. My plan? Never busy Tex-ass EVER.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)mainer
(12,013 posts)Other than the confederate flag, I don't recognize them.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)On the wall from left to right:
Black sun flag - Flag used by neo-nazis
Confederate flag - as you've noted
Flag of Saudi Arabia
Flag of the FET-JONS - When Spain was a one-party state, the one party allowed was Franco's party that he created
The flag covering the table is the flag of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Critical Race Theory
JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)I couldn't figure out most either.
mainer
(12,013 posts)thank you.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)Coventina
(26,871 posts)Dude is seriously f'ed up.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)Some of them approve of both Neo-Nazi BS AND Islamic fundamentalism.
Critical Race Theory
Coventina
(26,871 posts)That just seems bizarre to me.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,924 posts)execute by beheading and chop off the hand of convicted thieves.
Polybius
(15,238 posts)It just seems out of place.
LeftInTX
(24,554 posts)Church flags:
https://www.google.com/search?q=+Russian+Orthodox+Church+flag&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiwgozA6vTwAhUJWKwKHf2dCvQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=+Russian+Orthodox+Church+flag&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDIECAAQQ1DdogFY3aIBYMizAWgAcAB4AIABvwKIAb8CkgEDMy0xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=ylC1YLD1EomwsQX9u6qgDw&bih=910&biw=1920&client=firefox-b-1-d
Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)I guess he thinks he's a Cossack too. I think he's a bit confused if he's hanging that up along with the Saudi flag.That is sort of a Cossack haircut though, shaved on the sides and back like that.
Per my priest, the Cossacks are not strictly an ethnic group. They are more like a paramilitary organization, some would go so far as to suggest a "gang" (I wouldn't). Anyone can declare himself (not herself, they are patriarchal) a Cossack but that doesn't mean they will accept you. This dude is a definite wannabe. He better go to confession.
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)the Quran, Harassment Architecture by Mike Maand, The Turner Diaries, and Revolt Against the Modern World by Julius Evola.
https://heavy.com/news/coleman-thomas-blevins/
GB_RN
(2,267 posts)Looks like Saudi Arabias flag.
Traildogbob
(8,576 posts)ALL the good guns out there in Texas now, he would not stand a chance. Why waste good money housing him and a trial. Every Texan now is Judge, Jury and legal executioner. Every person in Walmart has full protection and could shoot the gun out of his hands.
Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)99% of these murderers do it for the attention, for the media coverage. They want to be famous. Stop making them media heroes, make them media cowards. Every news story should state how cowardly, fucked-up, and deranged mass murderers are.
Stop making them media stars.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Texas will need to jam another bill through.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)...a warrant.
Yeah, it doesnt feature in the fantasies of the gunfucks. But its how shit gets done...