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tulipsandroses

(5,127 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 05:41 PM Jan 2020

So an illegal immigrant crossed the border and planned a terror attack, where is the outrage?

Where is Fox News' wall to wall coverage?

Oh wait, it was the wrong border, wrong skin color

FBI arrests reveal shocking details in case against former Canadian reservist Patrik Mathews


After leaving Manitoba and crossing into U.S., he appeared to become target of a murder plot he helped plan

FBI officers have arrested more alleged members of a racially motivated and violent extremist group that a former Manitoba reservist has been accused of recruiting for — and court documents tell a chilling tale that includes plans to murder a married couple and overthrow the U.S. government.

In separate sweeps Friday, American law enforcement arrested three men in Georgia and another in Wisconsin.

The arrests came just one day after three alleged members of The Base were arrested in Delaware and Maryland — including 27-year-old Patrik Mathews. The Manitoba man had been missing for nearly five months, ever since he was accused of recruiting for a global neo-Nazi group, while at the same time serving in Canada's army reserves.

Mathews is believed to be connected to the group arrested in Georgia, based on an affidavit used to secure the arrest warrants, which was released by the Floyd County police.

It describes an unnamed member of The Base who "crossed into the United States illegally." That detail, along with others in the affidavit, match the description of Mathews from the FBI complaint against him filed in court.

[link:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fbi-arrests-the-base-georgia-wisconsin-1.5432006|

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So an illegal immigrant crossed the border and planned a terror attack, where is the outrage? (Original Post) tulipsandroses Jan 2020 OP
Wow! Excellent point to make. K&R. ck4829 Jan 2020 #1
+1000 UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #16
its not terrorism if you want to kill liberals Takket Jan 2020 #2
I guess not. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #4
Its not a national secuity fuckup Cosmocat Jan 2020 #7
Sadly I think that's true mountain grammy Jan 2020 #11
and you're white Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #12
Apparently not ck4829 Jan 2020 #19
Great point and unfortunately very true. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #3
When I saw Mathews' picture, I wondered if he might actually be Russian. Ilsa Jan 2020 #5
He's "Rocky", the motion picture, Russian. Igel Jan 2020 #8
More specifically, I was thinking Ilsa Jan 2020 #15
Some FBI we got! But "Intelligence" agencies are bullied enough not to help House Intel. wtf ancianita Jan 2020 #6
Build the WALL!!11!! progressoid Jan 2020 #9
White guy? Must be mentally ill. Minority? Proof that every member of that minority tclambert Jan 2020 #10
God... ck4829 Jan 2020 #18
Just more ugh! warmfeet Jan 2020 #13
+1 ck4829 Jan 2020 #17
Aw, come on. There ain't no such thing as a white, conservative terrorist. TomSlick Jan 2020 #14

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
5. When I saw Mathews' picture, I wondered if he might actually be Russian.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:08 PM
Jan 2020

An agent provocateur yo stir up more fighting within the US.

Igel

(35,359 posts)
8. He's "Rocky", the motion picture, Russian.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 07:22 PM
Jan 2020

More Baltic Germanic than Russian--not that there aren't more than a few Prussians that moved into Russia, along with some Swedish genes. But "Russian" isn't the first choice for the ethnicity I'd assign him, however shakily, just based on facial cues.

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
15. More specifically, I was thinking
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 02:35 PM
Jan 2020

Ukrainian, because I knew someone with that face shape from Ukraine, but I realize now that he was atypical.

Yes, Baltic Germanic or other, but mainly "USSR" inclusive.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
10. White guy? Must be mentally ill. Minority? Proof that every member of that minority
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 07:54 PM
Jan 2020

should be suspected of terrorism, and we should close our borders to them all.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
13. Just more ugh!
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 08:27 PM
Jan 2020

Is this really what we want our country to be?

I fucking don't.

I will fight this bullshit until I am dead.

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