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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 01:39 PM Mar 2017

Man who triggered seizure in Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald on Twitter arrested by FBI

Source: RawStory


Just three months ago, Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald temporarily quit Twitter after a supporter of President Donald Trump sent him a flashing image that triggered an epileptic seizure. Friday, Eichenwald tweeted that the man who sent the strobing image has been arrested by the FBI.

According to Eichenwald, the man faces federal charges and will be indicted by the Dallas District Attorney on other charges in the coming days. After the news came out that someone did this and harmed Eichenwald, online copycats sent him similar graphics.

He tweeted that the information of those 40 people who did the same are also in the hands of the FBI. He encouraged people to stop sending them, since they’re probably going to get a visit from the police as well.




Eichenwald has worked to outline the financial conflicts of interest facing Trump and the Trump Organization during the 2016 campaign and since being elected.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/man-who-triggered-seizure-in-newsweeks-kurt-eichenwald-on-twitter-arrested-by-fbi/
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Man who triggered seizure in Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald on Twitter arrested by FBI (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP
Good work catching that creep! Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #1
There's no good reason FakeNoose Mar 2017 #9
Yes. This. More_Cowbell Mar 2017 #15
I agree gopiscrap Mar 2017 #21
+1 nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #26
Agree yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #16
K & R for visibility bench scientist Mar 2017 #2
Despicable all right. Glad to hear this. Hortensis Mar 2017 #34
Fucking deplorables. Glad he got arrested. Hope he sees jail time, along with the other 40. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #3
I am retired now but when I was working I worked for a non-profit that assisted people... Grammy23 Mar 2017 #4
my daughter has epilepsy. mopinko Mar 2017 #10
Judging by the asshat replies on that Twitter feed, it was because the guy is an asshole and no $$$ Moostache Mar 2017 #25
I have epilepsy also and it pisses me off. Doreen Mar 2017 #33
I have temporal lobe epilepsy and TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #12
Welcome to DU, TeapotInATempest! calimary Mar 2017 #32
YES!!!!! La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2017 #5
the nazis will probably be at the top of tRumps pardon list. nt elmac Mar 2017 #6
He can only pardon federal charges. drm604 Mar 2017 #35
and now this guy is doing the same (EPILEPSY WARNING) La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2017 #7
damn. that shit is low. mopinko Mar 2017 #11
make sure you alert him to twitter. hopefully they'll remove him La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2017 #13
It looks like they removed the flashing tweet, at least. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #18
No it's still there BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #22
He's still there. 47of74 Mar 2017 #36
What a shitstain. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #17
probably IS the 2naSalit Mar 2017 #24
Lock him UP! bullwinkle428 Mar 2017 #8
That's one surprised dude, I'll bet. malthaussen Mar 2017 #14
Happy they caught the idiot. I remember posting that attack on DU, the day it happened. Sunlei Mar 2017 #19
Sociopaths. When truth is on your side you don't engage in this BS. spooky3 Mar 2017 #20
LOCK THEM UP Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #23
My dad was set off once by flickering neon tube lights in a grocery store but that's no one's fault Hekate Mar 2017 #27
My son had full blown grand mal seizures for years sellitman Mar 2017 #28
29-year-old John Rayne Rivello, registered Republican, college dropout dalton99a Mar 2017 #29
In other words a loser 47of74 Mar 2017 #38
VOTRS: Victims Of Trump's Racist Supporters. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #30
I hope the fuck stick who attacked Eichenwald... 47of74 Mar 2017 #31
I hope they find every last one of them and prosecute them mdbl Mar 2017 #37
There is a recent DU relevant to this discussion. PufPuf23 Mar 2017 #39
Glad they caught this asshole Dopers_Greed Mar 2017 #40
Shows how much the creeps that did it hate Enoki33 Mar 2017 #41
these people are fucked up . JI7 Mar 2017 #42

FakeNoose

(32,777 posts)
9. There's no good reason
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 01:55 PM
Mar 2017

for sending FLASHING tweets, even to those who aren't affected.

Twitter should make it *impossible* to send a flashing tweet to anyone.
Just a few lines of code is all it would take to stop this.




Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
4. I am retired now but when I was working I worked for a non-profit that assisted people...
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 01:47 PM
Mar 2017

With epilepsy. I also helped educate the public about epilepsy, the known causes and assisting someone experiencing a seizure. The idea that someone would deliberately send something designed to provoke a seizure is despicable. If you've ever witnessed a seizure, you know what I am talking about. It can be life threatening in some cases, so this horrible man deserved to be arrested and should face charges for trying to harm Eichenwald.

mopinko

(70,239 posts)
10. my daughter has epilepsy.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:12 PM
Mar 2017

this shit burns me up.
glad they caught the fucker. the question is- was the guy freelancing, or did someone pay him to do this kind of shit?

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
25. Judging by the asshat replies on that Twitter feed, it was because the guy is an asshole and no $$$
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 04:34 PM
Mar 2017

These rightwing domestic terrorists ALL make me sick.

The "Pepe the frog" crowd....
The "Confederate Battle Flag" crowd....
The "MAGA" crowd...

All deplorables to their very core and fuck them if they don't like being called on it...don't like the label? Stop acting the brand...

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
33. I have epilepsy also and it pisses me off.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 02:49 AM
Mar 2017

I know the feeling of having a seizure because of strobe lights. I am glad they got the jerk.

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)
12. I have temporal lobe epilepsy and
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:17 PM
Mar 2017

I thank you for the work you did, Grammy23. It's bad enough that movies and tv shows don't seem to understand or care that flashing lights, etc. can trigger seizures (I'm looking at you, Stranger Things, episode 8), but people should not have to worry about Twitter of all things!

calimary

(81,513 posts)
32. Welcome to DU, TeapotInATempest!
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 01:36 AM
Mar 2017

No kidding. This is FABULOUS news that the bastard's been caught! Hope they make an example of him. Give him the 7th level of Hell. That's pretty damn close to attempted murder, seems to me.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
35. He can only pardon federal charges.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 04:17 AM
Mar 2017

Surely the state or states involved can also press charges. Only a governor can pardon state charges.

mopinko

(70,239 posts)
11. damn. that shit is low.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:16 PM
Mar 2017

tagging eichenwald in all of them, too.

but you go ahead and boycott hawaii assholes. it will be even better w/o the likes of you.

GoCubsGo

(32,095 posts)
17. What a shitstain.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 03:23 PM
Mar 2017

I do have to laugh at its continued use of that "All I do is win" meme, however. This asshole obviously doesn't see how unflattering it is to Dear Leader.

malthaussen

(17,217 posts)
14. That's one surprised dude, I'll bet.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:27 PM
Mar 2017

If only all the Trumpistas could learn that actions have consequences.

-- Mal

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
19. Happy they caught the idiot. I remember posting that attack on DU, the day it happened.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 03:33 PM
Mar 2017

Rivello and those other bozos are in big trouble.

Hekate

(90,837 posts)
27. My dad was set off once by flickering neon tube lights in a grocery store but that's no one's fault
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 08:32 PM
Mar 2017

I remember reading about Eichenwald and thinking what a heinous act that was. I am so glad for him -- and society! -- that the ones who did this to him have been caught and charged.

sellitman

(11,607 posts)
28. My son had full blown grand mal seizures for years
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 09:07 PM
Mar 2017

Before they found his brain tumors and successfully removed them.

I'll never forget their horror.

This monster needs to locked away.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
31. I hope the fuck stick who attacked Eichenwald...
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 10:47 PM
Mar 2017

...is a guest of the United States Government for a very long time. A century or two ought to be long enough.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
37. I hope they find every last one of them and prosecute them
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:08 AM
Mar 2017

under laws they use to prosecute terrorists.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
40. Glad they caught this asshole
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 11:14 AM
Mar 2017

Hope he has fun in prison.

There are probably a lot of fellow sociopath Trump supporters in there.

Enoki33

(1,588 posts)
41. Shows how much the creeps that did it hate
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 12:43 PM
Mar 2017

the truth. How much more are these white nationalist capable of doing?

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