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Last month, cops found bomb-making material, weapons, and ammo in the garage of his Tampa Palms apartment. On his bedroom dresser, a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. On his computer, Nazi and white supremacist propaganda.
The 21-year-old, who is a member of the Florida National Guard, admitted to being a neo-Nazi sympathizer, and to making explosives materials.
While searching the garage, investigators found a cooler full of a white, cake-like explosive material known as HMTD, or hexamethylene tiperoxide diamine, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. Nearby, they found explosive precursors — chemicals that can be mixed to create explosives — including potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, nitro methane and more than a pound of ammonium nitrate in a package addressed to Russell.
Investigators also found electric matches and empty 5.56-caliber ammunition casings with fuses that could be used to detonate destructive devices once HMTD was added to the casings. The materials could be used to make a bomb, according to the complaint.
In addition, pagers carried by bomb technicians alerted them to the presence of two radiation sources. The complaint does not say whether they were connected to the explosive materials.
Russell's dangerous plot came to light after his roommate, Devon Arthurs was arrested and charged with the murder of their two other roommates.
While federal prosecutors called Russell a real threat to the community, the judge didn't see it that way. Conditions of Russell's bond have not been released by Judge McCoun. Once they are, Russell will be released from the Pinellas County jail.
Imagine, if you will, if he were a Muslim..
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
a reply to: iTruthSeeker
I await your proof that Muslims caught with explosives are "let go"...
originally posted by: Liquesence
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
a reply to: iTruthSeeker
I await your proof that Muslims caught with explosives are "let go"...
Especially if they not only had those explosives, but also pictures of bin Laden/others supposed terrorists on their dresser, had extremist literature on their computers and in their homes, etc.
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
a reply to: iTruthSeeker
I await your proof that Muslims caught with explosives are "let go"...
I guess I'll be waiting a while though.
That would seem to constitute enough proof to be held without bond pending further investigations.
I'm hoping the prosecutor is investigating this.
Brandon Russell . . . now wants let out on bail. But the government is fighting it, saying after he was questioned by police the day of the murders he lied and said he was driving to West Palm to visit his father, when he was actually headed to Homestead.
They say he picked up a buddy and drove to a Bass Pro Shops where he bought two long guns and 500 rounds of ammo.
The buddy told detectives he'd quit his job at Chick-fil-A and said, "he didn't know if they were coming back."
The federal prosecutor says Russell is dangerous and a flight risk and should not be released on bond.
Judge McCoun . . . turned to Russell and said the picture prosecutors were painting of him, "is inherently threatening in today's world."
originally posted by: RomeByFire
I'd like an answer as to why he's not locked up or being checked on a mental evaluation.
People serve longer sentences for smoking pot. Unreal.
Georgia’s Republican State Sen. Michael Williams has come under fire for posing with members of a white supremacist militia at Atlanta’s “March Against Sharia” on Saturday — and the men he’s posing with appear to be flashing a “white power” hand signal. The photo shows Williams, an early Trump supporter, with members of the Georgia Security Force III% militia, a local chapter of the “Three Percenters” militia that consider themselves a “patriot movement” loyal to President Donald Trump. The photo of Williams with the Three Percenters was circulated widely by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch Twitter account. Huffpost noted that three of the men in the photo are making a hand signal that resembles the “ok” symbol, with three fingers extended and the index and thumb connected in an “O” shape.
originally posted by: RomeByFire
I'd like an answer as to why he's not locked up or being checked on a mental evaluation.
People serve longer sentences for smoking pot. Unreal.
originally posted by: F4guy
originally posted by: RomeByFire
I'd like an answer as to why he's not locked up or being checked on a mental evaluation.
People serve longer sentences for smoking pot. Unreal.
He hasn't been convicted of anything. Under our system, he is an innocent man so far.