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Because he was likely not in a stable mental state and didn't plan beyond getting out of the city.
Yes cops plant evidence, yes we shouldn't take them at their word, but if we're gonna criticize the surveillance state for only doing it's job to protect capital, shouldn't we also accept that it can do it's job very well in these situations?
If it's not planted, and this guy really did it, then I don't think this is a matter of the cops doing their job well. If all that is true, then they didn't catch him at all, he turned himself in.
You're missing my point entirely. I believe that if this really was the guy, then that gun must have been planted because the FBI must have used illegal methods to track him down (this is parallel construction, using illegal methods to build a case that can then be laundered via convenient stories like the McD's snitch) and just planted the gun to seal the deal.
What should be illegal and what is actually illegal under the Patriot Act and Five Eyes are vastly different things.
Just because the methods used to track him infringe on our privacy and rights doesn't mean the weapon was necessarily planted, he could've been planning a second attack or simply wanted to be caught.
Hmm, good point, but what if besides inadmissibility there's also just the question of getting the most final evidence possible and avoid relying on data that, say, the NSA may have gathered?
It's the fingerprints on the stuff he may have left behind and the fake IDs he used to book the hostel. I'm not sure on how accurate forensics is for a 3d printed gun.
I think last week as the investigation went on and he was nowhere to be found the general vibe was that he was some sort of criminal mastermind, with possible accomplices supporting him. I think it might have just been dumb luck he evaded capture as long as he did.