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Man arrested after trying to destroy power grid in Nashville (www.newschannel5.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by blorbo@lemmy.sdf.org to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[-] atlas@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

bro saw this and took it literally

jokes aside, terrorizing infrastructure that could put people's lives at risk isn't cash money, and should definitely land a hefty prison sentence.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 hours ago

“As charged, Skyler Philippi believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology, but the FBI had already compromised his plot,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.

More MAGA terrorism.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Just another normal Trump voter.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Wtf is up with the power grid thing? Is it literally just the neuron activation meme, that since other people have done it, they should do it too?

I guess it's a high value target with low security?

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

***committing an act of domestic terrorism

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 hours ago

Bro…just come to Texas. The grid will do the heavy lifting for you and fail on its own.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 53 points 11 hours ago

Oof. 24 years old lmao.

Enjoy the next 50+ years doing hard time you stupid racist fuck.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 32 points 11 hours ago

Here we go

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago

To plan the attack, authorities said he started in September with undercover employees of the FBI to an electric substation to do research. Authorities said Philippi purchased black powder for pipe bombs and C-4 explosive composition.

This whole paragraph reads like LLM speak... Sad.

I went there to try to find out the target, which was apparently an unspecified substation.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

purchased black powder

Why?! It's dead simple to roll your own. I do.

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