Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.

They found more pipe bombs in a bedroom inside Mr. Spafford’s house, loosely stuffed in a backpack that bore a patch shaped like a hand grenade and a logo reading “#NoLivesMatter,” prosecutors said.

No Lives Matter is a nihilistic, far-right ideology that largely exists on encrypted online messaging apps like Telegram

  • cygnus
    1655·
    3 days ago

    The guy is white, so let’s try the good old Ctrl+F “terror” and yup, sure enough, zero results.

    • cm0002@lemmy.world
      725·
      3 days ago

      Guess Italian isn’t white enough after all since they have no problem throwing that terrorism charge on an actual working class hero, Luigi

        • perslue
          203·
          3 days ago

          In fairness, the ultra rich are a minority

      • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        5·
        2 days ago

        To be fair. In the 1900-1960 eugenics movement in the US, italians, greeks etc. were considered inferior compared to the “purest” races of northern europeans.

      • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        Reading about who were considered white 100-150 years ago is a wild ride. It basically meant brits, Germans, and french. I guess us scandis as well, but nobody really cared about us at that point (to the extent anyone do nowadays). Italians were basically the brown people of europe, and I guess that’s how they managed to go with terrorism charges.

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          10·
          3 days ago

          I think a bunch of it had to do with Catholicism too. Anglos didn’t like that either.

          I care about you scandiwegans, I especially respect your needs for personal space, cold weather and cheap healthcare.

          • GreyEyedGhost
            2·
            2 days ago

            It’s fun living in colder climates and having unironic discussions where people are agreeing that -10° C is a nice winter temperature since it’s still relatively warm, but you don’t have to worry about slushy, frozen roads or high humidity.

            • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Oh yeah, cold is my favorite, I’ve always lived in the northern US. The main problem with living in the far north is the mosquitoes in the warmer months.

              It’s been depressing how much less snowy our winters have been since my childhood 40 years ago.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        46·
        2 days ago

        Luigi was actually the son of the owner of Mangione Enterprises, got a masters degree from an ivy league university, and worked a desk job in tech, so not really working class. Also, terrorism is a requirement of first degree murder charges in the state of New York, otherwise they wouldn’t need to give him the label.