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37 months for brother of man who 'exploded' at OU game [Joel Hinrichs]
Rocky Mountain News ^ | 5 Oct 07 | Sara Burnett

Posted on 10/05/2007 11:48:24 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast

37 months for brother of man who 'exploded' at OU game

By Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News October 5, 2007

A Colorado Springs man whose brother blew himself up outside an Oklahoma football game in 2005 was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today for threatening an FBI agent.

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Blackburn called Thomas C. Hinrichs, who had an AK-47 assault rifle and other paramilitary gear in his car when he was arrested, "a time bomb for our community."

He also said Hinrichs should have a full mental evaluation and treatment while in prison and be under supervised release for three years after he gets out.

Hinrichs, 28, spoke for nearly 30 minutes during the hearing, repeatedly saying he had been the victim throughout his life of extreme violence, and that the FBI agents — whom he referred to as "dogs" — had committed treason by not doing anything to stop the "terrorism" committed against him.

The sometimes rambling statement also touched on Hinrichs' time in the Army, his childhood abuse, the Revolutionary War, the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and discussions he had with Ted Haggard, the disgraced former minister at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. "I've been a basket case my whole life," he said. "I am not normal."

A jury convicted Hinrichs in June of threatening a federal agent in November 2006. According to the FBI, authorities opened a domestic terrorism investigation into Hinrichs the day after his brother, Joel Hinrichs, committed suicide by detonating an explosive device attached to his neck....

(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ak47; hinrichs; jihadi; ok; oubomber; scragglygeek; thomaschinrichs
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To: cavador
Apparently the borther tried repeatedly to walk into the game in progress, but stadium security stopped him to search the backpack.

He retreated each time, and finally went to sit on a bench near some busses. The TATP (Triacetone triperoxide, A.K.A. "Mother of Satan) device blew up, taking Mr Heinrichs with it.

It is far more likely this was a failed terror attempt than a simple suicide.

21 posted on 10/06/2007 2:47:57 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: cavador
Links to the original story threads:

Bomb Blast at University of Oklahoma (Breaking on Fox) - suicide bomber at OU

OU Bombing Update (Colorado TV Station Says Bomb was REMOTE CONTROLLED)

Sources Identify TATP As Component Of Bomb

22 posted on 10/06/2007 2:55:24 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast; Bahbah; Knitting A Conundrum; jedward; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; Txsleuth

Ping to a strange follow-on to a part of history.....


23 posted on 10/06/2007 2:58:09 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (We has met the enemy, and he is us........)
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To: Mila

My Godchild was killed by a schizophrenic.

Almost forty years ago.

They can be dangerous.


24 posted on 10/06/2007 3:10:55 AM PDT by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: 2ndClassCitizen

“My Godchild was killed by a schizophrenic.”

I’m so sorry to hear of your terrible loss. Forty years isn’t a very long time when it comes to experiencing a sadness like that. Prayers for both you and your sweet Godchild.


25 posted on 10/06/2007 3:45:17 AM PDT by Mila
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
The investigation was closed in April 2006, but an FBI agent was assigned to monitor Hinrichs monthly to ensure he wasn't a threat to himself or others.

Does this strike anyone else as peculiar? Since when does the FBI 'monitor' citizens, however odd?

Incidentally, Hinrichs should have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed, not imprisoned.

26 posted on 10/06/2007 3:54:36 AM PDT by Grut
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To: Rte66
he also said he was carrying the weapon because of an FBI agent named “Todd.”


27 posted on 10/06/2007 5:03:46 AM PDT by rdax
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
“Remember Joel Hinrichs? The OU undergrad who unaccountably started sprouting a scraggly jihadi beard, shopped for ANFO, frequented the local mosque, and ultimately offed himself, perhaps prematurely, outside a packed stadium with a nail-studded bomb-vest?”

Geez no. I thought it meant he just got mad.

28 posted on 10/06/2007 5:06:26 AM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: txflake

Whoa there horns fan. Better check the police blotter in Lubbock.

Boomer Sooner!


29 posted on 10/06/2007 5:13:59 AM PDT by millerph
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To: txflake
I estimated the casualties to be 7,000 if he’d gotten into the stadium, 6700 from people stampeding after the detonation.

Completely agree. I wasn’t at that game, but my son and his wife were, they were still students at the time. They said the blast was loud enough inside to be noticed pretty well.
At the time the rumor was he had tried to enter & couldn’t gain access (that rumor has since been denied). I went to the next game & just looked around thinking about the stampede & carnage it would have caused. I made up my mind right then that I was going nowhere if something happened, I would just lay down. 7000 may be a low number.

30 posted on 10/06/2007 5:23:00 AM PDT by millerph
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To: notfornothing
"I would think they'd love to be able to have a terrorist attack on US soil . . . "

Naw. Cowards that they are, they themselves would probably vote for a republican to protect them if the war was that close.

31 posted on 10/06/2007 5:26:06 AM PDT by Eastbound
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

I knew we’d eventually have another chapter in that story.


32 posted on 10/06/2007 6:07:00 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Grut

” ... Incidentally, Hinrichs should have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed, not imprisoned. ...”

I know it would seem that way, but there is a prosecution witness that would blow that out of the water - his own father:

” ... The elder Hinrichs told police his son knows right from wrong but has mental health problems. ...”

The legal test is the “knowing right from wrong” determination. Otherwise, I might agree, only because of Andrea Yates and her re-trial. He will definitely have problems in prison, though.


33 posted on 10/06/2007 6:14:32 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: rdax

Ah, so it’s not the Todd who gives noogies to Lisa Lubener. Doesn’t look like Bill Murray at all!


34 posted on 10/06/2007 6:18:55 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: mtbopfuyn

aka “The Adventures of SplodeyMan’s Bro”


35 posted on 10/06/2007 6:20:27 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: Rte66

Andrea Yates knew right from wrong. She admitted first thing that she’d done a very bad thing.


36 posted on 10/06/2007 6:25:14 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Remember Joel Hinrichs? The OU undergrad who unaccountably started sprouting a scraggly jihadi beard, shopped for ANFO, frequented the local mosque, and ultimately offed himself, perhaps prematurely, outside a packed stadium with a nail-studded bomb-vest?

1) It wasn't a bomb vest. It was a backpack in his lap.

2) There were no nails.

3) Have you ever set foot on a college campus in the last 40 years? Do you have any concept of how many college students have a scraggly beard that just have scraggly beards?

4) There's no evidence he frequented mosques or was a Muslim. He had a Pakistani roommate.

37 posted on 10/06/2007 6:34:31 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: mtbopfuyn

That’s what I mean and why it didn’t work for her the first time. I saw it all, from the first moments that morning on our local news, as they brought her out of the house to the police car after the “welfare check.”

She knew she had done wrong, but thought of herself as evil, rather than sick. That was my feeling towards her, too, but I later softened a little - probably from seeing Rusty in action.

Once I learned her history, I felt she definitely met the legal definition of insanity.


38 posted on 10/06/2007 6:44:47 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: PhiKapMom

ping


39 posted on 10/06/2007 6:57:31 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (When injustice becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

How many people carry a knife in their pocket?

Was it a selective fire AK-47 or a legal semi-auto version?

Is it illegal to have a bulletproof vest?

Sounds more like he was convicted of “contempt of cop”.


40 posted on 10/06/2007 7:08:49 AM PDT by CPOSharky (Energy plan: Build refineries and nuke plants, drill for our oil, mine our coal.)
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