Posted on 03/24/2018 5:35:13 PM PDT by bgill
After listening to a recording bombing suspect Mark Conditt made a day before his death, Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said he never mentioned anything about terrorism... Retired FBI agent Jim Ellis spoke to CBS Austin as to why investigators didn’t label Conditt’s violence as an act of terror. “When you use the word terrorism, it’s a shock word," he said. Ellis said law enforcement typically defines terrorism as the unlawful use of force or violence against people or places to intimidate a government or its citizens to further specific political or social objectives.
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“They want to know if there’s other people who motivated him to do this,” he said. “The fact that people were killed is what’s important not so much as what the motivations are.”
First time I've heard motive isn't relevant to a homicide investigation--huh. So they don't know what the motive was or if other people motivated him, and from this they can conclude it's not terrorism? Good to know the Federal Bureau of Incompetence is on the case.
He was most likely a democrat.
Dude, go back to the DU with that language.
Ya bin hitin the bottle Joe?
Holy cow...as a FReeper just observing this thread, you are so far out of line it’s unreal.
Me thinks Joe’s drunk.
We as FReepers disagree all the time here, but this is another level for sure.
PUI: posting under the influence.
What was liberal about him? First reports said he was nonpolitical but vaguely leaned conservative, but then they weren’t commenting on if he’d changed his mind by the time he was in college.
Did they find something new? I have not kept up on it.
been there done that
You’re corrct about the definition but you really need to take some Pamprin, you sound like you have PMS.
Kthxbye...
You know Joe winning an argument on the internet is like winning a medal in the Special Olympics. Even if you win you’re still a retard. Now calm down and eat your sandwiches.
Come on. Stick around and goad Joe! He’s in rare form.
Bitch, you meet me in person and you will never say another word you worthless f’n bitch!
Come on Joe. I live a long way from ya. I’m sure you’ll sober up by the time you get here. You’d like New Orleans. You can drink anywhere.
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