Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Families of 2 Austin package bomb victims knew each other
cbsaustin ^ | Mar. 13, 2018 | Will Weissert

Posted on 03/14/2018 8:12:38 AM PDT by bgill

Families of two people killed by package bombs left on their doorsteps in Austin knew each other and were connected through local activism in the black community, a civic leader said Tuesday... Investigators have said the three blasts that killed two people and wounded two others could have been hate crimes since all the victims were black or Hispanic. But they also said they have not ruled out any possible motive. Draylen Mason, 17, was killed and his mother wounded when a package bomb was opened Monday in their kitchen. The teen's grandfather is Norman Mason, a prominent dentist in east Austin. He was friends with Freddie Dixon, stepfather of 39-year-old Anthony House, who died in a similar attack in another part of the city on March 2, said Nelson Linder, president of the Austin chapter of the NAACP.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; mailbomb; packagebombs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last
To: bgill

The Cop at the News Conference said it should be noted that all the Victims were of “color”. He is already stirring the Pot.

It must be noted that most of the Victims of violent Crime are the same color as their Attackers, Black.

In this case it must be a White Trump / NRA Supporter who couldn’t pass a Background Check to get an AR-15 to do the deed.


41 posted on 03/14/2018 9:44:25 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Steve_Seattle

I had not heard that, but if they were remotely detonated then I should think it a lot more likely that the intended target was hit in each case.


42 posted on 03/14/2018 9:44:25 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Kickass Conservative
I'll bet he did not explain why "it should be noted...".

And I'll bet not one reporter asked him why "it should be noted...".

43 posted on 03/14/2018 9:46:48 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: bgill
"Other sites and the news last night said they weren’t sophisticated . . . "

I guess that hinges on the meaning of the word "sophisticated." If you can make a working bomb that is - apparently - easily triggered, and not kill yourself in the process, I think that requires SOME level of sophistication.
44 posted on 03/14/2018 9:50:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: CodeJockey

Does anyone remember Wayne Williams. He was the notorious Atlanta serial killer who killed many blacks and whose crimes were attributed to the KKK and other white supremacists until he was arrested to the chagrin of many.


45 posted on 03/14/2018 9:51:12 AM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Steve_Seattle

This is “East Austin” so it’s mainly blacks and Hispanics. Due to the very high cost of housing and the huge influx of invaders to Austin (invaders from CA, Hispanic sh!tholes, ME), whites have been remodeling old houses there. If Amazon picks Austin as their HQ, the housing costs will go even more insane.

Check out the map of the bombs and the gentrification map.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/03/austin-package-bombs-map-where-explosions-location-sxsw/

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/austin-gentrification-maps-demographic-data.html


46 posted on 03/14/2018 9:51:19 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: EQAndyBuzz

It’s not Rudy’s BBQ. Tried two of their locations and got food poisoning each time.


47 posted on 03/14/2018 10:03:22 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: bgill

Their turkey gets me sick.


48 posted on 03/14/2018 10:04:55 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Jaded

See #46 below for maps. Yes. It’s all in the same location.


49 posted on 03/14/2018 10:05:31 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: bgill

Maybe Rudy just has it in for you...

;-)


50 posted on 03/14/2018 10:05:53 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Steve_Seattle

The victims didn’t know each other. Their relatives knew each other. The teen’s grandfather knew the first guy’s stepfather or some such but there’s no connection so far to the third. Of course, there would be a Kevin Bacon connection living in the same neighborhood forever.


51 posted on 03/14/2018 10:09:52 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Steve_Seattle

No, they’re supposedly detonated by a flip switch upon opening the package. Don’t quote me on the name of the switch because I don’t know a thing about explosives.

Bet this puts a stop to package thieves for a while.


52 posted on 03/14/2018 10:13:18 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Kickass Conservative

Harkens back to George Zimmerman being labeled White, then White Hispanic and then, oops, he has a black grandma.


53 posted on 03/14/2018 10:16:27 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: WayneS

Hard to know your intended target is opening it from inside the kitchen.


54 posted on 03/14/2018 10:17:24 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: bgill

Thanks.


55 posted on 03/14/2018 10:44:03 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Envisioning

“Per the police pretty sophisticated bombs.... “

And the police used to claim an ounce of pot was worth $10,000.


56 posted on 03/14/2018 10:54:00 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: bgill

Nobody talks about how the Hispanics harassed the blacks in Compton, CA, (and several other calif towns) forcing them out in fear for their lives. Is the same thing happening in Austin?


57 posted on 03/14/2018 12:27:20 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Reno89519
Reno89519 wrote: "So, they seem to know each other. They seem to have kids. How long until we find out these kids were involved in drugs or something? Just nice kids, but adults are also getting killed."

Yes, anyone know the whereabouts of clock boy?

SS1

58 posted on 03/14/2018 12:37:21 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! MAGA!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: b4its2late
Just read these devices were sophisticated.

It's not Clock Boy then, he just buys cheap clock at radio shack and puts them pencil cases!

59 posted on 03/14/2018 12:57:24 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: CodeJockey

Sure it’s a hate crime. Because the Black killer had white blood in him. It was that white blood that made him kill the Black victim.

Pure blacks kill unarmed white women. Proof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Justine_Damond


60 posted on 03/14/2018 6:43:15 PM PDT by PAR35
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson