An individual lit a fire inside the drive-up collection mailbox early Thursday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
  • SassyRamen@lemmy.world
    144·
    1 month ago

    Why doesn’t it read “Far Right Extremist, White Nationalist, Christofacist, Terror Group ‘MAGA’ Reaking Havic Around The U.S.”

    Call a duck a duck

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      23·
      1 month ago

      The person who set the fires said they wanted to be arrested, and it wasn’t politically motivated. Unless they give evidence to the contrary, there’s no reason to not believe them, especially since they had a prior arrest warrant outstanding for something unrelated.

      Edit: Wow, lot of astroturfing going on here, or people who didn’t read the article.

      • Linktank@lemmy.today
        39·
        1 month ago

        No reason not to believe the person who “wants to be arrested” and is lighting fires in public spaces?

        Who are you trying to convince?

        • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
          25·
          1 month ago

          He was saying there’s reason to believe they thought this would be a high profile, non-violent action that would get them attention as well as arrested. I.e., that the arrest and attention were the primary motivations moreso than a political one. It was just a standard, blue USPS post box, not a specific county ballot box (those actually have fire suppression for this reason), so it seems reasonable that this person is just an unstable idiot, not a politically motivated unstable idiot.

          He was previously arrested for just showing up to a work site, assumed homeless, and sitting there, and then trying to take an officers gun “because he ‘wanted it’ and ‘because it’s cool.’” He was then restrained with duct tape. Lol

          Who knows, it’s dumb and he was arrested though, which is good.

          • BossDj@lemm.ee
            2·
            1 month ago

            Now I have to look up the circumstances for being restrained with duct tape

      • kevindqc@lemmy.world
        19·
        1 month ago

        If he has a warrant out and wanted to be arrested… Why wouldn’t he just walk into a police station?

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          1 month ago

          People who want to be arrested aren’t necessarily the sharpest tool in the shed…

          • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 month ago

            They also look kind of dumb with their finger and their thumb in the shape of an “L” on their forehead.

        • ArtieShaw@fedia.io
          4·
          1 month ago

          That would make sense. Unfortunately, I’ve known enough contrarian weirdos to see how that type of logic might make more sense (to them).

          “Why are you stressing about this? Can’t you just take those old clothes to Goodwill or throw them away?”

          “Well, first I need to buy 30 cases of Coke and then - to make room in the car - I need to visit the park back in Indiana to scatter our dog’s ashes.”

          Knowing that it’s probably just illogical all the way down, I could believe either scenario.

        • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 month ago

          Most people have no idea they have a warrant out until they have an interaction with the police. Most warrants aren’t for issues serious enough to send an officer to pick someone up. Not all warrants are for violent offenses.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
        3·
        1 month ago

        If you’re seeking a felony or many, no better way than to do something to the USPS. Glad the damage was minimal to the ballots and that this person maybe can get the help they need and seemingly were screaming for internally.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    45·
    1 month ago

    If there’s one branch of law enforcement you don’t want to fuck with it’s the US Postal Inspection Service. This person is about to do some time. They do not fuck around with the mail.

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    16·
    1 month ago

    It’s good to vote early in case extremists try to take your vote away from you. Also, track your ballot, if you’re able to.

  • Ænima@lemm.ee
    7·
    1 month ago

    Given the municipality, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a Phoenix PD officer who did it.

  • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 month ago

    Political violence aimed at voting, I wonder if it was dems or repubs committing the crime?

    Aw, I’m Just kidding, No one wonders about this. Its always republicans doing terror acts on our soil.

  • quichequeen@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 month ago

    This is actually my local post office, where I dropped off my ballot last week. They have taped signs above the mail slots in the extended-hours lobby that said “ballets” need to be handed to a specific window (meaning a worker during business hours). I can imagine there may have been some people who couldn’t visit during the 8:30-4:30 USPS hours who utilized the outside mailboxes. This really sucks for them.