Alleged bomb builder who had been posting threats on Facebook shakes up desert community

[tencats]

“It seems like we don’t give the same level of attention to the anti-government extremists as we do the Islamic extremists.”

Saturday, Feb 6, 2016

Alleged bomb builder shakes up Kern County desert community

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Local and federal explosives experts spent four days removing several homemade bombs, incendiary devices and booby traps from Sloan's home and exploding them one after another in the desert outside of town. The explosions were so powerful, some thought the shockwaves might shatter their windows.

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According to the Kern County Superior Court case file and The Californian’s investigation, the search warrant was obtained after the Sheriff’s Office was notified that Sloan had been posting threats on Facebook against the Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and federal government buildings.

In one instance, Sloan posted a photo of what he called a “magnet bomb,” and wrote about the possibility of throwing it at a passing gasoline tanker truck. Presumably, the magnet would allow it to attach to the metal skin of the tanker, causing a massive explosion of bomb and gasoline.

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Sloan also appeared to express solidarity or sympathy with militia or so-called “sovereign citizen” groups, and mentioned Bundy Ranch, the place owned by the family associated with the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve in Oregon, a standoff that has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment of 16 people.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/2016/02/06/alleged-bomb-builder-shakes-up-kern-county-desert-community.html

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Appears to be a whole lot of white people who have stepped up their displeasure

with a federal government run by a non white person.

[LiberalArkie]

2. That is why I would love to live long enough to see a Native American become president.

[2naSalit]

4. Same here......nt

[old guy]

3. This type of activity will keep building

as long as there is no consequence to the perpetrators. A couple years behind bars will deter no one. These creatures are already imprisoned inside their own minds. Maybe 25 or 30 years would cause them to hesitate.