Pipe Bomb Targets Judge's Home in Southeastern Indiana

[jpak]

Source: ABC News

Police say a second pipe bomb has exploded in a southeastern Indiana city in less than two weeks and that they think the criminal justice system is being targeted.

Madison Police Chief Dan Thurston says the latest explosion happened early Wednesday in the driveway of the home of Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Mike Hensley. It left black scorch marks. The first explosion happened March 7 across the street from the Madison Police Department.

There were no injuries in either incident. Police believe the two explosions are connected.

Thurston says police see the bombings as a "directed threat to our criminal justice system."

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[alfredo]

1. That's not the friendliest place I've visited. YMMV

[Roland99]

2. I only ever went there for hiking in Clifty Falls

Is this not, perhaps, just related to a particular case?

[alfredo]

4. I've had several incidents there. I used to cave crawl, and cycle the area.

Maybe it was my outsider status, my cycling clothes. I don't know.

[Lodestar]

3. A similar situation in Austin Tx. a few months back.

A judge was attacked with pipe bomb. Last I heard, they caught the guy.
But I can recall that judge bashing was a rightwing hate radio sport for awhile
as well. For instance:

Threats to Judges and Lawyers
It is a grave state of affairs when the people we count on to prosecute crimes and preside over trials cannot feel confident that their professional and personal security is assured.
http://www.protectoregoncourts.org/judges.html

[LiberalArkie]

5. Using black powder instead of gun powder. Sounds like not to hurt but to leave a message.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Or The Perp Thinks. . .

. . .that's he is fighting like the 18th century patriots.

I honestly think some of that ilk would actually think that way.

[2naSalit]

8. I thought black powder

was gun powder... it's what I use in my guns. Makes a big boom and is very dangerous if used in a bomb-style device.

[LiberalArkie]

9. I am not a gun person

but there is a power that mussle loaders use vs the kind that are loaded in 40 cal bullets

[2naSalit]

11. There are a variety of grades

of black powder, including smokeless. That's really the only difference. There are lots of substances one could use in such a device as in the OP story but most forms of black powder are readily available in many states, you can buy a pound at a time. There is some kind of powder known as Pyrodex that is supposed to be safer than regular black powder, I think it's more stable and less likely to ignite from static charge thus easier to store too.... I think. Beyond that I don't know much, my guns live in storage and are only used for target practice when in use which is rare.

[maxsolomon]

10. Interestingly, the Natl Muzzle Loading Rifle Assoc in based in nearby Friendship IN

So, there's a lead.

I know this county pretty well; my sister lives there. It's Trump Country, to put it mildly.

[Cryptoad]

7. Whew,,,,,

no mention of Domestic Terroist