A man (as yet unidentified) has been arrested in Topeka after his pickup truck was found to be carrying several homemade explosive devices.
A man whose pickup truck contained several homemade anti-personnel bombs was arrested yesterday in a tunnel leading to the Kansas Capitol in Topeka on the same day that hearings on controversial anti-immigrant immigration opened, The Associated Press reports. The man, who police declined to identify, had a sticker on his truck that read, “Welcome to America. Now speak English.”
Another tragic episode of right-wing violence has been averted, thankfully. Will this be reported in the media as such? I seriously doubt it.
The man’s truck had a specialty Florida license plate that is only issued to qualified U.S. military paratroopers. The AP said it also had a Special Forces sticker on its bumper and a sticker on its back window saying, “Does my American flag offend you? Call 1 800 LEAVE THE USA.”
Will the people on the right who keep stoking this kind of hatred and resentment ever realize how much damage they are likely to cause? I guess they don't care, or it's part of their plan.