California wingnut arrested outside Michigan mosque w/ explosives: Just another "isolated incident"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/california-wingnut-arrested-outside-

January 31, 2011 07:00 AM
California wingnut arrested outside Michigan mosque with explosives: Just another 'isolated incident'

By David Neiwert

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Now, I don't know about you, but when an agitated man drives all the way from California to Dearborn, Michigan, with a trunk full of Class C explosives (high-end fireworks, mostly) and is arrested outside an Islamic center for making terrorist threats -- well hey, I just naturally assume that this has nothing, nothing whatsoever to do with the right-wing Islamophobic hatred that's regularly ginned up by radio and TV talkers.

From the Detroit Free Press:

About 700 people were attending a funeral inside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, the largest mosque in metro Detroit, when Dearborn police arrived to arrest a man in a car in the parking lot.

He had driven to Michigan from California and reportedly was overheard in a bar making threatening comments about Muslims or Arabs. His car was loaded with large, illegal fireworks, police said. Now, Roger Stockham, 63, is jailed on charges that include making a false report or threat of terrorism.

"He's very dangerous," said Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad.

[RKP5637]

1. Hmmmm ... wonder what his favorite news source is, GB? n/t

[KittyWampus]

2. Imagine if this were a Muslim American parked outside a Church?

[tjwash]

3. He's not a Muslim or an Earth-Firster.

That means he's a "lone nut", a "separatist", a "tax protester", an "anti-abortion activist" or an "anti-government militant". Only Sinister Swarthy Middle Easterners or Commies can actually be "Terrorists".

[KittyWampus]

4. I'm not sure I want this crap publicized too much nationally though. Why encourage the freaks?

[Richardo]

6. They're getting all the encouragement they need from Beck, Savage, Levin, Limbaugh etc.

I don't think "mainstream" media coverage matters that much.

[sufrommich]

5. He was also arrested in the past for threatening George Bush.

The guy is all over the map.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110131/METRO01/101310345/Plot-to-blow-up-Dearborn-mosque-foiled-by-tip-to-police

[Sinistrous]

9. He was also arrested in connection with a pipe bomb incident

at the Reno-Tahoe airport in 1985.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno-Tahoe_International_Airport
Look under "Incidents"

[slackmaster]

11. BPD, PTSD, personality disorder, served time in federal prison for threatening GWB

The guy is a nut case.

[KansDem]

7. Yeah, haven't you heard? "Both sides do it..."

:eyes:

[nc4bo]

8. The link broke...put in the "-" after outside and it's fine. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. Thanks...I'm not sure what's happening when I post these...

I posted "http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/california-wingnut-arrested-outside-"

...and if you look at my O.P. you'll see "-"

at the end of, but not included as part of, the link I posted. Every time they post a "-" it seems to break on DU.

[LLStarks]

10. Freepers are ridiculing the entire situation and are upset that the guy didn't use the explosives.nt

[Progressive_In_NC]

12. A psychiatric examination found that Stockham suffered from bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress

A psychiatric examination found that Stockham suffered from bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and personality disorder with anti-social features.


He ranted against the VA, the FBI and Bush, largely because of the things the president had said about Iraq in a speech earlier in the week.

According to affidavit filed in U.S. District Court, Stockham threatened to carry out "jihad," or holy war, against the VA office in White River, Vt.


In recent weeks, a California VFW post was in the process of removing Stockham as a member after several recent incidents, said a post official.

Four months ago, Stockham was suspended for 60 days for smoking marijuana at Post 5477 in Imperial Beach, said Richard Schmitz, co-chairman of the post's house committee.

After he returned from suspension, Stockham referred to the black post commander with a racial slur, said Schmitz.

Schmitz, who has known Stockham for four years, described him as a loner who, though he appeared at the post frequently, rarely socialized with other members.

"He's a nut," said Schmitz. "He flipped out lately."


From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110131/METRO01/101310345/Plot-to-blow-up-Dearborn-mosque-foiled-by-tip-to-police#ixzz1CdCc4xLZ

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I really wish we had better mental care in this country. Not sure where his motivation comes from, may be from the radio in his head at this point.

[MindPilot]

15. Smoking pot and threatening Bush...thank dog he's one of us!

But of course despite all this evidence, the leftist media will portray him as a right-wing nutcase to discredit the Tea Party

:sarcasm:

[Barack_America]

13. Damned leftists!

What? I'm sure he read the Communist Manifesto or the New York Times at some point in his life.

[MindPilot]

14. No, it's not. the libs are trying to start a civil war

Reading the comments in my local paper, the consensus among the comments is that this, Tucson, Ft Hood show a pattern of radical liberal violence intended to foment civil war.

[Kalyke]

16. In other words, these idiots think liberals are pulling a Charles Manson?

:crazy: