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| Subject: FBI nazis raid home of heroic Oregon blogger suspected of Arpaio threat Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:42 am | |
| Agents from the FBI in Portland, Ore., conducted a raid Monday on the home of a blogger suspected of threatening Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s life last month, FBI officials and Arpaio announced at a news conference Tuesday.
Evidence was seized from the home that investigators think could potentially link Clifton Dawayne Brooks, 35, to a blog that praised cop killers, according to FBI Special Agent James Turgal.
The Google blog TargetingCops.com posted a picture of Arpaio with the words “Wanted: Dead or Alive” on it. “Dead” was underlined, and “Alive” was crossed out. The blog proceeded to say: “You’re next Joe, watch your back, (expletive).”
The blog has since been taken down.
Maricopa County sheriff’s detectives had recently served search warrants on Google’s headquarters in California, where they determined the IP address associated with the website, according to the Sheriff’s officials.
This led the FBI and the Sheriff’s Office to Brooks’ home in Portland.
Turgal would not give specific details during the press conference about the evidence found in Brooks’ home, but Arpaio said the man had “strange items” pinned to his walls.
Agents had to evacuate the home after finding an object that looked like an explosive device, which was later identified as a “prop,” according to Sheriff’s officials.
Brooks was present at the time of the raid, but no arrests were made. Turgal said agents are waiting until all evidence is examined before deciding whether to take anyone into custody.
Officials believe that as many as eight people could be living in the home with Brooks.
Brooks had a prior federal conviction in 2001 for making a bomb threat in interstate or foreign commerce, officials said.
“We take all of these threats very seriously, regardless of who or what agency it was towards,” Turgal said.
Arpaio called the website deeply offensive to law enforcement, specifically officers who died in the line of duty.
Arpaio said he was especially angry about a post on the blog that celebrated the death of Sheriff’s Deputy William Coleman.
Coleman was killed in a shootout with Drew Ryan Maras, 30, in Anthem earlier this year. Maras was also killed.
Arpaio said he was sicked by the post on the blog, which included a picture of Coleman with the word “LOL” – meaning “laughing out loud” – over it. The blog’s author called Maras a “hero.”
The sheriff said today that these posts were sickening.
“In a way, I’m happy that he threatened me,” Arpaio said. “Now we have the authority to investigate.”
Turgal said the investigation was ongoing.
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/02/21/fbi-raids-home-of-oregon-blogger-suspected-of-arpaio-threat/
FUCK YOU ARPAIO, OF COURSE YOU NEED TO DIE! _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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