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TexasTowelie

(112,188 posts)
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:16 PM Feb 2019

Feds testify ex-Texas State student could have been next mass shooter or bomber but San Antonio

Feds testify ex-Texas State student could have been next mass shooter or bomber but San Antonio judge orders him sent home


A former Texas State University student now behind bars could be home as early as next week after a federal judge in San Antonio ordered him released to his parents over the vigorous objections of FBI agents who testified he could be the country’s next mass shooter or bomber.

Benjamin Bogard of New Braunfels created “disturbing” videos in which he embraced white supremacy, said he wanted to kill minorities and discussed obtaining a chemical substance to make a bomb, according to testimony before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad on Thursday.

FBI agents contend Bogard could have engaged in mass violence had they not stepped in and arrested him earlier this month on a child pornography charge over images that were found on his cell phone.

But the 20-year-old told FBI agents he never intended to follow through with the mass violence he discussed on his social media posts and that they were simply part of an online fantasy to gain attention and “likes” from followers.

Read more: https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Feds-testify-ex-Texas-State-student-could-have-13637073.php
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Feds testify ex-Texas State student could have been next mass shooter or bomber but San Antonio (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP
Federal judge in San Antonio will get removed for certain when this ass kills someone. lark Feb 2019 #1
When I read that he had white supremacist views TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #2

lark

(23,099 posts)
1. Federal judge in San Antonio will get removed for certain when this ass kills someone.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:43 PM
Feb 2019

Of course he's going to say it's fake. Right up until bodies are on the ground because the fucking stupid rw judge doesn't want a "nice white boy" to sit in jail. I hope the judge and his parents go to jail if this guy kills others, as it appears will happen.

TexasTowelie

(112,188 posts)
2. When I read that he had white supremacist views
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

and that his father was an Air Force veteran it made a few connections click, FWIW.

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