Man plotted 'mass casualty' attack at Cybertruck event attended by Elon Musk in Texas, officials say
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It's nice to read about them actually acting on warnings and stopping such an attack for once.
Could have hurt rich people.
There are a lot of potentially violent events that are quietly prevented every day that most people don't hear about.
Last part sounds like schizophrenia.
Similar to Ted Kaczynski.
To the extent that it's true, it has been true since the invention of agriculture. Maybe even pointy sticks. People with technology force everyone around them to adopt similar technology, either to resist them or to comply with their demands.
Kaczynski was intelligent. This guy is obviously a moron.
Schizophrenia doesn't care how smart you are.
Seconded by Terry Davis
The sixth G is Gun.
Sounds like he's deeply unwell. Fingers crossed the judicial system actually manages to help him, though I wouldn't hold my breath.
Dont you, like, have to pay MONEY to get helped? Is the US just gonna start "helping" folks with no expectation of exploitative profit? Does the criminal justice system at that level actually do any benefit to those captive, and do they receive REAL not insane therapy that isn't just a giant tough love seminar they bill for?
Prisoners do not get billed for medical treatment.
Prisoners do not get medical treatment.
FTFY
The for-profit prisons still bill gov'ts for treatment, and there are cap limits set.
They still have to be in US prison however.
Exactly. In concept, a judge can order psychological treatment, which should come from trained medical professionals. In practice, the US carceral state doesn't have a good track record of improving the lives of people who fall into its grasp.
Yeah, he traveled to Austin but police aren't saying whether he had any weapons... At this point it sounds like he may have been attempting to provoke a "suicide by cop" scenario. But there's not enough information to say that for sure. I'm just glad they caught the guy before he had the chance to carry out whatever he was actually there to do.
That's too ba- I mean thank god this man was caught!
Sounds like a plan to commit suicide by cop.
From BlueSky: "He planned to drive one off the lot."
Elon's conspiracy bullshit coming home to roost.
Will not be convicted but will be committed.
What do you mean "committed"? To a mental institution or a prison?
It's a mixture of both. Called a forensic psychiatric hospital.