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[Yrael]

...well.

An upstate New York man who blew his leg off in his garage making improvised explosive devices will be held in federal custody without bail because law enforcement found white supremacist paraphernalia and believe he’s dangerous, WGRZ reports.

Michael O’Neill, 45, a former Niagara County corrections officer, is accused of making seven bombs and was arrested two weeks ago after one of the devices accidentally went off. O’Neill was rushed to a hospital where his leg had to be amputated. He was the only one injured, WGRZ reports.

“Luckily, he is detained,” Assistant U.S. Attorney John Alsup told Time Warner Cable News. “He is no longer at large in the community with or without some of the physical disabilities he’s going to have going forward, but luckily for the community, he only hurt himself.”

Pictures of the KKK, Nazi imagery and the Confederate flag were found inside his home, which he lives in with his stepfather, William Ross, who chairs the Niagara County Legislature, WGRZ reports.

Even with his leg now missing, prosecutors believed it would be too risky for the public if O’Neill was released from custody.

The explosives he created contained nails and BB pellets, according to reports. One was labeled “powder with nails.”

His attorney said O’Neill was just planning to blow up some tree stumps.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/new...-while-making-bombs-at-his-house-prosecutors/

 

[kmax]

Karma and all that jazz.

 

[sixteen-bit]

 

[Bel Marduk]

Ha ha!

 

[Majine]

Creating bombs to blow up tree stumps?

Sounds like livin' !

 

[BigDes]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

 

[soundscream]

I'm sure the confederate flag was only there to represent his heritage.

 

[Tubobutts]

Nails and BBs to blow up a tree stump.

Makes sense to me.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Hopefully he's going to be all right.

 

[DBT85]

A bomb with nails and BBs to blow up trees? lol

That's like the US being caught with a Nimitz and saying its just to study whales.

 

[Yrael]

Hopefully he's going to be all right.

If it's the right leg that he still has, he may have to get used to being left-leaning from now on.

 

[SolarPowered]

If it's the right leg that he still has, he may have to get used to being left-leaning from now on.

I got this.

 

[Glass Rebel]

racism standing on its last leg

Spoiler

I wish

 

[M52B28]

Blowing up tree stumps?

What an attorney.

 

[WedgeX]

Live by the racism and bomb making...


I hope he takes stock of his life and learns what a crappy person he was and changes. While in jail.

 

[Lurgan1337]

That's a terrible thing to happen to anyone.
But he might as well deserved it.

 

[Ratrat]

Oh, America.

 

[mre]

The south, man. smh

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I hope he takes stock of his life and learns what a crappy person he was and changes. While in jail.

Yeah he really needs to hop to it.

 

[Slayven]

The south, man. smh

not sure that you are serious?

 

[GK86]

The south, man. smh

Joke, right? I can't tell on gaf anymore.

 

[Pinko Marx]

The south, man. smh

Yeah he really needs to hop to it.

He's pulling your leg.

 

[Cabbagehead]

 

[Gray Matter]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

Post of the year.

 

[Black Republican]

he's still alive?

damn

 

[ElTorro]

That's a terrible thing to happen to anyone.
But he might as well deserved it.

Better him than his intended victims. Tree stumps my ass. This guy is a terrorist.

 

[KDR_11k]

The threat of Nazi terrorists shouldn't be ignored. We're lucky he's incompetent but these really need to be caught BEFORE people are hurt, not after. Does the US domestic intelligence have the same blindness on the right eye that the German one does? We've got some Nazi terrorism issues lately too and it's pretty much uncovering how many Nazi-leaning officers there are in the police and intel forces.

 

[Pterion]

Paging shadownet.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

not sure that you are serious?

I mean there are ALOT of spots in upstate NY that's pretty much like being down South. Lots of good ole boys in pickup trucks.

This doesn't shock me at all.

 

[jwk94]

I'm sure the confederate flag was only there to represent his heritage.

He was probably holding it for a friend.

 

[Johndoey]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

Damn

 

[Bel Marduk]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

If only we could give gold on GAF.

Nicely done, sir/ma'am!

 

[Wedge7]

Lol can't say I feel any sympathy whatsoever

 

[Aztechnology]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

Hot daaaaaaaamn.

 

[Kuroyume]

You're not allowed to blow up tree stumps or your leg off in this country anymore?

 

[Korigama]

His attorney said O’Neill was just planning to blow up some tree stumps.

Uh huh, and the Enola Gay was just a crop duster.

 

[Maxim726X]

Uh huh, and the Enola Gay was just a crop duster.

Yeah... Good luck with that one.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

As someone who went to undergrad in upstate NY I am not surprised. There are a shit ton of racist up there. Its like the south up there when it comes to racism but nobody gives them shit about it because people rarely go up there who aren't from there.

 

[zeemumu]

 

[rtcn63]

Even his attorney knows he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[Anustart]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

I get that reference. Well played sir

 

[liquidtmd]

Even with his leg now missing, prosecutors believed it would be too risky for the public if O’Neill was released from custody

 

[Opus Angelorum]

KKK...combo breaker!!!

 

[Newtype-001]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

.......bwahahahhaahahahahaha

AHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!

 

[John Kowalski]

Just a flesh wound.

 

[fixedpoint]

 

[RPGCrazied]

Blow up some tree strumps? Yeah... right.

 

[HK-47]

So is he only 3/5s of a person now?

 

[FortuneFaded]

Blow up some tree strumps? Yeah... right.

The police asked him what the explosives were for, he looked down and stump was the first thing that came to his mind.