This is officially an epidemic:
A Connecticut man who had amassed an arsenal of tactical weapons and body armor, and who police say may have been preparing for a mass shooting, left a trail of virulently racist and anti-trans postings online.
TPM found that social media accounts registered to Norwalk, Connecticut resident Brandon Wagshol both reflected elements of the police accusations against him and contained rants against minorities.
Wagshol was arrested, officials said, after a joint FBI-local police investigation on a tip that the 22-year old was trying to import “large capacity rifle magazines from out of state.” During the investigation, Wagshol wrote a Facebook post “that showed his interest in committing a mass shooting,” leading to a raid on his house and his arrest, the FBI and local police said in a joint statement.
Police say that they uncovered a weapons cache during the raid, including titanium body armor and a combat helmet. [snip]
He appears to have maintained at least two Twitter accounts. One, under the handle @wagshol_brandon, and another, under @naughtwagshol. Both list Norwalk, Connecticut as their location, and both are linked to other social media profiles apparently belonging to Wagshol.
The 22-year old frequently used racial slurs in the posts, and appears to have been fixated both on transgender people and on the FBI. [snip]
The accounts also liked a string of extremely racist posts, one of which appears to have been a reference to the KKK demolishing someone’s house.He's been charged with four counts of illegal possession of high-capacity firearm magazines, and is being held on $250,000 bond.
There's also another young white nut who's been arrested in Florida who fantasized about becoming the all- time mass shooting killer. Whether he had political motivations or not, he had 400 rounds of ammo. No doubt he was part of a "well- regulated militia."
