Teenager arrested for calling himself a white supremacist and fantasizing about killing black people

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PHENIX CITY, Ala. -- An Alabama teenager who called himself a white supremacist is accused of plotting to attack classmates and a teacher with small homemade explosives, though his attorney argues the allegations are blown out of proportion and the teen never intended to hurt anyone.

Derek Shrout, 17, is charged with attempted assault after authorities say he planned to use homemade explosives to attack fellow students at Russell County High School in eastern Alabama.

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The boy told investigators he's a white supremacist and five of the six students he named in his journal are black. The journal was found by a teacher, who turned it over to authorities.

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A search of Shrout's home found several small tobacco cans and two large cans, all with holes drilled in them and containing pellets.

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The sheriff said Shrout's father owned a few household weapons, like a hunting rifle, a shotgun and a handgun.

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The sheriff said he didn't believe the teen's initial claim that the journal was a work of fiction.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/derek-shrout-alabama-high-school-newtown-sheriff_n_2430873.html

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Dear people: stop threatening other people.

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Dear people: stop threatening other people.

Dear government: stop letting yourself think that events like newtown mean you can now arrest people for things you didn't arrest them for a few weeks ago.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

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Dear government: stop letting yourself think that events like newtown mean you can now arrest people for things you didn't arrest them for a few weeks ago.

I am pretty sure they arrested people for threats of violence before Newtown.

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I am pretty sure they arrested people for threats of violence before Newtown.

threats when there was reason to believe you could back it up. like if i threaten to kill you and i have the weapons to do it. not if i threaten to kill you and just googled "how to kill people".

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Dear people: stop threatening other people.

When that doesn't work, please drop that teenager off in East St. Louis for the night. Let's see how far he gets

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When that doesn't work, please drop that teenager off in East St. Louis for the night. Let's see how far he gets

I'm tempted to post a screenshot of that scene from die hard where mcclane gets dropped off in harlem with that sign.

But the mods here have no sense of humor and would likely suspend me.

[natty bumppo 289]

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I'm tempted to post a screenshot of that scene from die hard where mcclane gets dropped off in harlem with that sign.

But the mods here have no sense of humor and would likely suspend me.

wimp

no guts ... no glory.

go for it !!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

why is this in P&R?

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why is this in P&R?

quit your butthurt whining.

[james&olya 1,121]

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Dear government: stop letting yourself think that events like newtown mean you can now arrest people for things you didn't arrest them for a few weeks ago.

Everyone should be allowed at least one rampage before they can be arrested or get their guns confiscated?

[Darnell 8,478]

so, being arrested for a hate crime is ok, right?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

so, being arrested for a hate crime is ok, right?

When people of all colors and walks of life can be treated as equals, they maybe we wouldn't have hate crimes, just crime.

[Darnell 8,478]

I don't see that shift occuring my lifetime or your lifetime, alas.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I don't see that shift occuring my lifetime or your lifetime, alas.

Nope, I don't think so either...