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Iraq War Vet Arrested on Felony Terrorist Charges After Jogging With Toy Gun

William Everett Alemar Arrested on Felony Terrorist Charges After Jogging With Toy Gun

William Everett Alemar (Source: Martinsville Police Department/BI)

An Army National Guardsman and Iraq war veteran found himself in jail, charged with “committing a terroristic act and wearing body armor while committing a felony offense” after he was arrested while jogging and holding an air-soft gun.

William Everett Alemar was taken into custody after police in Martinsburg, W.Va. responded to multiple calls at 7 a.m. on Aug. 20 about a man running down the road near a school in army fatigues and a protective vest, clutching what looked like an assault rifle, The Herald Mail reports.

Shortly after, three officers reportedly pulled their weapons and ordered Alemar to the ground and took the rifle from his hands.

Police soon found out that the rifle was merely an air-soft “training” AR-15 rifle that anyone can buy at their local sporting goods store. The Herald Mail reports the gun also had the “red tip” that indicates it was a toy gun. However, police also found two knives, a number of empty rifle magazines and ceramic plates in his vest.

Alemar is currently being held on $50,000 bail for the designated “terrorist act,” the paper reports.

William Everett Alemar Arrested on Felony Terrorist Charges After Jogging With Toy Gun

(Source: Martinsville Police Department/BI)

Police say the veteran’s actions caused the community to view him as an immediate threat.

“My son is not a terrorist, he’s a good kid,” Alemar’s dad told reporters. He said his son was trying to stay in shape for his next military assignment.

Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely told The Herald Mail Thursday that Alemar was actually drunk, registering a .213 blood-alcohol reading. The legal limit for motorists in West Virginia is .08 percent.

While there is certainly an argument to be made that running with anything that resembles a rifle and also carrying knives and empty magazines — especially when intoxicated — is unintelligent, there will surely be some debate over whether his actions warranted being charged with a felony and labeled a “terrorist.”

What do you think, did the punishment fit the crime?

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  • V-MindMeld
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:37pm

    Well? I wonder what they will call it when a real” terrorist attacks us? I agree it was dumb to be running or whatever drunk and carrying anything like that, but still….the charge is bogus,,,

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:44pm

      @V-MindMeld
      “Well? I wonder what they will call it when a real” terrorist attacks us?”

      They call it a workplace dispute….. if you are Muslim.

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    • does this burka make me look fat?
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:47pm

      Hey I know!!! I know the answer!!! Workplace violence. It’s already been done. Remember Fort Hood??

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    • DIR
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:55pm

      @V-MINDMELD the answer to your question is simple, an example is the Fort Hood shootings. Spokespersons, for Obama, and Carl Tobias, “opined that the attack did not fit the profile of terrorism.” There you have it!

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:56pm

      Hi MONK, When I first read the headline, the thought of 5 and 6 year old children that were being expelled from school during the ’90s for having a one inch long GI Joe pistol in their pockets. All in the name of a ZERO tolerance for bringing WEAPONS to school. This struck me at first as being the same thing, but being drunk while doing this is just a bit different. At the most, a public drunkenness charge would suffice if it is in accordance to the local ordinances. I knew how to spot an airsoft toy gun even when I was still on the police department and that has been quite a while since I left. Naturally, one should stop and check it out but carefully. But, to bring a terror charge? It’s either laughable, or I am too out of touch these days. But, I think that I am correct calling it laughable.

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    • grimmster
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:01pm

      My question is, was he really drunk, sounds like one more attack on our military personal……..
      If he was drunk, charge him accordingly, terrorist threat ?!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:05pm

      Hi RJJ,

      Read my other post below. Beck talked about this this morning. How Doctors are trying to get Vets to admit to PTSD to get “major benefits” but, they find out later that a PTSD diagnosis means they own guns anymore. The terrorist charge is just to get him to admit to PTSD and then they will drop all charges or lower it to drunk in public.

      He needs a really good attorney… and quick.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:07pm

      Hi RJJ,

      EDIT:
      “they own” should be “they can’t own”….

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    • daxawyes
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:17pm

      Do they really think these charges will stand in court? What law was broken or does our system make it up as they go along now?
      What this is about is our gov being more scared of ptsd than Muslim terrorist.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:24pm

      I have been in the Army a pretty long while, and there are some real goof balls that serve.

      This dude has issues. When I first started to read, I though it might have just been a soldier doint PT in his field gear. The whole part about being drunk changed my mind on that idea.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:31pm

      Sure am glad I live in TX where gun racks (with real guns) are standard for pickups and the Concealed Handgun License must be issued unless you have a mental problem or have been convicted of certain crimes. I also normally carry a knife and have since I was 8 years old. The only people I have shot or stabbed were while I was carrying a military issued weapon (they were not toys)
      I don’t know how he could run with a BA like that – he should have passed out.

      OMG Nov 6, 2012

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:31pm

      @rangerp

      The same people who are calling him a terrorist are the same people saying he was drunk.

      I’ll wait to hear from his attorney before making assumptions about the alcohol issue.

      Also, have you ever tried to run, with all that gear, in the summer with a .213 BAC? I think he would be stumbling all aver the place and that should reflect in the 911 calls when, and if, we ever hear them.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Unarmed Tea Partiers, U.S military carrying a toy = terrorist.
      Anarchists, revolutionaries, Leftists, Muslim extremists, anti-Americans = not terrorist.

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    • Shanghai_Dave
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:40pm

      If your the Obama administration, you will call it: Workplace violence!

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    • MastrSSG
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 6:20pm

      @rangerp

      I agree with you for the most part, however although It didn’t happen but a few times in my life there have been a time or two when I went out drinking and still had to muster and be ready for training and I never missed PT, or been late for training no matter what condition I was in.

      I’m not a partier or drinker but I do know many who are and do report for duty after a long night. Or even drink early and go workout. To me the problem is drinking and being at top shape for duty not being a terrorist.
      Even if he has more issues than being a drunk, I doubt he can be charged for a crime let alone be called a terrorist. Something doesn’t add up. If you have been to the VA after combat chances are you have been tagged PTSD. Everyone I know at the VA without exception has been diagnosed with PTSD. What happens if they make it illegal for us to bear arms?

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    • Female
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 7:27pm

      Ernest “T”-OTIS LAW

      based on characters from Andy Griffin show: any idoit, running around with weapons and drunk.

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 7:37pm

      LOL terrorist threat doesn‘t mean you’re a terrorist. That law has been around way before the war on terror. If you threaten to harm someone or act like your going to use a weapon to hurt them you will be charged with this. Dumb a55 shouldn’t be charged but should be punched in the face a couple of times to make it sink in the fact that he is a dumb a55.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 7:44pm

      All you folks are welcome here in Oklahoma, but I want to warn you that starting Nov. 1ST out new open carry law goes into effect. I‘v already got several holsters and I’m starting off with a Rugar Black hawk .30 cal – carbine. Sometime I will carry my .45 ACP and sometimes I will just carry a Browning .22 cal. My wife is planing on just carrying her .38 Lady Smith and don’t monkey with her because shes a better shot than me

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    • lukerw
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 7:45pm

      Whatever happened to FREEDOM?

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    • kenboo1
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:14pm

      Did I miss something??? Was he driving or running??? He had Ceramic plates in his vest, I’ll bet the cops confiscated those. They too must be illegal… Was he a danger to other people? Is it illegal to have an airsoft gun and be intoxicated??? I give up!!! I dont see a terrorist act… I see public intox, but no way do I see anything that would require more than a 100 dollar fine for being drunk…

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:33pm

      @RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:56pm

      Hi MONK, When I first read the headline, the thought of 5 and 6 year old children that were being expelled from school during the ’90s for having a one inch long GI Joe pistol in their pockets. All in the name of a ZERO tolerance for bringing WEAPONS to school. This struck me at first as being the same thing, but being drunk while doing this is just a bit different. At the most, a public drunkenness charge would suffice if it is in accordance to the local ordinances. I knew how to spot an airsoft toy gun even when I was still on the police department and that has been quite a while since I left. Naturally, one should stop and check it out but carefully. But, to bring a terror charge? It’s either laughable, or I am too out of touch these days. But, I think that I am correct calling it laughable
      ***
      It would be a lot more laughable if they weren’t using EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS to label current and former military as terrorists. They know they took an oath to defend the Constitution. Need to make it illegal for them to won firearms!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:43pm

      re : It would be a lot more laughable if they weren’t using EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS to label current and former military as terrorists. They know they took an oath to defend the Constitution. Need to make it illegal for them to won firearms!
      ***
      Sorry, my spelling’s terrible tonight, I meant to say “own firearms.”

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    • IvanK
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:20pm

      Let me get this straight. When a REAL terrorist commits a terroristic attack (and they are Muslim), then the news media AND the President of the Untied States provide cover for him and calls him a “lone wolf” with no affiliation to any terrorist cell – Remember Fort Hood and Nidal Hasan. The effin POTUS came out on national tv and essentially protected him. Nidal Hasan is STILL awaiting trial. it’s been 3 YEARS FOLKS!
      Meanwhile, If you’re white and run down the street with a BB gun – YOU‘RE A TERRORIST FOR GOD’S SAKE! When is this country going to snap out of it’ insanity or has the insanity of the “PC” movement doomed the Western countries to a future of darkness? You tell me.

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    • jtoddsherman
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 5:33am

      As long as any “attacks” on American soil are from anybody but the white, tax paying, European males, it will be considered Freedom of Speech and Protected under the Constitution of the United States!

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    • Schofield_steve
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 7:43am

      While in the Marines we ran in “boots and utes” all the time and we would alternate w/ and w/o a rubber drill rifle (or sand bag… or log…) and the PPE that we WOULD be wearing when we would actually need it… In fact, we would take it a step further and wear our gas masks (man, talk about making a nice pre-dawn jaunt along a NC beach SUCK! haha). Now I‘m pretty sure you can’t do those types of runs as unit PT because of the possibility of joint damage over the long term and new hazing regs but I’m pretty sure they can still do it on the individual level.

      What I‘m getting at is that this shouldn’t be too uncommon sight near a military installation although I’m not arguing the fact that it was STUPID to do it off base (and excuse me if I missed anything saying that he was a reservist or possibly at home far from any bases), in a perfect world throw him in the tank, call him an idiot and then let his command have at him and tear him to shreds. Not ruin his life and any chance of a career in or out of the service… I do find it funny that an Army cat had to be nearly black out drunk to do something that a Marine calls his ordinary ‘moto PT’ haha (and yes, I make that little jab at the army with much love and respect for them)

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    • fcolins357
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 11:00am

      I agree, a bogus call to be sure! The po-po may call it felony drunk jogging! And people in their little peep windows do need to keep a watchful eye out for the REAL terror threat when it comes. So keep the powder dry and keep the watch!

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    • VigilantGuardShark
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 11:48am

      Yeah he wsa drunk, but committing a ‘terrorist act’? come on, he was feeling his oats and energy and decided to run it out of himself like a good soldier. Slap him on the wrist, let him learn from his mistake and send him back to his unit, embarressed for being stupid.

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    • Kinnison
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 3:47pm

      A “real terrorist” did attack us, at Ft. Hood, Texas, and he killed 13 soldiers and wounded dozens more, shouting “Allu Akhbar!” as he pulled the trigger. Homeland Security refused to call it a terrorist act and said it was “workplace violence”. My best guess is that the next real terrorist act in the U.S. will be called a “man-caused disaster”.

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    • LordJack
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 11:13pm

      Been in the reserves for 11 years and I’ve heard a lot of ex-infantry guys talk about how their unit would do “Land-Navigation” and their would be kegs at each point. They would PT drunk for the sake “Combat Conditions.” Many times on active duty people were drinking all night and showed up still drunk for morning PT.

      1. Terrorism – I don’t this fits a reasonable person quota. If I saw a dude running around with full gear on, I would assume they are training. And… Knives are legal.

      2. Public Drunkness – I think their should be a Constitutional Amendment saying you can’t be arrested for being drunk. It’s absurd. People should be arrested for actions, not a state of being. If he was running while sober it wouldn’t be an issue, but now he’s running and drunk. How does being drunk while running change things? If your going to be arrested for being intoxicated it should only be under actions of being disorderly and that means your screaming at people and trying to cause fights.

      RANGERP
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:24pm
      I have been in the Army a pretty long while, and there are some real goof balls that serve.

      This dude has issues. When I first started to read, I though it might have just been a soldier doint PT in his field gear. The whole part about being drunk changed my mind on that idea.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:23am

      MASTRSSG, et al… Perhaps the Oath Takers who are still in the clear (without PTSD) could befriend a few of those that have been (yet don’t actually suffer from it) and purchace a few ARs and rounds for passing out during an “emergency”.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:03am

      There is nothing illeagal listed here. I do the same if out hunting or target practicing. Walking, running, ATV or my truck. Yes even going into a conveniance store packing with knife, real gun and ammo. BFD. Last month set down for lunch next to a deputy that way.

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  • merchantsailor
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:37pm

    Why would they have his blood tested??? He could have told them to go pound sand. He was not driving. .213 how could you run anyway a that level anyway? Something smells.

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    • Bravo_12_V
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:37pm

      I have the answer you seek. The most likely thing is that William Everett Alemar is a grunt. As grunts we are trained to endure pain and “suck it up” remember this is what America asked of us. Before I was Medically Retired for back injuries me and my buddies would work out drunk just to push the limits of our bodies. We had a saying in the Infantry “If you ain’t an alcoholic, smoker, tobacco dipper, and have at least one ex wife by the time you are 23 you ain’t a real Infantryman. So that is why he was most likely drunk. DUMB to do it in public during these times but a hell. Just know my brothers still stand tall even when we are persecuted for what we stood up to do.

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    • starman70
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 10:40am

      This guy made a goofy decision to do what he did, but to charge him with terrorist activity really pushes the point. A TOY GUN???? Any experienced cop should have recognized that imediately. JOGGING IN FATIGUES??? What’s wrong with that? If called back to duty, isn’t that what he would wear? WEARING A BULLETPROOF OR FLAK JACKET??? When fighting the enemy, is that not what he would be required to wear while running from cover to cover? RUNNING WITH A HIGH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL??? Since when is that a crime? Was he behind the wheel of a motorized conveyance? Did he RUN over someone?

      Remember! Janet “Big SIS” Nepolitino calls all veterans who own guns and read their Bibles, TERRORISTS. She didn’t say anything about drinking but if it had occurred to her, she would have included it in her description. It would have been: Drunken veterans, who own guns and read the Bible will be classified as terrorists.

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  • shoulda coulda woulda
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm

    I think they should execute him immediately, why even bother with a trial he is obviously a terrorist, This week in a the street with an air soft rifle next he be along the creek with a sling shot. The charges should read he scared people. Why do we even bother with these criminals summary excution is the only way to go in the air soft wars.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:44pm

      You might want to flag your post with “sarcastic” or something like that — Encinom or JZS might soon be jumping in to agree with you.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:46pm

      My son has been a huge paintball fan for years. I had to sit down with him several times to convince him to make sure he kept all of his gear and especially the paintball guns in duffel bags to and from the fields or woods. One of his guns in particular with the hopper and tank removed could be mistaken for a real gun by anybody who is not that familiar with real weapons. Once called, the police would respond with all weapons drawn. I know very well from having been on that department 12 years ago.

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    • shoulda coulda woulda
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Thanks Chuck, I thought I laid it on thick enough. But yes I was being sarcastic in the extreme

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:40pm

      @shoulda coulda woulda
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm

      I think they should execute him immediately, why even bother with a trial he is obviously a terrorist, This week in a the street with an air soft rifle next he be along the creek with a sling shot. The charges should read he scared people. Why do we even bother with these criminals summary excution is the only way to go in the air soft wars.
      ***
      Besides, being drunk he probably stepped on scads of “Protected Species” insects pounding the pavement. Obviously a heartless murder who wouldn’t care!

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm

    I am sorry, but this is not terrorism. Get a grip people.

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    • Tractorboy
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:27pm

      Meyvn I agree, he did not possess anything illegal, but this will be the way they screw with us, welcome to Obamas re-education camp lite.

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:33pm

    “did the punishment fit the crime?”
    Sarcastic, right?
    Being drunk and stupid does not a terrorist make — no matter how you stretch it.

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  • JackBalis
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:31pm

    He is lucky they did not shoot him. As for the public intoxication; I don’t believe the .08 limitations is the same on public drinking, so It would be foolish to even charge him for public intoxication unless he was showing signs of being drunk. The same thing happened to my neighbor 2 months ago. He was playing with his son shooting cans in their yard, shortly after he was slammed to the ground by 5 cops with their weapons drawn. He had an air-soft pistol with the visible red tip. He got no apology ,but he was not charged with a crime. It is not a crime to wear a uniform or carry a knife. I guess he can wear his army fatigues in Iraq wear the soldiers voices are not heard here. The media does those guys no justice. They come home and they are feared. The police should of questioned him; observed if he was drunk; made a decision on that at the scene and the others charges are way out of line. You are still innocent until proven guilty right?

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 1:34am

      The whole “Red Tip” thing is no excuse. There was a rash of problems in California back a few years where gang members were painting their real gun tips, or even the entire gun, orange, so that it looked like a toy. You can never know, red top or not. Unless it looks like a super soaker, but even that’s not safe since there was a news story a few months back of someone who converted a super soaker into a 12 gauge shotgun.

      I don’t agree with the charges and I think this guy is an idiot for doing what he did.

      If he was doing it for PT, he would have been better off to carry a log or make a weapon out of wood. Airsoft guns are light as hell, especially if this was the kind bought at sporting good stores. Yes, they have Airsoft M4′s that are made of aluminum and are fairly heavy, but a plastic airsoft gun doesn’t carry enough weight to justify carrying it for a field gear PT run. Empty magazines are useless too. Full magazines are about 1lb each, he would have been better to put a 10lb weight in a medium size aid pouch on the front of his chest to simulate the weight of loaded magazines….

      Anywaysss….

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    • stopspendingourmoney
      Posted on August 25, 2012 at 2:08am

      Not anymore, with NDAA both obama and romney support by the way. People you may want to check into what repubs and dems supported this bill they are un-American and unconstitutional and should not be representing anyone in this country they are the enemy of freedom.

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  • mrunner
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:31pm

    I just reread the article. West “By God” Virginia? This happened in WV? I am suprised when the cops were called and responded they didn’t have to ask the caller- “ok now, which one are you concerned about?”

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:30pm

    They will get him to admit to PTSD to drop the charges from a Felony to drunk in public.

    After that he will not be allowed to own a gun. (Because of the PTSD label) : (

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  • Right wing nut job
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:30pm

    So being an idiot is now a felony? Peoples perceptions are now grounds to charge crimes?

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  • mrunner
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:27pm

    Public intox. Pay your $300 and court costs and be on your way. Where the heck is the common sense- from either the soldier or the PA?

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:36pm

      THE ROGUE GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON WHITE MALES CONTINUES

      If he was a black nothing would have been done. A plastic toy gun is now a National Security Issue. The fact that he is a veteran must be the most significant fact. Those same COPs who arrest him today will come tomorrow to kill us with their 357 magnum Government Issue hollow points. The Obama Rogue Government has declared all out war on the American people.

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  • momrules
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:25pm

    If everything they say is true in this report I still do not see how this is a terrorist act. Is it because we are all terrorists now? Is it because he was in military garb? Is running down the down the road in military garb with a toy rifle now a terrorist act? Since when?

    I hate what has happened to our country and countrymen. God help us all, this will only get worse.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Hi Momrules.

      I have something for you…. Enjoy.

      In God We Trust part 1
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5pF_6oxGw

      In God We Trust part 2
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=3WJy4fmE8ug

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    • USAMama
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm

      Not to be confused with the Fort Hood shooter, who was clearly NOT a terrorist. Nope, he was just a disgruntled employee. The guy with the TOY, ya definitely a terrorist!

      Some days I feel like I woke up in an alternate universe. Actually every day.

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:38pm

      your right it is going to get worse as the election draws near. but you have to admit wearing that gear and holding even a toy gun that looks real and running near a school in todays world, not too bright on his part. something not right with him and he was drunk to top it all off. i don’t know about the charges seems over the top. just think if Obama gets re-elected could be the end of our second amendment rights.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:42pm

      USMAMA- I hope the attorney for the Facebook Marine held for a week gets onto this case too. These situations are starting to become very relevant and need to be brought to light. The public needs to know that the Admin is coming after our military. Yet, the Ft Hood Muslim shooter can make demands regarding his trial after killing 13 fellow serviceman. Oh it just irks me.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

      I have a hard time understanding how this happened in West Virginia. Everyone walks around with guns there.

      Oh, I get it now. It was in “BERKELEY” County.

      Why are so many crazy things associated with the word “Berkeley”?

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:08pm

      Hey MONK, This finally dawned on me. Must be the Ginger Ale, have had two glasses today.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPaIixH6WnA

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:17pm

      Hi RJJ,

      Ginger Ale is great…. “That’s the fact, Jack!” Strips was a really good movie too. Thanks. : )

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    • momrules
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:37pm

      Hi back MONK………..thanks for the link, great video. The fruit fly attack had me laughing. I would have posted back sooner but noticed Top Tracks of Joe Cocker on the scroll. I got distracted listening to him. Ain’t no Sunshine, Let It Be……….oh the memories! Sweet sangria, feeling down and Everybody Hurts, songs of my girlhood.

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 7:44pm

      You guys the term “terrorist threat” is a legal term that has been around a lot longer than the war on terror. The story is just using a coincidence to rile up a bunch of nice people who haven’t been through the legal system as much as I.

      TERRORISTIC THREAT

      (a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:
      cause a reaction of any type to his threat[s] by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
      (b) Place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;

      They‘ll just tell him if he pleads guilty to public intox they’ll drop the felony. Courts use more serious charges to get people to plead to misdemeanors so they don’t have to go to trial.

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  • face.chewer
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:23pm

    I wonder why he didn’t wear his dunce cap?

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  • anAmericanVet
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:23pm

    Let me get this straight . . .

    this guy’s a terroist. Major Hassan is not.

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    • momrules
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:28pm

      You got it right. Only in the New America could you be right about that.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm

      Exactly. Hassan was deemed to have engaged in “workplace violence” — not terrorism.

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    • betsyyoung
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:41pm

      I absolutely cannot stand the humongous stupidity that abounds lately with law enforcement! Granted the guy was drunk and not thinking clearly……..but c’mon……arrested as a terrorist! Good grief!

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    • starrman
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:02pm

      “Let me get this straight . . . this guy’s a terroist. Major Hassan is not.”

      THIS is the PERFECT assessment of America 2012…
      I weep for our nation.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:17pm

      anAmericanVet

      Do not give that piece of crap rank!

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  • kapnkd
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:21pm

    BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Nothing more than the government getting us peons used to being arrested and “taken away” for anything and everything they deem necessary.

    Waaaaay too much of these stories/events going on for it to be merely coincidence.

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  • Wornout
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:19pm

    I am ugly, and it terrifies people when I show my face in public, so I’m sure to be next. People are so ready to freak out, I just don’t get it.

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  • chips1
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:17pm

    I think Obama should call for a beer summit.

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:17pm

    While I support our veterans, this does seem pretty weird. Maybe it was just a stunt, but it was stupid. He’s not a 10 year-old kid playing “soldier”. He’s a grown man, an actual soldier, therefore he should know better than to run around dressed like he was ready for a confrontation. If he wants to stay in shape, can’t he practice on a military base? However, he committed no crime, therefore, we should reserve the term “terrorist act” for REAL acts of terror. “Behaving Suspiciously” is more accurate.

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    • patsne
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:27pm

      The most I can see as far as any criminal charges are Disorderly Conduct, maybe – no terrorism, and no felonies for sure. I can see why people might be alarmed and a misunderstanding could happen.

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 6:24pm

      He was training. We should call the cops any time we see a cop with a gun.

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  • zoo9guy
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:14pm

    He‘s lucky that he wasn’t shot by the cops!! He probably needs some help from a VA hospital therapist…Felony and terrorist charges are definitely over kill.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:13pm

    I think you’re all getting caught up in the flood of waters – that’s what I think.

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  • Landon410
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:11pm

    well pretty sure that man has the right to own guns, so he would have legally walked around with any gun out in the open (didnt this just go to court in michigan a month ago? story was on blaze) and the kid was found innocent of charges

    so this kid needs to tell the cops and the city attorney to go f off

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  • Spencer
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:11pm

    Scaring sheeple is now a crime. “oh he looked scarry with his big airsoft gun!” Sounds like the guy was getting some air and burning off his buzz with exercise.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:11pm

    No the punishment does not fit the crime here; this is just one more example of the administrations policies to threaten and coerce the people into compliance. Charge him with public intoxication at least if it is provable of him being drunk in a court of law.

    This man is charged with being a ‘terrorist’ and yet radical groups sanctioning and calling for terrorism and the overthrow of the Republic – unions and the NBPP, are uninvestigated and unreported by the MSM.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Just like Glenn said this AM, they are after our military. While I think what this guy did was pretty stupid considering the climate of fear (see something, say something). I hope he does not submit to pshycological tests as Glenn warned. This guy may find himself in the same if not worse situation than the Facebook Marine.

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  • pschlentz
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:11pm

    Not a smart move, he‘s lucky he wasn’t shot by police. Drawing the line is important in everyone’s lives.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:47pm

      @pschlentz
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:11pm

      Not a smart move, he‘s lucky he wasn’t shot by police. Drawing the line is important in everyone’s lives.
      ***
      But when you have tyrants drawing the lines ever closer to you, pretty soon you realize they’ve drawn a box so close around you, that you can’t move, BUT HEY…PUT ON THIS NICE WHITE COAT AND WE’LL LIFT YOU OUT AND GIVE YOU A NICE COMFY ROOM WITH PLUSH SOFT PADDED WALLS!

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  • SocialistSlayer
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:10pm

    Once again, Welcome to Amerika Comrades! Land of the Free ???? I don’t think so!

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    • somecat
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:13pm

      I doubt this is the charge that will stick. Often police charge you with the greatest crime possible for the situation. His drunken stupidity deserves some kind of punishment. I bet it gets plead down to public intox and disturbing the peace.

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  • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
    Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:09pm

    We’re all terrorists now.

    Good think police were there to protect us all from this terrible man. Off to the gulag for him to never be heard from again.

    Be sure to clear your travel plans and wardrobe with DHS before you leave your house.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:31pm

      When we fly we’re sexually assaulted by neanderthal TSA goons,when we run around with toy guns we‘re arrested and charged with ’committing a terroristic act’.WTF is going on in modern day America?

      I‘ll tell you we’re fast becoming a police state,if he smelled of humus and had a lot of vowels in his name there wouldn‘t be a problem that’s for damn sure.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:41pm

      Hell, if I saw a Military person running down the street with a rifle I’d probable grab my rifle and join him thinking that he was responding to some troubling event and might need some help.

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    • henryKnox
      Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:41pm

      Why is it that something like this makes it beyond a simple questioning by the police and a warning to take it on home because they had gotten reports that he was worrying people? Why escalate it to a ‘terrorist’ charge? Sounds like grandstanding by the local police for some reason. Perhaps they were simply young officers that wanted to make a splash. Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail and the charges will be dropped. We want badly to be a free people again.

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