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Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:11 PM Apr 2023

A St. Olaf student has been arrested and charged with conspiracy

to commit violence and terroristic threats - they found ammunition, knives, propane canisters and other scary stuff in his dorm room. https://www.startribune.com/charges-concerned-custodians-tip-led-to-st-olaf-students-cache-of-gun-magazines-arrows-campus-map/600265983/ St. Olaf, of all places, FFS! The crazies are everywhere.

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A St. Olaf student has been arrested and charged with conspiracy (Original Post) Ocelot II Apr 2023 OP
I know a professor at St. Olafs. no_hypocrisy Apr 2023 #1
I think it's the one on the left in this picture Clash City Rocker Apr 2023 #2
. Meadowoak Apr 2023 #3
Back in St.Olaf.. moose65 Apr 2023 #8
Thinking a place like St. Olaf is immune is part of the problem. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #4
Noplace is safe any more - finding this lunacy at St. Olaf emphasizes the point. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #5
Even us good Lutherans in Pennsylvania know about St. Olaf Freddie Apr 2023 #6
Very good school, first-rate music program. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #7
It all started with deRien Apr 2023 #9
Meanwhile, in the Strib's comment sections, dflprincess Apr 2023 #10
The Strib's comment section is a cesspool. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #11
Clearly a "typical lib" dflprincess Apr 2023 #12
Lol a LOT of Republicans graduate from St. Olaf. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #13
Remittance man Randomthought Apr 2023 #14

no_hypocrisy

(49,194 posts)
1. I know a professor at St. Olafs.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:14 PM
Apr 2023

I fear he could have been a target. Head best friends with Paul Wellstone.

Freddie

(9,740 posts)
6. Even us good Lutherans in Pennsylvania know about St. Olaf
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:40 PM
Apr 2023

Many pastors and church musicians are graduates. Wow.

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)
7. Very good school, first-rate music program.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:17 PM
Apr 2023

I know a whole lot of Oleys, all of them musicians. But the crazies are everywhere now...

dflprincess

(28,526 posts)
10. Meanwhile, in the Strib's comment sections,
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 08:31 PM
Apr 2023

the Trumpers are claiming the facts that this person went to St. Olaf and "the media" hasn't mentioned his politics proves he's a Democrat.

Not on this linked article where comments aren't permitted but on anything else that remotely touches on guns.

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)
11. The Strib's comment section is a cesspool.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 08:41 PM
Apr 2023

The guy didn't even have any actual guns (his assault rifle was back home in Vermont) - just a tactical vest, empty boxes for ammunition and magazines, a tactical knife, a folding knife, firearm earmuffs, six propane canisters, fireworks, lighter fluid, a battery with wires a lock pick set, notebooks with writings that included a plot to steal ammunition from a retailer, police radio frequencies and a hand-drawn map of a campus building showing escape routes.

So no problems, right? That's perfectly normal stuff any liberal college student is likely to have in his dorm room. And a lot of college students leave notes that say things like: "Combat is much faster and closer than you think" and "the average door takes 2.5 kicks," according to the complaint. Notes also contained training directions for where to shoot a person on their body, targeting three areas -- the upper thoracic, the T-zone of the face, and the pelvis. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/st-olaf-college-student-waylon-kurts-charged-after-cache-found-in-dorm/

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