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posted by martyb on Thursday September 08 2016, @06:36AM   Printer-friendly

An unemployed motorcycle mechanic who gunned down airport screening officers at Los Angeles International Airport in a 2013 attack that sent passengers running for their lives pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and 10 other charges.

Paul Ciancia agreed last week to plead guilty to all 11 charges in the rampage that killed one officer and wounded two others and a teacher who was headed for a flight.

Ciancia, 26, was spared the death penalty by entering the plea but faces a mandatory life term in prison.

[...] Ciancia, who was living in the Los Angeles area after growing up in Pennsville, New Jersey, said in the note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer but hoped to kill more.

"If you want to play that game where you pretend that every American is a terrorist, you're going to learn what a self-fulfilling prophecy is," his note said, according to court documents.

The note added, "I want to instill fear in your traitorous minds. I want it to always be in the back of your head just how easy it is to take a weapon to the beginning of your Nazi checkpoints."

Ciancia signed the note with his name, adding beneath it, "Pissed-off Patriot."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LA_AIRPORT_SHOOTING
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_shooting


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @01:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @01:55PM (#399146)

    Probably should be deported because we don't know what their intentions are.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:08PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:08PM (#399153) Journal

    Why not deport those who made their intentions very clear, instead?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:51PM (#399176)

      Woooosh!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:12PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:12PM (#399187)

        Was that a double wooosh or just one?

        • (Score: 2) by Bot on Friday September 09 2016, @06:59AM

          by Bot (3902) on Friday September 09 2016, @06:59AM (#399509) Journal

          one woosh and a half. I wasn't aware he was trolling at all, OTOH my suggestion was mainly driven by the desire of optimization.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:59PM (#399206)

      Deport those so-called 'leaders' who bring death and destruction. And their supporters too, for they provided financial support. Better yet, stand them in front of a firing squad. Spend a few bullets and you're done ... until the ruling class finds ways to defeat justice. And the cycle repeats.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @09:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @09:40PM (#399371)

    If Donald Trump had been in charge, the killer would not have been allowed into the United States. “Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life."