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Jonathan Grant Thompson, the man behind the popular science-focused YouTube channel King of Random has been charged with two counts of second-degree felony possession of an explosive device.
Thompson, 37, runs the King of Random YouTube channel, boasting about 200 videos and 8.9 million subscribers. His videos are of science experiments and are in the vein of science-based shows on networks such as the Discovery Channel.
Thompson has been making videos and putting them on YouTube since 2010. His videos have garnered more than 1.6 billion combined views.
According to the article the first complaint "resulted from a citizen complaint via Facebook Messenger on June 15 about Thompson exploding a dry ice bomb", and for the second:
Thompson said a friend had left him a bag of powder, which he believed to be from a deconstructed firework.
After lighting a couple of small "control fires" Thompson and Timothy Burgess, 20, of Ontario, Canada, ignited a larger pile which exploded, the police report states. According to the report, firefighters heard the explosion from the nearby fire station.
Google Maps shows there is a South Jordan fire station 0.2 miles from Thompson's home.
The explosion left Burgess with small particles of burned material embedded in his arms, charges say.
Burgess was charged with one count of second-degree felony possession of an explosive device. Court records show prosecutors have asked a judge to issue a $15,000 warrant for his arrest
Originally spotted via AvE's channel.
(Score: 2) by Unixnut on Friday January 19 2018, @07:26AM (2 children)
> The problem is that if you really do think about it, you realize it would be a matter of a small percentage of the citizen population, using citizen-owned firearms, against the combined forces of the police, FBI, National Guard, and if necessary the military. (Even if it was most of the population, the difference in firepower & training would make it on par with little kids trying to get rid of the Mafia.)
In reality, those police and military forces would not stay united. After all, they are human, and some of them may be sympathetic to the cause, others may have family/friends to take care of, and a third may simply point out they did not sign up to oppress their fellow citizens, and resign.
As a result, the full forces will not be available. More to the point, some of them would defect to the "other side", and usually take their weapons with them. Normally the first to splinter is the local cops, as they are usually locals themselves. Second would be local military forces, for similar reasons.
The last to splinter are the military itself, but they are more likely to stay out of it entirely (as it is not in their remit to opress the locals, rather their remit is defense of the nation).
Those that defect to the other side will bring weapons, but more importantly, their skills and training, with which they can start training willing recruits. Before you know it you have an army, and what started off as an easy oppression has become more evenly matched civil war,
Not I don't know what it is like in the USA, but I doubt USA citizens are that different to the rest of the world, so I suspect it would play out similar to above. Especially as the US has a history of war, and has already had their own civil war in the past,
The one thing that would be needed, is a separatist government formed quickly, capable of organising land and resources under control, handling finances/taxation, keeping the peace (policing still needs to be done to prevent crime derailing your goals), directing military champagnes and dealing with diplomatic side of things (specifically negotiating with the "other side" in the war).
Without that, you end up with a rabble, and any rebellion would peter out quickly. Likewise, rebellions rarely start without some charismatic leader(s) getting together to get the ball rolling,
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday January 19 2018, @03:39PM (1 child)
Military champagnes doesn't mean what you think it means. Military campaigns is what you were thinking of. It is a Friday though.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 19 2018, @03:51PM
Or it was a Freudian slip from a high ranking officer?