Let us count the ways Florida Man effed up.
Alleged Antifa member targeted Florida rally with a bomb; more explosives found at his house
A man in black bloc behaving suspiciously near a right-wing rally outside the Pinellas County Courthouse in Florida on Jan. 6 was apprehended by deputies after he tried fleeing on foot. Garrett James Smith, 22, was arrested and found carrying an active pipe bomb, Antifa propaganda and a written document on what to bring for his direct action. He had recently returned from Portland, Ore.
Lessee…
Black bloc garb works fine to keep from being identified as an individual in a whole mob of Pantifa rioters. Standing alone at a “right-wing rally” in Florida? Wrong camouflage for the surrounding, dude.
Acting suspiciously, then fleeing law enforcement? Pro-tip: If you haven’t actually done anything illegal yet, with no visible unlawful items, don’t give the cops an excuse to search you and find the evidence of unlawful acts.
Since the feds are carefully cultivating the ridiculous notion that Pantifa is a idea, not an organization, don’t bring along proof of your Pantifa affiliation. Seriously, a checklist? You couldn’t remember without written instructions? Maybe that action should have left to someone with a slightly higher IQ.
Painting Pantifa symbols on your incriminating garb is somewhat less than wise. Camouflage, camouflage, camouflage.
And really? You needed to stock more assembled cardboard tube bombs (i.e.- more incriminating evidence)? They’re improvised explosives; one probably should not improvise them until needed. You just added another explosive charge to your collection.
Pinellas County, FLorida is not Potland, Oregon. Expect the authorities to react somewhat differently.
But this is — apparently — a Floridian stupid enough to travel all the way to Oregon for Pantifa games there.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this moron is about to discover the concept of “bail,” in lieu of the usual Portland dismissed charges.
This guy is stupid even by Pantifa standards.
