An individual lit a fire inside the drive-up collection mailbox early Thursday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
  • @[email protected]
    5•8 months ago

    This is actually my local post office, where I dropped off my ballot last week. They have taped signs above the mail slots in the extended-hours lobby that said “ballets” need to be handed to a specific window (meaning a worker during business hours). I can imagine there may have been some people who couldn’t visit during the 8:30-4:30 USPS hours who utilized the outside mailboxes. This really sucks for them.

  • Ænima
    7•8 months ago

    Given the municipality, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a Phoenix PD officer who did it.

  • @[email protected]
    5•8 months ago

    Political violence aimed at voting, I wonder if it was dems or repubs committing the crime?

    Aw, I’m Just kidding, No one wonders about this. Its always republicans doing terror acts on our soil.

  • Boomer Humor DoomergodEnglish
    80•8 months ago

    This is why I took my mail in ballot to the post office instead of trusting a mailbox or my conservative mailman.

  • @[email protected]
    143•8 months ago

    Why doesn’t it read “Far Right Extremist, White Nationalist, Christofacist, Terror Group ‘MAGA’ Reaking Havic Around The U.S.”

    Call a duck a duck

    • @[email protected]
      23•8 months ago

      The person who set the fires said they wanted to be arrested, and it wasn’t politically motivated. Unless they give evidence to the contrary, there’s no reason to not believe them, especially since they had a prior arrest warrant outstanding for something unrelated.

      Edit: Wow, lot of astroturfing going on here, or people who didn’t read the article.

      • Rhaedas
        3•8 months ago

        If you’re seeking a felony or many, no better way than to do something to the USPS. Glad the damage was minimal to the ballots and that this person maybe can get the help they need and seemingly were screaming for internally.

      • @[email protected]
        39•8 months ago

        No reason not to believe the person who “wants to be arrested” and is lighting fires in public spaces?

        Who are you trying to convince?

        • @[email protected]
          25•8 months ago

          He was saying there’s reason to believe they thought this would be a high profile, non-violent action that would get them attention as well as arrested. I.e., that the arrest and attention were the primary motivations moreso than a political one. It was just a standard, blue USPS post box, not a specific county ballot box (those actually have fire suppression for this reason), so it seems reasonable that this person is just an unstable idiot, not a politically motivated unstable idiot.

          He was previously arrested for just showing up to a work site, assumed homeless, and sitting there, and then trying to take an officers gun “because he ‘wanted it’ and ‘because it’s cool.’” He was then restrained with duct tape. Lol

          Who knows, it’s dumb and he was arrested though, which is good.

      • @[email protected]
        19•8 months ago

        If he has a warrant out and wanted to be arrested… Why wouldn’t he just walk into a police station?

          • @[email protected]
            1•8 months ago

            They also look kind of dumb with their finger and their thumb in the shape of an “L” on their forehead.

        • ArtieShaw
          4•8 months ago

          That would make sense. Unfortunately, I’ve known enough contrarian weirdos to see how that type of logic might make more sense (to them).

          “Why are you stressing about this? Can’t you just take those old clothes to Goodwill or throw them away?”

          “Well, first I need to buy 30 cases of Coke and then - to make room in the car - I need to visit the park back in Indiana to scatter our dog’s ashes.”

          Knowing that it’s probably just illogical all the way down, I could believe either scenario.

        • @[email protected]
          1•8 months ago

          I’m sure the guy wasn’t rocking a full set of marbles if this is what he thought passes for a good idea.

        • @[email protected]English
          4•8 months ago

          Most people have no idea they have a warrant out until they have an interaction with the police. Most warrants aren’t for issues serious enough to send an officer to pick someone up. Not all warrants are for violent offenses.

  • @[email protected]
    51•8 months ago

    Headline should be something along the lines of “Fascists try to meddle with the election”

    • @[email protected]
      15•8 months ago

      Not trying, already did. When Trump loses, he will use all of this as a reason for congress to appoint him president.

  • @[email protected]
    16•8 months ago

    It’s good to vote early in case extremists try to take your vote away from you. Also, track your ballot, if you’re able to.

  • @[email protected]
    45•8 months ago

    If there’s one branch of law enforcement you don’t want to fuck with it’s the US Postal Inspection Service. This person is about to do some time. They do not fuck around with the mail.