Speedway Bomber, SWATting, and the power of the 'net

[Jack Burton]

Some of you oldtimers may remember Brett Kimberlin, the Speedway Bomber from several decades ago. It seems he is back to his tricks of threatening people and in general being a domestic terrorist.

Pattricio is one of the better, conservative bloggers writing. He is also a Los Angles assistant district attorney. He wrote several revealing posts about kimberlin and his current attempts at terrorism.

Yet, Kimberlin was able to "swat" him by having an associate call in a fake 911 call, pretending to be Pattricio, and saying that he had just killed all his family and was sitting there with a gun waiting for the cops to show up. The story is absolutely chilling to read.

Obviously the cops showed up in full force, and Pattricio is quite lucky to have come out of the event alive.

Patterico's Pontifications » Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism

This was not the first "swatting" Kimberlin has done, and it probably won't be the last. It is becoming a standard tactic of the left. This could be any one of us who are taking a stand against those who would harm our country and our freedoms.

Other bloggers have been fired from their jobs, and even forced to flee from their homes because of Kimberlin's terrorist activities towards anyone who writes about his past.

Because of all this today is designated “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day”. Either we are all Spartacus... or we all just roll over.

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[thompal]

Some of you oldtimers may remember Brett Kimberlin, the Speedway Bomber from several decades ago. It seems he is back to his tricks of threatening people and in general being a domestic terrorist.

Oh yeah. I remember Kimberlin. The person who got his leg blown off was a friend's dad. Do you also remember the Dan Quayle/Niles Stanton connections that Kimberlin had?

 

[canamscott]

Kimberlin is 100% nuts. If he says it is daylight you should go outside and check. The only thing he is good at is ruining lives. No reporter should ever repeat anything he has to say for fear someone might take him seriously. Why is he even still being fed?

 

[Jack Burton]

Oh yeah. I remember Kimberlin. The person who got his leg blown off was a friend's dad. Do you also remember the Dan Quayle/Niles Stanton connections that Kimberlin had?

You mean the connections that the reporter later admitted he had been suckered into reporting as Kimberlin completely lied about the whole incident.

 

[thompal]

You mean the connections that the reporter later admitted he had been suckered into reporting as Kimberlin completely lied about the whole incident.

There's more to it. I agree that Kimberlin is most likely a loon, but there were some definite ties between those three (mostly with Stanton I think).

 

[Jack Burton]

There's more to it. I agree that Kimberlin is most likely a loon, but there were some definite ties between those three (mostly with Stanton I think).

Odd then that the reporter repudiated everything he had previously written.

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

I am not as concerned by Brett Kimberlin as I am concerned by the fact that this trick would totally work! I know that police work is a thankless job but if I ran in and wrecked a place on bogus information I would go to prison. The fact that swat DIDN'T kill him is a credit to their leadership. If they had killed him it would all be legal and no one would be accountable. They would of been acting in good faith. There must be a way to document A good call so that cops can't be used as weapons, but I don't know what it is.

 

[wetidlerjr]

Oh yeah. I remember Kimberlin. The person who got his leg blown off was a friend's dad. Do you also remember the Dan Quayle/Niles Stanton connections that Kimberlin had?

Carl DeLong was a Vietnam Vet and a fine man. He was my commanding officer when I was a Rigger with the ING Ranger Company in Muncie during the 1970s. Although I did not know him well, he was respected and very much liked by the members of that unit.
Kimberlin is a convicted murderer that should still be in prison.

 

[JoshuaW]

"Swatting" is not a tactic of the left. A wide variety of individuals have used it for years. Even pretendig that this guy is some kind of tool of the left or has any left wing associations is a little ignorant. It is like associating Ted Kaczynski with the right. My point is the guy is plain nuts, that's it.

 

[Jack Burton]

"Swatting" is not a tactic of the left. A wide variety of individuals have used it for years. Even pretendig that this guy is some kind of tool of the left or has any left wing associations is a little ignorant. It is like associating Ted Kaczynski with the right. My point is the guy is plain nuts, that's it.

Donors to the non-profit that Kimberlin heads up...

Tides Foundation -- noted leftist organization
Teresa Heinz Kerry Foundation -- noted wife of leftist Senator who ran for president as a Democrat
Barbara Striesand Foundation -- what more needs to be said

Close associates of Kimberlin...

Neal Rauhauser -- consultant to Democratic candidates
Brad Friedman -- author and owner of Brads Blog, a noted leftist oriented political blog.

His organziations...

Both Justice Through Music Project and Velvet Revolution are both leftist in nature and orientation.

Stating that this is simply the work of a disturbed person without acknowledging the political nature of both his current work and the intended targets is very shortsighted.

And why would Ted Kaczynski, the unibomer who hated technology, be associated with the "right." He was inspired by those such as Al Gore, and was totally a creature of the wacko left.

 

[greyhound47]

And why would Ted Kaczynski, the unibomer who hated technology, be associated with the "right." He was inspired by those such as Al Gore, and was totally a creature of the wacko left.

Jack Burton for the WIN!

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

"Swatting" is not a tactic of the left. A wide variety of individuals have used it for years. Even pretendig that this guy is some kind of tool of the left or has any left wing associations is a little ignorant. It is like associating Ted Kaczynski with the right. My point is the guy is plain nuts, that's it.

Please cite some examples of the right using these tactics.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Typical leftard tactic to deny any link of some wacko to the revolutionary/socialist/communist/progressives until it's incontrovertible, then "look, a squirrel!". This jackwagon gets loads of Soros money. It's almost unfortunate that we're too civilized to say "these are our enemies, they shall fall" but I'm thinkin Buttboy Kimberlin won't get a warning, if someone comes to that decision point. It's a fear campaign, but he has the advantage to have provided some justification for the fear.

 

[thompal]

"Swatting" is not a tactic of the left. A wide variety of individuals have used it for years. Even pretendig that this guy is some kind of tool of the left or has any left wing associations is a little ignorant. It is like associating Ted Kaczynski with the right. My point is the guy is plain nuts, that's it.

I think that trying to attribute some political motive to Kimberlan's activities back then is a mistake. I think Kimberlan's only interest back then was Kimberlan and profit.

What he's been up to since then, I don't really care, because I don't care about him at all.

 

[Lex Concord]

Carl DeLong was a Vietnam Vet and a fine man. He was my commanding officer when I was a Rigger with the ING Ranger Company in Muncie during the 1970s. Although I did not know him well, he was respected and very much liked by the members of that unit.
Kimberlin is a convicted murderer that should still be in prison.

I never met him, but was acquainted with his son.

Here's a song he and his band wrote and dedicated to his dad....

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dOovrYm8w[/ame]

 

[ghunter]

Fire in the Night by John M. Murtagh, City Journal 30 April 2008

More and more of the left are using violence and intimidation, but it's nothing new. They love targeting peoples' families. What a bunch of bed wetting cowards. The above story is about "peace activist" William Ayers's friends setting fire to a judge's house with children inside.

 

[thompal]

I never met him, but was acquainted with his son.

Here's a song he and his band wrote and dedicated to his dad....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dOovrYm8w

You know Steve??

 

[Roadie]

You know Steve??

Small world, I worked for Sweet FA "back in the day"..

 

[thompal]

Small world, I worked for Sweet FA "back in the day"..

Before Sweet FA, he was in a band with a bunch of my then-former bandmates: High Risk

 

[Roadie]

Before Sweet FA, he was in a band with a bunch of my then-former bandmates: High Risk

Yup, I remember him with High Risk, and Thrustt. He is now with the Dean Cline Band.