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Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, “as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia.

Sanders’ statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Oh no he's not a nazi, he's just a collector and gun enthusiast! He's just a good ol' boy!"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

i realize this is /s, but i kinda wish people would not continue to conflate autism with nazism, even as a joke.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A collector would have steam released the wrinkles in those flags.

This dudes a nutcan.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A collector wouldn't have one made of polyester they got on Amazon

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I assumed that was the only kind being made. You mean there's someone out there sewing dead plants to make fascists feel more authentic?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What he means is "a collector would've likely bought someone's grandpa's old war trophy".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

As someone who collects random milsurp shit and literally has a pile of modern military jackets (German, Czech, USAF) next to him I can confirm that collectors generally either get them from stores, auctions, and sales. Also no a collector would have a couple random flags mixed in, like an old Soviet flag or a partisan or resistance flag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, almost certainly yes. And not for movies or museums either.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So they essentially raided one of their subsidiaries?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Skipped right past the job interview and are speed running him through the on boarding process. Has serious leadership potential.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

Why would they raid their own??

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t see why the /s if you are prideful enough to display a flag on a wall at least make it look like not crap.

That these particular flags are from harmful ideology is sad but does not counter this.

Its tripple sad.

  • nazi is always sad
  • no flag respect sad
  • probably think ironing is for women and afraid to do it sad.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Its there because I'm not trying to defer attention away from the flags' content.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

This man has probably never ironed anything in his life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The crosses are iron at least

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Queue Trump pardon in 3, 2, 1...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

This just in, a new head of ICE has been hired.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And a cabinet position.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Test for sperm on those flags

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Derek Sanders sucks in a lot of very legitimate ways, but bare minimum, at least he's not a Nazi sympathizer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't see anything on there article that implies he's not. There were multiple agencies involved, gotta play by the books.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

If your Nazi flags still have creases in them, they are not "vintage collectibles."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It was their own house, wasn’t it?