One arrested in threat to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor over COVID-19 mask mandate

[brooklynite]

Source: Wichita Eagle

A Wichita man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple over frustrations with the city’s mask ordinance, the mayor and police said Friday afternoon.

Meredith Dowty, 59, was booked into Sedgwick County Jail at 6:05 p.m., Friday, booking reports show. Police confirmed he is the suspect and said he could face a charge of criminal threat.

Whipple said he had been read a series of text messages received by another city official that asked about Whipple’s address and contained a detailed threat against his life.

The apparent motive was the suspect’s opposition to “masks and tyranny,” Whipple said.

Read more: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article246513655.html

[AllaN01Bear]

1. stupid is stupid does sir.

[frazzled]

2. The logic of this is beyond comprehension

Railing against “masks and tyranny,” because his “freedom” has been curtailed. So his response is to kidnap an individual and kill them: the very definition of tyranny over someone and a total decimation of their freedom—their freedom to exist.

Mind boggling

[HubertHeaver]

3. What is the genesis of this bull-shit?

Where are these idiots getting their information. They are really not intelligent enough to use the word "tyranny" in a coherent sentence.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. Facebook forums probably, or youtube

[intheflow]

9. Trump.

His "Liberate Michigan" and "Liberate Virginia" posts were taken to heart. They really think they're a liberation movement. Pisses me off no end.

[onetexan]

11. RW media, QAnon, 4chan, etc.

[LymphocyteLover]

4. all thanks to fucking Trump

[Blue_playwright]

6. Oh good lord...

... the crazy is getting worse around here. Had some security guard at a client's business not wearing masks and talking about how we were all stupid for wearing them. He was an off-duty cop. It was a fucking restaurant. I don't get it.

[Initech]

8. We're all getting crazy and restless. Pandemics suck.

They suck more than anything that has ever sucked. I get it, but we all have to play by the rules if we want to live to see this pandemic be a thing of the past.

[robbob]

12. "Stupid" for taking a precaution?

Amazing. So I gues we are all “stupid” for; wearing seatbelts? Wearing a bike helmet? Looking both ways before crossing a street? Washing our hands?

It’s amazing Darwin hasn’t caught up with this guy yet...

[Initech]

7. Hate to break it to you but if you hate the mask, you're going to really hate the ventilator.

[Illumination]

10. See what the problem is. Had to read this several times. Who names their male child

Meredith?

[murielm99]

13. Someone who l likes The Music Man?

[obamanut2012]

18. And you think this comment of yours is funny why, exactly?

[tormadjax]

14. JFC! n/t

[Maxheader]

15. Tyranny?

They call it tyranny...They don't know tyranny. Yet...

[Progressive Jones]

16. There is much more mental illness in the US than we like to think. nt

[ck4829]

17. If this guy was a Muslim, this would be called a "thwarted terrorist plot"

[Progressive Jones]

20. Absolutely. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Another Trumper