Girlfriend of Nashville bomber told police in 2019 he was building explosives in an RV, records show

[UpInArms]

Source: CNN

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On August 21, 2019, police received a call from an attorney representing Pamela Perry, the woman who said she was the girlfriend of the bomber Anthony Warner, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement Tuesday. Her attorney, Raymond Throckmorton, said she had made "suicidal threats to him via telephone."

When police arrived, they found two unloaded pistols near Perry, who said they belonged to Warner. She told officers she did not want them in the home any longer and that Warner was "building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence," according to a "matter of record" report from the MNPD.
The police also spoke to Throckmorton, who once represented Warner and was also present at Perry's home. He told authorities Warner "frequently talks about the military and bomb-making. (Throckmorton) stated that he believes that the suspect knows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb," the report said.

CNN has reached out to Throckmorton for comment about his account -- first reported by the Tennessean -- but has not yet heard back.

In the course of their several attempts to enter the home, Warner would not open the door for police, a statement from the department said, and as there was no evidence of a crime, they had no authority to enter.

MNPD asked the FBI to check its databases for records of Warner and none were found, the FBI confirmed in a statement to CNN.

On Monday, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch said Warner, 63, had not previously been on law enforcement's radar.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/us/nashville-christmas-bombing-wednesday/index.html

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Why put a white bomb maker on police radar? It’s so much easier to find black people to kill.

[UpInArms]

1. Related: from the Tennessean

The next day, Nashville police sent the report and identifying information about Warner to the FBI to check their databases, Aaron said in a statement to The Tennessean.

Later that day, Aaron said, "the FBI reported back that they checked their holdings and found no records on Warner at all."

Darrell DeBusk, a spokesperson for the FBI, told The Tennessean Tuesday night the inquiry was a standard agency-to-agency record check.

Then on Aug. 28, 2019, the Department of Defense reported back that "checks on Warner were all negative," Aaron said.

During the week of August 26, 2019, police called Throckmorton, who declined to allow police to interview Warner or go on Warner's property, the FBI told The Tennessean.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/29/nashville-explosion-woman-warned-mnpd-warner-building-bomb-2019/4082253001/

JFC ... the FBI was informed... smh

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. No. My reading notes the phrase "standard agency-to-agency record check"

... and the phrase "no records on Warner".

It means basically that they simply asked the FBI "Do you have a record on this man?".

It does NOT mean they asked the FBI "This man is building explosives into his RV. Do you know anything about him and do you need help learning more about him?" They clearly didn't say anything like that. I wasn't there so I don't "know", but to me it is pretty obvious. We heard from both sides of the request and it seems utterly mundane and straightforward.

If you wish to assign blame, assign it to the Nashville police for not following it up and properly and officially informing the FBI. For starters, how was he accumulating explosives?

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. "sent the report and identifying information" means they did inform the FBI

It was not just "do you have a record on this man?".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Good catch "sent the report". Perhaps the FBI was notified in some way about some specifics. . .nt

[UpInArms]

12. It is more like

They were concerned enough to look to the FBI, but not concerned enough to do anything...

They hunt down shoplifters with more enthusiasm

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Yes MNPD didn't follow up & didn't officially request help from FBI. Never tried to get warrant

... as far as I know.

[iluvtennis]

27. +1. But had he been of Middle Eastern descent maybe they would have followed through. Just saying nt

[UpInArms]

36. More info

A spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told NBC News on Wednesday they were previously unaware of the incident involving the Metro Nashville Police Department and Warner’s girlfriend.

The spokesperson said in a statement: “To be clear, the remarks our Director made about him ‘not being on our radar’ were specific to our agency and not all of law enforcement.”

Unlike other cases, such as with the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, the FBI said it was only asked to run a database search on Warner and were not asked to open an investigation.

The Metro Nashville Police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girlfriend-nashville-bomber-warned-police-he-was-building-explosives-2019-n1252536

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. Thanks for filling in some points. . . . nt

[KG]

2. y'know. just another law-abiding bomb-maker, till he wasn't

[Judi Lynn]

4. Photo of Warner in his RV of Death, from the Daily Mail:

On Monday the FBI in Memphis released this new photo of Warner showing him leaning out of
what appears to be his white RV

Article:

Nashville bomber's girlfriend told police 16 months ago that he was building bombs in his RV - but officers never looked inside when they visited his home

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9097857/Nashville-bombers-girlfriend-told-police-2019-making-bomb-RV.html

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "as there was no evidence of a crime, they had no authority to enter"

But if you're black like Breonna Taylor or Anjanette Young or Jethro DeVane, they have no problem smashing the door open, and either killing or handcuffing you without a 2nd thought - including while unclothed.

[jrthin]

16. Your post, FTW. nt

[Paladin]

23. Bullseye. (nt)

[iluvtennis]

28. Exactly! nt

[maxsolomon]

32. The LPD had a warrant to search Taylor's apartment.

I don't like no-knock warrants in the least, but that is the difference.

The 5G bomber knew that.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Yeah the "difference" is that

we don't survive "no-knock" warrants when 92 years old -

City to pay slain woman's family $4.9 million
Local News
| Aug 11, 2012
By Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

One of the most divisive chapters in the history of the Atlanta Police Department has come to a close. Four years after rogue APD narcotics officers killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during an illegal raid of her home, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has offered her family a $4.9 million settlement. Under the structure of the settlement the estate, represented by Johnston's niece Sarah C. Dozier, will get $3 million immediately and another $1.9 million in fiscal year 2012.

“Clearly a terrible wrong was committed in this tragic case. In the end, the city was forced to step up and right this wrong, as well as can be under our system of laws," said Nicholas Moraitakis, an attorney for Dozier. "It is always gratifying to be on the side seeking and receiving justice.”

Markel Hutchins, a spokesman for the family, said he spoke with Dozier on Monday, but added that she would not be commenting. Her attorneys from The Cochran Firm confirmed that and held a press conference Monday after the council voted 14-0 to settle the case. Reed said the resolution of the case is an important healing step for the city and the police department, which was nearly ripped apart because of the shooting. "As a result of the incident, several police officers were indicted in federal and state court on charges and were later convicted and sentenced for their actions," said Reed, adding that the Narcotics Unit has been totally reorganized.

Johnston was killed in November 2006 when a police drug unit tried to execute a "no-knock" warrant on her home, using information provided by an informant who claimed he had purchased drugs at from the home. After officers kicked in the door, the elderly Johnston reached for a gun and fired one shot. Police returned fire, killing her. No drugs were found, and officers planted drugs in the home that had been recovered from a different raid.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/city-pay-slain-woman-family-million/GWqsgDArzmOhvpb7iPY6FI/

I suppose handcuffed and naked in the cold is preferable!!!!

[maxsolomon]

34. that is a difference to be sure.

handing out and executing no-knock warrants on black people like candy. it's damning and infuriating.

but there was no warrant in the case of the tip on the 5G Bomber's from his GF. our dumb constitution says the Po can't enter.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. Right

And one wonders why.

[Maeve]

6. In other words, even when police were warned the man was making bombs, they did nada

White domestic terrorist--say it

[judesedit]

7. Why no more news of him being a Trump humper?

[scarletwoman]

15. I never saw any "news of him being a Trump humper" - just people speculating about it.

[forthemiddle]

20. His neighbor said he never talked politics, and never had signs or Flags

In his yard.

I can’t find the article, but I believe I read last week that he is not registered to vote.

He is just your everyday elderly white nut job.

[judesedit]

24. I saw it on a post I read on du. But who knows? They may have been speculating

Which is why I asked the question. More will come out about him I'm sure. He may have just been a weird guy.

[beachbumbob]

8. I suspect the cops reaction be a bit different if a non-white person was involved

[Tommymac]

9. If he was black they would have broken his door down and entered in a blaze of gunfire.

[AntiFascist]

40. I agree! n/t

[Escurumbele]

10. Its not like we have had white terrorists before, is it? Unbelievable!

It could have been prevented.

I wonder what would have happened if the suspect had been any other color than white...But we can all guess correctly, what would have happened.

[McCamy Taylor]

13. White privilege in action

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

14. "You know, boys, what we got here is a hysterical woman, maybe got

slapped around a bit a few times, and now she's just tryin' to get back at ol' Tony, callin' us and tellin' us he's makin' bombs in his RV.

Nothin' to see here. Bombs! Haw haw."

[Fla Dem]

19. Police had more reason to obtain a search warrant on Warner's home and RV

than they did to forcibly enter Breonna Taylor's home with guns blazing.

This is why we need police reform.

[Calista241]

31. No they didn't have reason to search.

The man was clean, except for a drug charge from 42 years ago. The girlfriend wasn’t at the guys house and had a separate place to go. His lawyer was involved. There was no manifesto, no threats, no chatter, no nothing.

The incident with the girlfriend was never repeated, and as far as i could tell, this was his only interaction with law enforcement in the last 4 decades. They only catch the dumb ones.

[AngryOldDem]

21. I thought "if you see something, say something" was the directive.

Guess not, especially as it concerns white males, who we know are always fine, upstanding citizens.

[UpInArms]

22. with a blameless past and a bright future!

[Harker]

25. In this case, extremely bright. n/t

[Marcuse]

26. The police were simply protecting his constitutional right to bear bombs.

[Warpy]

29. I read "known to police" last weekend

and thought "yeah, white right winger, somebody they'd dismiss as a "friendly," just a vindictive neighbor/ex girlfriend/whatever."

It was worse than that. They just knocked on his door, looked at his burglar alarms, and left.

[Bengus81]

30. If he was one of them thar Mooselims they would have been over there in a NY minute....

Then later bragging how they'd prevented what could have been another 9-11 event.


But...some white guy, nah

[reader1]

38. Whites are not terrorist

Also, notice how everyone conveniently trying to avoid labeling this guy, who has just donated a weapon of mass destruction in the middle of a city, a terrorist.

[UpInArms]

39. Belated welcome to DU, reader1

Glad to have you with us

[reader1]

37. White privilege

Lets cut to the chase, this is all about white privilege. Does anyone really believes if this terrorist name was "Usama" the cops or FBi would have not arrested him and search his home.

[TexasBushwhacker]

41. They would have sent a SWAT team n/t