People Are Angry The Austin Bomber Isn’t Being Called A Terrorist

03.22.18
People Are Angry The Austin Bomber Isn’t Being Called A Terrorist
Austin — g class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-30873" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.youthradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/22154935/TERRORIST-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="682" />What do you call a confessed serial-bomber who sent exploding packages to black and brown families? If you're Austin Police Chief Bryan Manley, "a very troubled young man." The bomber killed two people and wounded four others before ultimately blowing himself up on Wednesday. On Twitter, many users called for him to be labeled as a terrorist.
The bomber did not make his motives clear before he died, and never used the word "terrorism" in his recorded confession. To some, that means he's not a terrorist. Others disagree.
And then there are people who say, just forget the bomber altogether. Remember the victims.
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