TN - RV Explosion, Nashville, 25 Dec 2020

[isabella88]

MHO is that the planting of a deliberate explosion on a city street that would take out numerous structures, businesses, people’s livelihoods, and possible lives, is an act of rage. Against whom specifically is the question, but society in general seems to be a given. That was a broad path of destruction.

Well said. And for a person to do that when there is already so much suffering in this country on so many levels. It's an angry act. JMO.

 

[whitelilac]

You're welcome! I think so. Not sure but it does look like that is the case.

Here is a pic of the aftermath....the red and the white cars are still there. The AT&T building can be seen on the left, and the explosion damage looks more pronounced on that side. So I think the white vehicle in the latest as it happened video was the RV. https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1342485415723491329/photo/1

 

[fred&edna]

FBI is looking for tips:

https://twitter.com/fbimemphis/status/1343388799703900161?s=21

I enlarged the photo and it appears he has something hanging around his neck - reminds me of those old arrest "mugshot" placards with numbers - which obviously it is NOT.

 

[isabella88]

Here is a pic of the aftermath....the red and the white cars are still there. The AT&T building can be seen on the left, and the explosion damage looks more pronounced on that side. So I think the white vehicle in the latest as it happened video was the RV. https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1342485415723491329/photo/1

Thanks! So weird how those cars remained intact. But I don't understand anything about bomb blasts.

 

[isabella88]

I enlarged the photo and it appears he has something hanging around his neck - reminds me of those old arrest placards with numbers - which obviously it is NOT.

Could be those things people put on sunglasses so they don't lose them.

 

[LAhiker]

A cancer diagnosis could certainly cause a person to just say "screw it" and act on their worst ideas.

According to this piece in Popular Mechanics, one conspiracy theory about 5G is that 5G towers cause cancer. I've heard that AT&T has presented itself as at the forefront of 5G technology.

That said, we don't know whether AQW had really been diagnosed with cancer, nor whether he had such beliefs.

5G Towers | Is 5G Safe? - 5G Conspiracy Theories, Debunked

JMO

 

[PayrollNerd]

I agree - definitely some rage from something. Add possible late in life mental illness and a possible cancer diagnosis - wowzers. Perhaps with his personality type, he felt this was the only way to express himself. Definitely odd, scary and totally unnecessary.

 

[fred&edna]

Could be those things people put on sunglasses so they don't lose them.

Ahh... yes! Thank you!

 

[mrstfs]

A cancer diagnosis could certainly cause a person to just say "screw it" and act on their worst ideas.

I’m curious about the cancer angle, especially during a pandemic when hospitals are filling up and healthcare is going to be impacted because of it. Most Tennessee hospitals at or near capacity ahead of Christmas holiday | WKRN News 2

 

[whitelilac]

I agree - definitely some rage from something. Add possible late in life mental illness and a possible cancer diagnosis - wowzers. Perhaps with his personality type, he felt this was the only way to express himself. Definitely odd, scary and totally unnecessary.

Odd really, his personality type appeared to be introverted.....yet he wanted a huge spectacle.

Well I guess there was so much pent up stuff, and the rage, maybe it made sense to him, as irrational, destructive and violent as it was.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Could be those things people put on sunglasses so they don't lose them.

That's what it looks like to me as well.

 

[branmuffin]

According to this piece in Popular Mechanics, one conspiracy theory about 5G is that 5G towers cause cancer. I've heard that AT&T has presented itself as at the forefront of 5G technology.

That said, we don't know whether AQW had really been diagnosed with cancer, nor whether he had such beliefs.

5G Towers | Is 5G Safe? - 5G Conspiracy Theories, Debunked

JMO

If AQW did believe in various 5G conspiracies and he got a cancer diagnosis, perhaps he equated the two. Throw in another conspiracy theory that G5 also created Covid then you've created a perfect storm of anger, fear and perhaps retribution to annihilate the creator of his pain and his fellow residents. If Covid cases centred around that area, probably because it's packed with bars, restaurants and entertainment areas, he may have thought he was cutting off the head of the snake.

 

[Gibbo214]

What makes you believe he raged at anybody?

The post that said he had lost his father and brother and a dog and was mad at the world.

 

[MajorHoople]

What an angle!

I hope @PingTheRouter is still around... I wanna know more about pressure waves that often appear before explosions. I guess that sort of thing can only been seen from a distance??

Here's another link to the same video.

 

[Gibbo214]

Did he get a cancer diagnonis? Or are we just trying to justify why an odd ball would do odd things?

 

[whitelilac]

Another thing, this wasn't an impulsive act put together in a couple of days. It was reported that he had been staking out that street, his RV was seen multiple times according to a business owner there. He planned it well in advance... plus all the preparations for the explosives, transferring his properties, etc. Likely he was totally fixated, obsessed. Very frightening.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

I just had a thought about the evacuation warnings emanating from the RV.

How powerful he must have felt seeing frightened people being evacuated or running away on their own, all as a result of his handiwork.

I've read a lot of news articles so I don't have a link handy, but I do remember one of the responding officers said they thought there were cameras in the RV that were filming them.

 

[SharonNeedles]

MHO is that the planting of a deliberate explosion on a city street that would take out numerous structures, businesses, people’s livelihoods, and possible lives, is an act of rage. Against whom specifically is the question, but society in general seems to be a given. That was a broad path of destruction.

I don’t see rage. To be honest I’m not sure how to read this, but not rage.

 

[LAhiker]

This New York Times article said he recently told an ex-girlfriend that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

(BTW, while we can't sleuth them here, I find it interesting that AQW, who has been described as a recluse, apparently had an ex-girlfriend.)

A Quiet Life, a Thunderous Death, and a Nightmare That Shook Nashville

 

[Ontario Mom]

A cancer diagnosis could certainly cause a person to just say "screw it" and act on their worst ideas.

It could.
Or, if one were already planning on ending their life, they might use the cancer dx as an excuse to do certain things, without anyone asking too many nosy questions, like sign a quit claim deed to a house, or whatever unexpected or oddball things he did before Christmas morning.
As a cancer widow, I can attest that folks generally do not question the decisions (even the wacky ones) of people recently diagnosed with cancer.

jmo