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Teen Who Built Bombs to Blow Up ICE Agents Sentenced to Probation

An Oregon judge decided that time served (75 days) was enough punishment for a 19-year-old who pleaded guilty to manufacturing two explosive devices to use against ICE, and who also hoped that launching an attack on federal officers would show his seriousness and inspire others to join his "Cascadia Rangers" militia.

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KPTV in St. Helens, Oregon, reports:

Rayden Tanner Coleman, 19, of Columbia City, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Columbia County Circuit Court to two counts of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device, a Class C felony.

Under a plea agreement, Judge Michael T. Clarke sentenced Coleman to 36 months of supervised probation and ordered him to serve 75 days in jail, with credit for time already served. The state dismissed 13 other charges, including domestic terrorism in the second degree, attempt to commit a Class B felony, and multiple counts of possessing destructive devices.

In interviews with police, Coleman allegedly admitted to planning attacks on federal officers and revealed he was buying an AR-style rifle from a local dealer through monthly installments, police said. Coleman allegedly acknowledged making statements about killing officers but claimed some of the comments were made in anger.

In his plea petition, Coleman wrote, “I unlawfully and knowingly assembled, produced, or manufactured two destructive devices.”

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And the judge let him walk. Well, he did have to pay $550 in court fines and fees. Sure, he built explosives and made statements about killing federal officers, but some of those comments "were made in anger."

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Nineteen-year-old white guy … buying an AR-15 … building bombs … hoping to start his own militia. Normally, that would set off alarm bells, but this guy's a leftist, so it's all good.

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