How the fuck did this guy get a butcher knife into an airport?
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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Thank god for the TSA, keeping us all safe from 4oz of shampoo and water bottles, though, right?
You jest, but we all know the damage you could do with a 5oz bottle of shampoo is incalculable.
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He didn't. The attack occurred in the pre-security area.
https://www.miamidade.gov/police/releases/PD240720227799_Stabbing_MIA.asp
By walking through the front doors, as at most airports in the world.
You realize walking into an airport is no different than walking into a mall?
You realize walking into an airport is no different than walking into a mall?
I haven't been to an airport in years where food was available outside the secure side.
I've never been in an airport that didnt have at least a food court, much less several branded restaurants, available in the general pre-security areas.
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Love admitted to being involved in the attack and said he had become acquainted with the victim beforehand.
"The defendant added he was possibly drugged and someone inserted an unknown object in his rectum," the report says. "Although the defendant is not certain the victim is responsible for this, the defendant made a statement indicating he needed to hurt whoever hurt him and was prompted to purchase the knife at a Target store near Miami International Airport."
Appears not to be a random hate crime.
Or this guy is making shit up in order to cover for a violent hate crime. Since the first thing someone does after getting raped in the ass is to go to a target, get a knife and then go to the nearest airport and stab someone
More likely he’s using meth.
Not mutually exclusive
I think you're giving a bit too much credit to someone mentally deficient enough to commit such a violent act. Still, it is a reasonable assertion.
First time I read that last line I thought it said "Still, it is a reasonable insertion" and was wondering if we had the size of what was allegedly put in the dudes ass xD.
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Officers responded to Terminal J around 11:30 p.m. after reports of a stabbing, officials said in a news release. The victim was eating a meal while sitting on the floor when, officials say, Love attacked her without provocation, stabbing her about 18 times in her face, head, arms, shoulders, neck and legs before he tried to throw her over a safety retaining glass, officials said.
"The victim was able to escape the attack and ran down the stairs to the third-floor level, which is where the officers found her," police said.
Airports that late are just creepy in general considering how empty they are. I've been in them and rarely seen anyone beyond a handful of passengers and some janitors in those concourses when I was waiting for a late night flight. I could absolutely see someone being attacked in one for any number of reasons. I'm glad she was able to escape and he was caught.
When I was younger a man joined our church and decided to teach Sunday school. He one day attacked a girl just after his class finished and did it as a church service was going on and fled carrying the knife through the congregation up the aisle out the front door. This made me remember this for some reason.
It was all part of gods plan.
That sounds like a horrifying memory and I'm sorry you have to live with that.
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Please, continue pretending like not voting isn't violence against the LGBT community
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Surely this has nothing to do with the rhetoric of our political leaders
How did the attacker have a knife in a secure terminal?
He didn't. The attack occurred in the pre-security area.
https://www.miamidade.gov/police/releases/PD240720227799_Stabbing_MIA.asp
Where does it mention secure terminal?
The article says “officers responded to [an incident in] terminal J”. Every airport I’ve ever seen, large and small, have had the terminal behind security.
The terminal includes everything from check in to baggage pick up, before and after security, and often includes a food court and shops that are before security.
Maybe you're thinking of the "gate area" of the terminal? That's behind security.
and often includes a food court and shops that are before security.
It's been years since I've seen any food or retail on temperature non-secure side of any airport.
It still exists in a lot of cities. Maybe outside USA, but definitely still exists.
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Officials said that at the police station, Love admitted to being involved in the attack and said he had become acquainted with the victim beforehand.
"The defendant added he was possibly drugged and someone inserted an unknown object in his rectum," the report says. "Although the defendant is not certain the victim is responsible for this, the defendant made a statement indicating he needed to hurt whoever hurt him and was prompted to purchase the knife at a Target store near Miami International Airport."
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