Mother allegedly buys ammunition, tactical gear for son's planned 'mass targeted violence' at middle school: Officials

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

A Texas mother has been arrested and charged for allegedly buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son's planned "mass targeted violence" at his middle school, officials said.

Ashley Pardo, 33, was arrested on Monday and charged with aiding in commission of terrorism after she allegedly provided ammunition and tactical gear to her 13-year-old son, whose behavior demonstrated plans for a "mass targeted violence" aimed at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, according to an affidavit obtained by ABC News.

Back in January, Pardo's son was first contacted in reference to "drawings of the local school he currently attended," the affidavit said. These drawings included a map of the school -- labeled "suicide route" -- and the name of the school written beside a rifle, the affidavit said.

The son, who was not named in the affidavit, was contacted by officials at the time and described a "fascination with past mass shooters," according to the affidavit.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-allegedly-buys-ammunition-tactical-gear-sons-planned/story?id=121800886

[choie]

1. This is the type of citizen I wouuldn't mind being deported.

n/t

[Trueblue1968]

13. Mother and son wanted to murder lots people. I say, throw thrm both in the slammer for 50 years

What a horrible story. Putting them in jail will save lives. Lock up domestic terrorists.

[marble falls]

27. Just to be clear: a crime may have been prevented, but what crime has been committed, let alone one with a 50 year ...

... punishments? The kid is nuts, not criminal.

Let's have a round of due process before we lock anybody up!

[mwmisses4289]

30. Mom is charged, son might be charged with something,

but because of age, be put in juvie. And in texas, he may or may not get the mental help care he needs.

[marble falls]

31. What should mom be arrested for? The kid hasn't done anything illegal, just popped up on the screen, he needs some ...

... sort of intervention, but not 'jail'. I don't believe those "terrorism" charges will stick. I'd bet they won't.

In Texas he will not get the help he needs.

[markodochartaigh]

14. I don't think that we need to keep

dumping our trash on foreign shores.

[BidenRocks]

16. Right!

Off to Noem's gravel pit.
Nip it in the bud!

[marble falls]

28. Yeah, fuck due process and punishments fitting crimes! Woo hoooo! I got a rope!

[republianmushroom]

34. Never happen,

this is the republican base .

[DivByZero]

37. I disagree

There can be no exceptions, we don’t deport citizens. We have sufficient legal tools to deal with these individuals without requiring such measures that, ultimately, can be applied to anyone an administration deems undesirable. Once you make one concession, the doors can be kicked wide open, and then you, your family, friends and neighbors can be next.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Some people are living walking hallucinations. It's not as if there weren't signs. . . . nt

[Skittles]

3. but does that child have access to salacious books?

that's what they care about in Texas

[ret5hd]

4. well, OBVIOUSLY a drag queen read a book to him...

at some point.

[2MuchNoise]

7. Well, that explains it.

Then, the next day, he went to school as boy and came home as a girl.

[Jerry2144]

5. Was it the drag queens that put them up to it? Or was it

The fear and hatred spewed by Faux News and their family? Any guesses on how they vote?

[jmowreader]

6. This is Ashley Pardo's mug shot

I'm thinking this is gang related.

[Falcon101]

8. She Seems Nice

But if that kid cannot pass a reading test, its the fault of teachers and their unions.

[Hekate]

17. Are you being sarcastic about teachers? Because somehow I don't think this mess is the school's fault

If you think it is — please enlighten us.

By the way for future reference, DU actually has a sarcasm emoji. You can tap “classic smilies” in the space above the “Reply text” box, and scroll down on the left side until you see it.

[Hornedfrog2000]

19. It really wasnt necessary

It was obvious sarcasm

[Hekate]

20. When it's "obvious" I don't bother saying anything. But sometimes it seems newcomers need a little guidance...

That’s called giving them the benefit of the doubt.

On the other hand, you do know we also get trolled on a frequent basis.

[sop]

23. A violation of Poe's Law...

Poe's law: "Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views."

[Vogon_Glory]

24. Actually the emoji helps

Some of us (I include myself) are slow on the uptake before our second cup of coffee.

[NoRethugFriends]

26. It was clearly sarcasm and didn't need the tag

[orleans]

21. LOL

[EX500rider]

10. So shave off your eyebrows & tattoo some cartoon replacements? Wouldn't be my 1st choice, YMMV....nt

[intheflow]

11. Teardrop tattoos are usually prison related.

Sometimes they represent people who have been raped in prison, and often the tats are done by the rapist to mark their property.

1992 is the year she was born.

No idea what the rest of the stuff is. I can't say any of it is a good look.

[Hekate]

18. That would explain the overflowing rage -- and using her own child as a loaded weapon to kill other kids

My gods, how horrible.

[Botany]

22. Why do I think mental illness and drugs after seeing the picture?

People who look like that most of the time end up in prison and or dead.

[marble falls]

29. Ohhhhh so we're slut shaming now. We know not a fucking thing about this kid by looking at this photo ...

... you have any ink on you? What does that say about your kids? Not a thing.

I don't have a dot of ink on me, my kids do - and they graduated all three summa cum laude from Hiram College, Texas A&M, and St Edwards (Austin). Actually, the two girls have tats and my son has none.

[jmowreader]

36. That much face and neck ink usually means gang affiliation

I have a lot of ink, and I drew all of it myself. Tattoo artists absolutely love working on me because I do half their work for them….drawing up the art and getting it approved by the customer can take weeks, but when they work on me they just have to tattoo.

[Jose Garcia]

35. She looks like she has been locked in a Hot Topic for the past 10 years

[twodogsbarking]

9. Her picture should come with a warning label.

She's scaring the adults.

[stillcool]

12. 13 years old. I can't imagine

his past, his present, or his future.

[mdbl]

25. They'll try and rehab him, release him and he'll bomb some government building

classic case.

[stillcool]

33. his past, his present, his future

is what I can't imagine. What society does with him I can very much imagine.

[Orrex]

15. Has Trump pardoned her yet?

[Abstractartist]

32. If true

If true, in my opinion, this woman (mother) has somewhat very little to zero redeeming value and needs to just be put away or put out to pasture….

I also blame our society, politicians and her family members who may have caused or allowed this.

There are way too many school shootings and as a nation, I’m not sure how we are allowing it.
Vote out anyone that will not vote to curtail this action….