“Isolated Incident” #7

Immediately after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Tucson on January 8, a defensive right-wing uniformly proclaimed that any acts of violence by those in its ranks were few and far between.  They were “isolated incidents.”

Since then — a mere three weeks — I have been keeping track of those, ahem, “isolated incidents,” and today I add “isolated incident” #7:

An ex-Army veteran from California who is accused of driving to Metro Detroit’s largest mosque with a trunk full of explosives is behind bars after being charged with making a terrorist threat.

Roger Stockham, 63, is charged with one count of a false report or threat of terrorism and one count of explosives-possession of bombs with unlawful intent after Dearborn police arrested him Monday outside the Islamic Center of America, one the largest mosques in North America.

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Stockham, a resident of Imperial Beach, Calif., is being held on a $500,000 cash bond. He will be in court on Friday for hearing on the charges before 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers.

FBI special agent Sandra Berchtold confirmed today the FBI is investigating an incident referred to the federal agency by Dearborn police.

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Investigators chose to keep the arrest quiet during the week while detectives determined whether Stockham was acting alone or with others, O’Reilly said. Police worked with the mosque’s Imam during the investigation, he said.

O’Reilly said it appears Stockham was acting alone.

So, we’re working on just over 2 incidents per week here folks.  Not exactly “isolated,” are they?