A man was arrested with gas cans and lighters at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York

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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/18/us/st-patricks-cathedral-man-arrested-gas-lighters/index.html
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A man is in custody after he tried to enter St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on Wednesday night with gallons of gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters, authorities said.

When a security officer at the cathedral stopped the 37-year-old man, he left the church and was detained shortly after by counterterrorism officers, NYPD's John Miller said at a news conference.
The man, who is from New Jersey and is known to police, spilled some of the gasoline as the security officer stopped him in the church and forced him to turn around, Miller said.
"It's hard to say exactly what his intentions were but I think the totality of circumstances of an individual walking into an iconic location like St. Patrick's Cathedral, carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and lighters is something we would have great concern over," Miller said.

[manor321]

1. Here is more info about him

https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/marc-lamparello/

[malaise]

4. Well I knew he was not Muslim or non-white

or we would have had live coverage.

[bullwinkle428]

9. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY this would have been for Fox News had

he been Muslim, to completely distract from the Mueller report festivities!

[malaise]

12. Hehehehehe

[Me.]

2. OFGS

There's always at least one

[marble falls]

3. Jeepers creepers. What is it with us as a nation?

[malaise]

5. Could be mentally ill

Could be a victim of one of the pedophiles hiding among the clergy - could be just another angry white male seeking some attention. Truth will out.

[marble falls]

8. You are being too kind. Could be? He's been heavily involved with the church. His writing about ...

his Tinder experience with 500+ might be informing.

[Amishman]

6. Mentally ill person finding inspiration for evil in news coverage

Same kind of phenomenon we see with mass shooters inspiring more mass shooters.

In this case Notre Dame appears to have been an accident, but the speculation of terrorism and overall publicity sure put the idea of it being intentional in viewers minds.

[superpatriotman]

7. Lookcel (appearance-obsessed Incel)

With emotional issues and higher-than-average Catholic connections

[struggle4progress]

10. Post-rational philosophy in the age of Trump

[panader0]

11. I once walked into St Pats and took a photo.

Two guys jumped me immediately and told me there was no photography allowed.
I went to Notre Dame once too, when I was seven, My dad was stationed in
Morocco and mom took us all over Europe. Notre Dame was one of the
few places that made an impression on my young brain. The soaring ceiling
takes your breathe. Much better than Napolean's tomb.

[malaise]

13. Visited both

I even visited a church in Denmark with a dead king on display - my big sister's hubby is a museum expert - he must have taken me to every single museum in Denmark.