June 18 (UPI) -- A Texas man is facing years in jail and federal charges after he allegedly bought powerful explosives in New Mexico then relayed plans to utilize them during demonstrations in Los Angeles in order to fatally harm police and political leaders.
"Targeting law enforcement with violence is not protest -- it's a crime," U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison for the District of New Mexico said Wednesday.
According to court documents, 48-year-old Grzegorz Vandenberg on Thursday visited a travel center in Lordsburg, N.M., where he requested assistance to buy fireworks that "could be thrown directly at people."
He was charged with transporting explosives in interstate commerce with a knowledge and intent to use it "to kill, injure or intimidate individuals."
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