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SorellaLaBefana

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18. Anyone recall the people destroying 5G cell towers which they 'believed' were being used to spread COVID??
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:22 PM
Jul 11

This was more common (per capita) in the UK, but here in Texas we had our own lunatics (as did some other states) who were not necessarily focused on stopping COVID, but on preventing 5G being used to spy on citizens (as if simply getting rid of 5G would help!)

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/36/03/36/24655746/5/ratio16x9_960.webp (cannot find a non-webp image, sorry)
The image is of a person *apparently* showing a common demographic for this sort of delusional destruction.

A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 6½ years in prison for trying to burn down cellphone towers — and for being a felon with a gun.

Sean Aaron Smith, 30, admitted to damaging six towers in the area, though San Antonio Fire Department arson investigators suspected him of trying destroy as many as 22, according to court records.

The total damage to the 22 towers was more than $1.12 million, prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez on Wednesday...

“Witnesses reported the defendant was on a ‘mission’ to destroy the 5G towers because he hated the Government and believed they were spying on him,”...“The SAFD arson investigator’s expert opinion is the modus operandi of the other 16 cellular tower arsons match the six towers for which the Defendant pled guilty and that all 22 arsons were committed by the same person.”

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/cell-tower-sentence-18627737.php

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