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Is there anybody anywhere on this planet so naive that they don't realize that if this guy was brown-skinned, much less Arab, much less a Muslim of any hue, he'd be on death row right this minute?

(via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

The college student accused of planting pipe bombs in rural mailboxes is scheduled for a commitment hearing today.

Lucas Helder faces indefinite commitment to a federal psychiatric hospital.

Helder, 23, made national news two years ago after planting 18 pipe bombs in a smiley-face pattern across five states. Six people were injured and mail delivery was shut down in some rural areas.

The Pine Island, Minn., native was arrested outside Reno, Nev.

Today's hearing is in Minneapolis. Helder is being held at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn.

An attorney representing Helder said the hearing probably will be the last stop in Helder's journey through the legal system for some time, at least until medical experts say he has improved.

You remember this guy...they called him the "Smiley Face Bomber." His motive, supposedly, was to set bombs across the Midwest in the pattern mentioned. I have relatives in the Midwest and I was NOT amused by this stunt.

No argument that he's nuttier than a fruitcake but we're talking about racism and equal treatment here.