I've been following this story, as I follow (and appreciate) Eichenwald on Twitter. He has really stirred up the hate, by refusing to back down, and the responses have been dispicable.
Here's the description of his attacker:The arrest of a Salisbury, Md., man accused of giving a well-known journalist a seizure by sending him a flashing image online represents a new kind of prosecution for a new kind of crime.
The journalist, Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald, suffered a seizure in Dallas after viewing the flashing animation when he received it via Twitter late last year, according to a statement from the Justice Department. Eichenwald had written about his epilepsy and publicly described a similar attack several weeks before the Dec. 15 incident, and authorities said the alleged attacker sent Eichenwald the image in an attempt to hurt him as revenge for what he saw as the reporter’s critical coverage of President Trump.
Neighbors in Salisbury, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, said Rivello lives alone in the house that he grew up in, usually seen only when he was out mowing the lawn or arriving home in a pickup truck that appeared to have a bad muffler.
Rivello told one of his neighbors that he worked as a financial markets day trader. He appeared to live modestly.
“I’ve only talked to him a couple of times,” said Phillip Kemmerlin, who lives next door. “I’ve never really seen him walking in or out with anybody. I didn’t know he was a political type of guy.”
Online, Rivello has been exuberant about his hard-right politics, often tweeting dozens of times per day about his support for Trump and his frustration with anyone out of step with the White House agenda.
Hmmmmmm......
(Ok, I'm mostly kidding. Still, some of the similarities are interesting
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