'Anti-ICE' army veteran started fire outside Manhattan federal building, say officials

The briefing

Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks, says the FBI

Why anti matters

This development in anti, ice, army, veteran, started matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that BBC and others have been working from.

What led here

Earlier reporting from BBC and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of anti, ice, army, veteran, started: Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks, says the FBI.