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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShouldn't this guy receive terrorism charges in addition to plotting a hate crime?
This defendant (Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso) amassed an arsenal of firearms, rounds of ammunition and bombmaking parts that he intended to use to carry out the mass killing of gay people. This kind of vile and heinous hate-fueled violence, intended to target innocent people based on their sexual orientation, runs contrary to our values as Americans, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division. Bias-motivated crimes targeting the LGBTQI+ community will not be tolerated. The Justice Department will continue using every tool at our disposal to protect communities from the scourge of hate-fueled violence by prosecuting those who carry out or attempt to carry out such crimes.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/michigan-man-pleads-guilty-hate-crime-plotting-mass-shooting-gay-community
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/michigan-man-pleads-guilty-hate-crime-plotting-mass-shooting-gay-community
Also, cutting the intelligence division of the FBI by the incoming Administration will allow these kinds of threats to go unchecked!
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Shouldn't this guy receive terrorism charges in addition to plotting a hate crime? (Original Post)
AntiFascist
Dec 18
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Think. Again.
(19,157 posts)1. Yes, that's the reason WHY trump will be cutting back the FBI...
....just so these kinds of crimes can go unchecked, and un-prosecuted too.
Bluethroughu
(6,027 posts)2. Those are just peasants, if they were part of 100's billion dollar administrative killing machine like UH,
Terrorism would have been enhanced.
Our justice system is a joke.
SWBTATTReg
(24,357 posts)3. YES! Enough of these thugs, throw the book at them.
kimbutgar
(23,628 posts)4. Seems like a guy who is afraid off his own sexuality
And wants to get rid of the LGBTQ community so hes not tempted.