Dude��, he did a LOT more than burn a gay flag. Read the whole article.
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Dude��, he did a LOT more than burn a gay flag. Read the whole article.
I did read the article, he stole a flag and burned it. That really deserves 16 years in prison? Child rapists don't even get 16 years in prison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
Going from memory... he threatened to burn do n the whole strip club with everyone in it. Also a serial repeat offender.
That's not mentioned in the article (nor the article linked inside of this article) at all but I suppose that's entirely possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
This is what the prosecutor stated was the reasoning for hate crime charges:
He was charged with a hate crime because of "what it (the flag) represents as far as sexual orientation."Quote:
Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said hate crime charges were added because Martinez is suspected of criminal mischief against someone's property because of "what it represents as far as sexual orientation."
I didn't even know it was possible to be charged with a hate crime because of "criminal mischief" you conduct against an inanimate object but here we are. They don't even state here it's because he threatened anyone or made implied threats or anything, just simply because of "what it represents as far as sexual orientation."
I was with you til I read a bit more about it. Dude belongs in prison.
For sure he belongs in prison, but 16 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
I dunno... I think they should summarily execute animal abusers. Probably not a good judge of how long someone like this belongs in jail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
I'm 100% serious btw. Animal abusers should be hung in public, immediately.
So I figured this cannot possibly be true, so I researched it with the goal of proving Tgo wrong so I could poke him about verifying his sources.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
Problem is, Tgo is right. Here's another link: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...lgbtq-n1105131
To be fair I did find one source that mentioned he threatened to burn down a gay club, but it made no mention that the threat had anything to do with the hefty jail sentence and it was literally mentioned in one sentence in the article as if it were an afterthought. The fact that I read at least a dozen articles that made no mention of the threat leads me to believe that either all of these news outlets didn't feel it was that important to mention, or it played a minor role in the entire criminal process. I'm guessing it didn't play much of a role because just saying stupid shit typically isn't considered an actual threat, it's only when the threat is credible or someone makes it directly towards the person they are threatening, this sounded more like he was just talking shit after the whole flag burning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Candor
So yes it does seem he received 16 years in jail for stealing a flag and burning it.
You also know the guy isn't white because this story wasn't the top national news story for weeks.
Matt Shea...report highlighting him being involved in domestic terrorism. Unsurprisingly tgo silent on that.