Ordained Minister Arrested for planning an attack on a Muslim community in New York.
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If this involved Muslims planning mass murder, it would be all over the news.
Boards would be hopping with comments against all Muslims.
The outrage would be palatable, Fox News and wing nut Glenn Beck would be frothing at the mouth.
Why does this freak get a big yawn and a pass on a recommended sentence of max 5 years?
Boards would be hopping with comments against all Muslims.
The outrage would be palatable, Fox News and wing nut Glenn Beck would be frothing at the mouth.
Why does this freak get a big yawn and a pass on a recommended sentence of max 5 years?
In the end, Robert Doggart's fate went the opposite way than he expected.
Jurors unanimously convicted the former Tennessee Valley Authority engineer of recruiting people to burn down a mosque in a Muslim community Thursday in U.S. District Court. The verdict came after 16 hours of deliberating over the course of three days. Afterward, a U.S. marshal ushered the 65-year-old across the courtroom and transported him to federal custody in Alabama.
"Our nation cannot tolerate threats by those who are willing to kill innocent children, women and men who do not share their religious beliefs or philosophy," Nancy Harr, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, said in a statement afterward. Her assistant U.S. attorney, Perry Piper, worked the case along with Saeed Mody of the Civil Rights Divison in Washington, D.C. As a result of the conviction, Doggart faces up to 10 years maximum on each of the four charges for which he will be sentenced on May 31.
"I am heartened that citizens from Chattanooga, a community that was victimized by domestic terrorism just 18 months ago, chose to condemn the threat of more terroristic acts," Harr added. "The jury carefully and attentively listened to the proof, deliberated cautiously for two days, and reached a verdict that reaffirms our American principles."
Robert Doggart guilty of recruiting people to burn down mosque in Muslim community | Times Free Press
Jurors unanimously convicted the former Tennessee Valley Authority engineer of recruiting people to burn down a mosque in a Muslim community Thursday in U.S. District Court. The verdict came after 16 hours of deliberating over the course of three days. Afterward, a U.S. marshal ushered the 65-year-old across the courtroom and transported him to federal custody in Alabama.
"Our nation cannot tolerate threats by those who are willing to kill innocent children, women and men who do not share their religious beliefs or philosophy," Nancy Harr, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, said in a statement afterward. Her assistant U.S. attorney, Perry Piper, worked the case along with Saeed Mody of the Civil Rights Divison in Washington, D.C. As a result of the conviction, Doggart faces up to 10 years maximum on each of the four charges for which he will be sentenced on May 31.
"I am heartened that citizens from Chattanooga, a community that was victimized by domestic terrorism just 18 months ago, chose to condemn the threat of more terroristic acts," Harr added. "The jury carefully and attentively listened to the proof, deliberated cautiously for two days, and reached a verdict that reaffirms our American principles."
Robert Doggart guilty of recruiting people to burn down mosque in Muslim community | Times Free Press
Nice to know there are at least two great religions of peace
And I would have preferred him to have been an eagle scout
including the sea cadet thing is too funny. We should be part
of his militia after all he was a sea cadet
And I would have preferred him to have been an eagle scout
including the sea cadet thing is too funny. We should be part
of his militia after all he was a sea cadet