Teen faces hate crime charge in noose incident
Posted on January 27, 2008
A pretty dumb and undoubtedly mocking act but is it a crime?
“An 18-year-old Colfax man accused of hanging nooses from the back of his truck and driving past “Jena Six” marchers in Alexandria in September has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and a hate crime.
Jeremiah Munsen faces a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison and a $350,000 fine if convicted on the misdemeanor hate crime charge and one count of civil rights conspiracy violation, which is a felony, according to U.S. Attorney Donald Washington
Louisiana law-enforcement seems to have decided that the Leftist chant: “Hate speech is not free speech” has the force of law. It doesn’t. I think a 1st Amendment defence would succeed here. But it will be plea-bargained long before it gets to a constitutional hearing, of course.
Posted by John Ray
» Filed Under 1st Amendment, Communism, News, Stupidity
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Do we have to defend someone like this? I mean seriously that’s really on the border of hate speech, and it was calculated with intent.
Yes. The 1st amendment can’t “kinda” exist.
The whole JENA 6 incedent wasa phonie event statged by a bunch looking for attention from the usial liberal leftwing news media
On the other hand, beating a white kid half to death because of his race is not a federal crime.
Why can leftists anti-war-mongers burn an effigy of an American soldier, while chanting, “GI, you will die”, and not face the same scrutiny?
“Yes. The 1st amendment can’t “kinda” exist.”
As things go now the 1st does “kinda” exist.
And privacy doesn’t exist…
Unless you want to kill an unborn child.
Good God that is a severe punishment…and the rope doesn’t even have someone’s neck in it.