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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/26/3763714/california-man-90-days-2/<snip>
William Celli, a 55-year-old man from California, will spend 90 days in jail after being caught in possession of an explosive device and threatening to kill Muslims. Celli took a plea deal that places him on probation for a further three years and bans him from operating an active Facebook profile.
Celli was arrested on Dec. 20, 2015 after yelling Im going to kill you all outside the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County in Richmond, California. Police later found and detonated an explosive device at Cellis residence after receiving tips that he was constructing homemade explosives.
Celli had taken to social media in the past to express his admiration of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Donald trumps on again Im happy leaders okay but this guys a great point man Ill follow this MAN to the end of the world, Celli wrote on Facebook in October.
Despite political rhetoric demonizing Muslims worldwide, radical rightwing activists are a greater threat to Americans than jihadists, according to recent studies.
Some people took to social media to decry the sentence as too lenient. Nonetheless, American-Muslim groups welcomed the development.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)glad I read it further
malaise
(269,186 posts)Police discovered that the man who threatened Muslims had explosive devices at his home.
That sentence was light
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)but maybe it'll get some more eyes on the story than would usually take note
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)instead of using a bomb proof trailer...
the neighbors wouldn't have liked that
AllyCat
(16,228 posts)Had the tables been turned, we would have had 24/7 news coverage and demands for the POTUS to "do something ".
malaise
(269,186 posts)or the networks
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Orrex
(63,225 posts)I'm sure that a Muslim man who'd announced a similar intent and built bombs would get a 90-day slap as well.
edhopper
(33,621 posts)let me guess, White and Christian?
malaise
(269,186 posts)Is the pope catholic?????
as catholic as a woods full of bear shit.
malaise
(269,186 posts)Meanwhile were he Muslim, the RWs would want him to be sent to Gitmo and many of the rest would be attacking his religion
edhopper
(33,621 posts)bonniebgood
(943 posts)the right wing white terrorist right to vote. take away his facebook instead. want to be the judge is a trump supporter himself.
malaise
(269,186 posts)Takket
(21,633 posts)American soil????? Are you kidding me???? People get longer than that for possessing an ounce of pot!
malaise
(269,186 posts)OK that's a rhetorical question
muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)Banning him from one company's sites is not exactly onerous. He should have his internet activity monitored and not be allowed to post on anything you can call social media, a forum, group, etc. His message is not fit to be heard in public. He needs to learn basic civics like a 5 year old child does.
In fact, that's a way of looking at it: if you say children can't post on social media until they're 12, maybe you should say people convicted of hate crimes like that shouldn't be able to post for 12 years either.