Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Nebraska Republican posts beheaded woman on Facebook to rally support for death penalty
Not from the Onion:
JournalStar.com: State Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion...who voted against repealing the death penalty and has been outspoken on conservative issues, posted a graphic picture of a woman's beheading on his public Facebook page...
(H)e wrote above the photo, which came from Twitter account Pegida Ireland: "According to the Nebraska Legislature the thugs that did this should just be locked away and well fed for the next 50 years of the(ir) lives. Anyone think the Legislature is thinking clearly?"
Kinter said the posting was meant to show a murder to make a point about the death penalty, which the Legislature repealed last month with an override of Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of a bill (LB268) that would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison. "Is it a little graphic? Yeah, I think so. But a murder's a murder," he said in phone interview Wednesday. "I think it speaks for itself."
(H)e wrote above the photo, which came from Twitter account Pegida Ireland: "According to the Nebraska Legislature the thugs that did this should just be locked away and well fed for the next 50 years of the(ir) lives. Anyone think the Legislature is thinking clearly?"
Kinter said the posting was meant to show a murder to make a point about the death penalty, which the Legislature repealed last month with an override of Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of a bill (LB268) that would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison. "Is it a little graphic? Yeah, I think so. But a murder's a murder," he said in phone interview Wednesday. "I think it speaks for itself."
RawStory: According to Kintner he had no idea where the picture was taken or who beheaded the woman. “But if it happened in our state, we couldn’t do anything,” he explained. “We’d just put him in jail for 50 years and feed him nice meals. That doesn’t sound right to most Nebraskans.”
Faced with a public outcry, he pulled the picture Wednesday night, writing, “...My staff and I do not have the time to police the comments...I know I am partly to blame by by posting content that pokes folks on the other side of the issues mentioned.”
...The lawmaker is behind a petition drive to put the death penalty on the ballot and let the public vote on it.
Faced with a public outcry, he pulled the picture Wednesday night, writing, “...My staff and I do not have the time to police the comments...I know I am partly to blame by by posting content that pokes folks on the other side of the issues mentioned.”
...The lawmaker is behind a petition drive to put the death penalty on the ballot and let the public vote on it.
Yawn -- New Jersey governor Chris Christie wanted to do the same thing with gay marriage -- turn it into a popularity contest.
rocktivity
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
