{"id":78322,"date":"2018-03-18T09:51:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T13:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78322"},"modified":"2018-03-18T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T13:51:52","slug":"the-crusaders-face-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78322","title":{"rendered":"“The Crusaders” face trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Curtis Allen, Patrick Stein and Gavin Wright, who called their little militia group “the Crusaders”, face a jury trial in Wichita, Kansas soon, according to Associated Press<\/a>, for planning to set off four car bombs in Garden City, a Somali immigrant community that toils at a local Tyson Foods cattle slaughterhouse on Election Day, 2016. Luckily, one of the original four Crusaders was an FBI informant wearing a wire;<\/p>\n

According to prosecutors, Stein was recorded discussing the type of fuel-and-fertilizer bomb that Timothy McVeigh used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people. Stein was arrested when he delivered 300 pounds of fertilizer to undercover FBI agents to make explosives.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors also allege that Wright and Allen made an explosive in the kitchen of Wright\u2019s business and used it to successfully test a blasting cap, with the goal of using the cap to cause a much larger explosion at the apartment complex.<\/p>\n

Agents also found aerial photographs in one vehicle depicting what appear to be apartment complexes marked with large X\u2019s, as well as an aerial photo of a church and a Burmese mosque, authorities say. The group also discussed killing the apartment complex\u2019s white owner to send a message to other landlords about renting to immigrants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Defense lawyers filed a motion to expand the jury pool to include more Trump voters;<\/p>\n

In that motion, they argued the case is \u201cuniquely political\u201d because much of the expected evidence is in reaction to the election. They contended the case will require jurors to weigh evidence regarding whether the suspected conduct amounts to criminal behavior or whether it is constitutionally protected speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I suppose that Trump voters will disregard the potential for the loss of lives in favor of “constitutionally protected speech”. Somehow, I don’t think that is a winning strategy. <\/p>\n

The trio have all pleaded “not guilty” and they face life sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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