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Penn Shooter: deranged social media postings, 11 dead, federal murder and hate crime charges
[Twitter] Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh shooting suspect named on the police scanner, has a GAB posting history of deranged anti-Semitic conspiracy. Two days ago he claimed Trump was controlled by Jews, this morning he posted "Screw your optics, I'm going in"...absolutely chilling. Synagogue shooter hit with 29 hate crime charges [IsraelTimes] Federal indictment against Robert Bowers includes 11 counts of obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death The man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been charged with hate crimes following the massacre at the Pittsburgh house of worship. Federal prosecutors said Robert Bowers was charged Saturday night in a 29-count criminal complaint, including 11 counts of obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death. The charges also include 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder, weapons offenses and charges alleging Bowers seriously injured coppers while obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs. "The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes," the statement said. Authorities said 11 people were killed and six people, including four coppers, were maimed during Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The charging documents were not immediately available in a federal court records database. Prosecutors have scheduled a Sunday morning news conference to discuss the case. Bowers, who was captured alive after a shootout with police, had posted several messages online with virulent anti-Semitic content. He was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds but was said to be in "fine" condition. Earlier, Attorney General Jeff Session said the shooter would faces charges that could include the death penalty  ."These alleged crimes are reprehensible and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation. Accordingly, the Department of Justice will file hate crimes and other criminal charges against the defendant, including charges that could lead to the death penalty," he said. US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... told a rally that "When you have crimes like this... we have to bring back the death penalty."
"On a day like today, the door is open," Eisenberg told a reporter for CNN affiliate KDKA. "It's a religious service. You could walk in and out. Only on the high holidays is there a police presence at the entrance." When he was the congregation's president, security was a "major concern," Eisenberg said. The congregation had worked with the Department of Homeland Security to evaluate its exit routes, he said, and consulted a securities expert at the Jewish Federation about what to do in an active shooter situation. "We were working with the other synagogues on what to do if something horrific like this happened," he said.
Posted by: 3dc 2018-10-28 |
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