Man Convicted In Synagogue Bomb Plot Appeals For His Religious Right To Possess White Supremacist Artifacts

Courthouse News Service reports:

A Colorado man sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to blow up a synagogue appealed supervised release conditions at the 10th Circuit on Tuesday, including a prohibition on possessing items associated with white supremacy including Thor’s Hammer.

Authorities arrested Richard Holzer in November 2019 after he discussed plans with undercover federal agents to blow up the Temple Emanuel, a small synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.

Holzer, 30, appealed to the 10th Circuit saying the ban interferes with his ability to practice his own religion. As a follower of the pagan, polytheistic Asatru faith, Holzer compared the significance of Thor’s hammer to the Star of David for Jews.

Read the full article. Whatever the result of his appeal, his probation is surely many years in the future.

A man sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to blow up a synagogue appealed supervised release conditions at the 10th Circuit on Tuesday, including a prohibition on possessing items associated with white supremacy like Thor’s Hammer. @Bright_lamp https://t.co/MDlD2L3800

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